Aug 5 - 11

Summer, week 7

"Sitting meditation is a method of cultivating unconditional friendliness toward ourselve and for parting the curtain of indifference that distances us from the suffering of others." --Pema Chodron

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

Chants for Mon Aug 5 - Sun Aug 11:

• Fukanzazenji, p. 16
• Heart Sutra, p. 16

Opening and Closing for Mon Jul 15 - Sun Aug 11:

• Opening: The Five Remembrances, p. 4
• Closing: Prayers, p. 27

See: BoWZ Westchester Sutra Book   ☙   Additional Texts   ☙   Boundless Way Zen Sutra Book, 4th ed.

Reading for Sat Aug 10:

• Primary Reading: Pema Chodron, Comfortable with Uncertainty, #7, "Why Meditate?"
• Optional Secondary Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds, Ch. 50, "A Handful of Bran."

This Week's Raven Tale: #109, Facing In, Facing Out -- HERE

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