Feb 11 - 17

Winter, week 8

"If even for a short time one sits erect in meditative absorption and impresses the buddha seal upon the three sources of karma -- physical, verbal, and mental actions -- everything in the world of things will become the buddha seal and all space will become enlightenment." --Dogen

Saturday Zen: Sat Feb 16, 10:00 a- 11:45am
room 24
Community UU
468 Rosedale Ave
White Plains, NY
Practice to be led by Meredith Garmon

Morning Zen. Tue - Fri, 6:00-7:15am, at the Parsonage, Basement Zendo. SEE HERE.

Chants for Mon Feb 11 - Sun Feb 17:

• Unending Truth, p. 36
• Facing Everything, p. 36
• The Misunderstanding of Many Lifetimes, p. 37
• Self and Other the Same, p. 37
• Field of Boundless Emptiness, p. 37

Opening and Closing for Mon Jan 28 - Sun Feb 24:

• Opening: Seeking with Empty Hands, p. 24; Bodhisattva's Prayer, p. 32
• Closing: Sending-and-Receiving, p. 74

See: Boundless Way Zen Sutra Book, 4th ed.   ☙   Supplement   ☙   BoWZ Westchester Chant Schedule

Reading for Sat Feb 16:

• Primary Reading: Koun Yamada, Zen: The Authentic Gate, Ch. 5, "Types of Zen Practice," pp. 59-66.
• Optional Secondary Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds, Ch. 32, "The Finger Is Not the Moon, p. 211.

For subsequent weeks (through May 18): See Schedule for Reading.

This Week's Raven Tale: #91, Blasphemy -- HERE
This Week's Koan: Book of Serenity #97, Emperor Tongguang's Helmet Hood -- HERE

KOAN INDEX
RAVEN INDEX