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Shining the Light Within:
Awakening to the present moment

Learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self

Led by Shogen Danielson of the MBZC Teaching Council

(hybrid classes and in-person teas on Sunday mornings 9 AM - 11 AM

• Practice Period Overview

• Practice Period Commitment and Registration directly with Shogen

• Broadcasting on Zoom from McGowan House

• Covid Protocols

• Donations Suggested for single days @$20 or the full period @$150 or as affordable, or through work-study arrangement with Shogen. Please give our BETA donation process a try. First, please register with Shogen and then use the BETA as outlined below.

• If you are familiar with the current MBZC donation process and prefer to use it, you should first register with Shogen, then return here to use this donation link at any time, please noting at checkout: “2023 Practice”.

• Donations are also accepted at our facility donation boxes by dropping a check (memo “2023 Practice”) payable to:

  Monterey Bay Zen Center
  (or mailed to:)
  P O Box 3173
  Monterey CA 93942

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BETA test donations

We are testing a new process for activity registration and associated donations including an option for creating your own MBZC account for all future registrations and donations.

(Note: for our Practice Period BETA, you are already fully registered if you’ve completed a form for Shogen per the link above and you have sent in a donation to MBZC using the current donation process. This BETA is for additional donations or dates. Thank you for helping us with the testing.

Here are basic FAQs for the process. You may use this BETA now or at any time during the Practice Period. It is fully operational. This final stage in testing relates to verbiage and descriptors, auto-messaging and to help us massage the process.

MBZC basic class registration and donation payments FAQs (Draft)

• You may donate at any point over the course of the class or activity.

• All the class, workshop or activities with voluntary donation options are found in the Class Catalog that links at the right hand top of the navigation panel on any page of the website when viewed on desktop, or by using the sandwich icon on mobile devices.

• Use the Tote Bag icon you see on your device to display the status of your transaction or the content of your Tote Bag at any time. (Note: site references to your shopping cart are references to your Tote Bag.)

• You may choose more than a single option, or “item” to place in your Tote Bag and transact all items with a single donation at checkout.

• Your Tote Bag remains active until you checkout or cancel your items. (To cancel any item, click the X to the right of the $ dollar amount and your cart will update.)

• To return to the catalog or to add to your order, click Class Catalog next to the Tote Bag from any page.

• You may opt out of the full transaction by clicking the X on all items.

• Most of the time, the cart will remember your most recent updates even when returning to the site in a different session. You may back out of a given item transaction at anytime using your browser back button (although previous contents of your cart will be retained.).

• It is not necessary to enter a quantity unless it is evident it is needed. If required, you will get a pop-up reminding you to add the quantity. "1" or even $0.00 may be your defaults. If there are other necessary choices, a popup window will appear.

• Even though your payment may total $0.00 (work study, donation by check) you must complete the process with basic personal information to fully register or indicate your intention and commitment. An option to leave a note and share your intention appears under “Additional Information” during checkout.

• Payment methods include all major credit and debit cards and PayPal.

• After you checkout for the first time you will be asked if you would like to create an MBZC account. This is optional: choosing to do so will make future registrations and donations a few key clicks easier for you.

• Your initial donation receipt includes a link to "View Your Order". On your order view, there is a link to "View Your Account". Unless you opted-in to save your basic information, e.g. mailing address, or you saved a payment method, e.g. charge or debit card #, the only information MBZC retains to track the donation is your name and email address.

• It is your prerogative to add more information to an account, i.e. your preferred payment method for future donations. MBZC does not retain card numbers nor any PayPal information.

• If your preferred method of payment is PayPal, you cannot save it as a preferred payment method as such. However, if you have PayPal set up to recognize you on your device, click the black and white PayPay button for payment which opens up a 2nd blue and gold PayPal icon below the data fields and all you do is click it to head to PayPal. No need to enter your name, etc. as PayPal will do that for you when you tell PayPal how to want to pay from the payment methods you have registered with PayPay. If you have a checking account setup with PayPal, you may choose to donate directly from it as well as use one of your bank cards.

• We request that you please do not attempt to make use of any of the social media icons on any page in the shopping process. Thank you!

• Other than an initial receipt acknowledging your donation, please ignore any order fulfillment-type messages e.g. “order shipped” or “order pending” while we work to remove these auto-generated email.

• You will not be obligated if you decide to cancel your participation and not attend classes or activities you have registered to enroll.

  Please notify us as soon as possible by clicking here if you encounter any issues or need clarification or assistance.

  We welcome your suggestions too. Thank you for helping us test the BETA.