Sunday Sit with Washin - March 15th, 2026

[Kotei]

Hello everyone,

we are meeting again the coming weekend, coming together out of compassion for those suffering, our hope for peace and our mutual support throughout the year.

The sitting is anchored in Ukrainian time.
The beginning time will still shift an hour for you, if you are visiting from the US or another country that already changed to DST. It will be back to normal on March 29th.
Please double check with the calendar!

Led by Washin from Odessa, we'll be sitting for peace in the Ukraine and around the world this coming Sunday.

You can check with the Treeleaf Practice Calendar for your local time, under the listing Sunday Sit (Zazen for Peace):

https://www.treeleaf.org/practice-calendar/

We meet in the Treeleaf Scheduled Sitting Room:

https://www.treeleaf.org/zendo-ssr/

password if needed is << dogen >>

A livestream of the meeting can be found here:

The format of the sitting will be:

- Heart Sutra
- Zazen 40 minutes
- Verse of Atonement and the Four Vows

All are welcome. Please, join us! No prior experience is required - just follow along - come sit with us.

Gassho,
Kotei

[Jundo]

Though pushed out of the news, the violence continues ...

Russian forces launched a combined missile and drone attack on the southern part of the Odesa Oblast on the afternoon of March 4.

The strike injured two adult men and two children. One of the men, a railway worker who was at home at the time of the attack, died in the hospital on March 6. Medical staff had described his condition as critical from the outset and fought for several days to save his life.

The other victims were reported to be in moderate condition. The Oblast Military Administration has not provided a recent update on its current status.

According to United Nations estimates, Russian forces have killed more than 15,000 civilians in Ukraine during the four years of the full-scale war.

https://zmina.info/en/news-en/casualties-rise-in-march-4-russian-strike-on-odesa-region-as-injured-man-dies-in-hospital/