Aug 2 - 8

Summer, week 7

"It's important to remember that we're not fixing anything. We're not trying to be different from who we are. In fact, practice is simply retrning to that which we always are." --Joko Beck

Saturday Zen: Sat Aug 4, 10:00 - 11:45am
room 24
Community UU
468 Rosedale Ave
White Plains, NY
Practice to be led by Meredith Garmon

Morning Zen. Mon-Fri, 6:00 - 7:15am -- Basement Zendo.
See HERE. Morning Zen is cancelled Mon Jul 30 thru Thu Aug 2, and will resume on Fri Aug 3.

Chants
For Thu Aug 2 - Wed Aug 8:

• Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage, p. 16
• Heart Sutra, p. 14

Opening and Closing for Jul 12 - Aug 8:

• Opening: Invocation of Kanzeon, p. 7
• Closing: Your True Self Is the World, p. 70 + Wake All Beings, p. 11

See Boundless Way Zen Sutra Book, 4th ed. and
BoWZ Westchester Chant Schedule

Reading for Sat Aug 4:
Primary Reading: Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special, Ch. 30, "The Natural Man," pp. 208-18.
Optional Secondary Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds, Ch 9, "The Path of Compassion," pp. 62-67.

Sesshin at Boundless Way Temple
1030 Pleasant St
Worcester, MA
Thu Sep 20, at 19:00 until Sun Jul 23, at 12:00.
Consider planning to attend! Registration will open six weeks before the event (that is, Thu Aug 9). Check HERE for updates.

This week's:

• Koan:  Book of Serenity #18: Zhaozhou's Dog (extended). CLICK HERE
• Raven Tale: #64: Can't Have That. CLICK HERE

KOAN INDEX