Tomorrow Evening 📖 Join Us for Fall Study Group (Week 9 of 12) 📖

 

TOMORROW: Join Us for Fall Study Group (Week 9 of 12)

Hybrid In-person/Zoom Format by Weekly Registration A rare opportunity to explore the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and build a foundation for daily practice through discussions on the book "Mind Sky: Zen Teaching on Living and Dying" with the author, Jakusho Kwong-roshi. Facilitated by a senior student assigned each week and guided by Kwong-roshi himself, making comments and answering questions, we gain ground.

THE NATURE OF RITUAL   It is not about memorizing, but about experiencing and realizing our pure presence. It is stillness in motion; a flowing stream moving without thought.

NOVEMBER 1 (Week 9) The Spirit of Practice. The Nature of Ritual. Touching the Water.  Poul Discoe’s Teahouse and Wabi-Sabi Page 101–115    NOVEMBER 8 (Week 10) Dying with Living: Bodhidharma’s Transmission. The One Great Matter. A True Friend. Page 119–130   NOVEMBER 15 (Week 11) The Korean Mala: On Dana. Past Time Becomes Present: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Dying Well. Remembering Mitsu Suzuki. Page 131–153   NOVEMBER 22 (Week 12) Sekito’s Hermitage. The Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage. The Great Fire on Sonoma Mountain. Nagarjuna’s Twelve Links of Dependent Origination. Unshu Instruction. Page 155–174   Download Study Group Syllabus   Register to Attend by Week

10-20% member discount. If you are a SMZC member, be sure to log in first to get the member discount. The book is available for purchase by emailing Janet, Zen Dust store volunteer at janet [at] smzc [dot] org for $18.95 (plus tax/shipping) or at Amazon.com.

About the Author & Teacher Jakusho Kwong-roshi is the founder of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center – Genjoji Temple, authorized by the Sotoshu in Japan. He is a successor of the late Shunryu Suzuki, roshi’s lineage. Kwong-roshi travelled and taught throughout America, Asia, as well as, Poland and Iceland where Zen Practice places have been established. Also he has deep connections with the Theravadin, Shambhala/Drala Mountain Center, Rinzaiji, Soen-Korean Zen with Christian Carmelite and Benedictine Traditions. He had the good karma to meet all the Great Asian Teachers who came West. Roshi continues to deepen his insight prior to the present to share with many international sincere people.

His publications include Breath Sweeps Mind and No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen, as well as his newest book, Mind Sky: Zen Teaching on Living and Dying. Your purchase at SMZC supports the authentic Practice of SANZEN.

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