Brooklyn Zen Center will be welcoming in 2012 with a special celebration this coming New Year's Eve.
The festivities will start at 8 pm (doors open at 7:45) with a period of temple cleaning. At 9:20 we'll have noodle soup. Starting at 10:30 we'll sit three periods of zazen, the third of which will go until just past midnight. During the last period, we'll strike 108 bells that will ring in the New Year. It's a very sweet, joyful and peaceful way to celebrate this transition - and there's also something very powerful about sitting quietly in the zendo while the city erupts with its own midnight celebrations all around you.
There is a suggested donation of $5 to help pay for the soup.
If you would like to attend, please let the ino know at iancase@gmail.com.
New Year's Eve Celebration