MAY ALL BEINGS ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Two Arrows Zen will be closed from Thursday, December 25, through Sunday, January 4, 2026—the regular schedule resumes on Monday, January 5.

We hope you will join us in 2026 for our practice schedule, which includes:

• Weekday morning Zazen
• Thursday evening Zazen and Musho Roshi’s Dharma Talks
• Friday morning Dharma Talks by Mugaku Roshi
• Saturday Days of Zen, and
• Sunday Sitting.

As well as Sesshins in Salt Lake City and Torrey throughout the year.

Please check the website for program dates and schedules.

Metta for Christmas 

This is what should be done by those who are skilled in goodness,
and who know the place of peace.

Let them be able and upright, very upright,
easy to speak to, gentle and humble;
content and unburdensome,
unbusied, living lightly,
alert, with senses calmed,
courteous, not fawning on families.

Let them not do the slightest thing
that others might blame with reason.

May they be happy and safe!
May all beings be happy!

Whatever living creatures there are
with not a one left out—
frail or firm, long or large,
medium, small, tiny, or round,
visible or invisible,
living far or near,
those born or to be born:
May all beings be happy!

Let none turn from one another,
nor look down on anyone anywhere.
Though provoked or aggrieved,
let them not wish pain on each other.

Even as a mother would protect with her life
her child, her only child,
so too for all creatures
unfold a boundless heart.

With love for the whole world,
unfold a boundless heart.
Above, below, all round,
unconstricted, without enemy or foe.

When standing, walking, sitting,
or lying down while still wakeful,
keep this ever in mind,
for this, they say, is a holy abiding in this life.

With gratitude and acknowledgment to MettaSutta.net