Aug 2 - 8

Summer, week 7

"What is most valuable isn't fabricated in our heads: it arises when we open the hand of thought. Opening the hand of thought is itself what is most valuable." --Kosho Uchiyama

Chants for Wed Aug 2 - Tue Aug 8 (from Boundless Way Zen Sutra Book. See: BoWZ Westchester Chant Schedule)

• Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage, p. 13
• Heart Sutra, p. 12

Next Saturday Zen Service: Aug 5, 10:00 - 11:45am.
Room 24, Community UU
468 Rosedale Ave, White Plains, NY

This week's reading: Kosho Uchiyama, Opening the Hand of Thought, pp. 139-149. (8.1.1 Seven Points of Practice: 1. Study and practice the buddhadharma only for the sake of the buddhadharma, not for the sake of emotions of worldly ideas.)

This week's case: Book of Serenity #22, "Yantou's Bow": CLICK HERE