(Times: US Eastern)
9:45-10:00 -- Informal conversation
10:00 -- Opening Dedication, Readings, Zazen, Kinhin, Zazen
11:00 -- Sutra Service
11:15 -- Dharma Talk and Conversation
12:00 -- Closing Readings
https://zoom.us/j/2898507899
Audio Only: telephone 646-876-9923 & Enter Meeting ID: 289 850 7899
Passcode: 468468
Sat Oct 10: Practice to be led by Seth Segall.
THIS WEEK'S READING for Sat Oct 10
- Taizan Maezumi, Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice, "Realize Your Life as Koan," p. 57.
- See Reading Schedule.
Sutras for Autumn Week 3: Oct 5-11
Opening for 8th Fourweek since Vernal Equinox: Mon Oct 5 - Sun Nov 1 (AUDIO for Even)(AUDIO for Odd)- Gatha of Atonement (odd-numbered dates), or The Three Refuges (even-numbered dates)
- Dedication
- Menju -- "Face-to-Face Transmission," p. 5
- Heart Sutra, p. 11
- The Record of Linji, p. 12
- Lotus Sutra's Fulfilling the Buddha Way, p. 12
- Hope in the Dark, p. 40
- Save All the Beings, p. 42
Sutras for Autumn Week 4: Oct 12-18
Opening for 8th Fourweek since Vernal Equinox: Mon Oct 5 - Sun Nov 1 (AUDIO for Even)(AUDIO for Odd)- Gatha of Atonement (odd-numbered dates), or The Three Refuges (even-numbered dates)
- Dedication
- Menju -- "Face-to-Face Transmission," p. 5
- Song of the Jeweled-Mirror Samadhi, p. 14
- Coming and Going, p. 15
- Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva, p. 15
- Hope in the Dark, p. 40
- Save All the Beings, p. 42
Home Practice
Practicing every day, or nearly every day, is a crucial aspect of the Zen path. Other central aspects include sangha (meeting weekly or so to practice with a group), and sesshin (going on occasional week-end or week-long Zen retreats).Home practice ideally includes Zazen, study of zen text (or listening to a recording or podcast of a dharma talk), and chanting/reciting some of Zen's central texts.
Recommended:
- Sitting supplies: A zabuton (mat) and either a zafu (round cushion, usually of kapok or buckwheat hulls), or a seiza bench (kneeling bench); or a chair that is your meditation chair
- A dedicated space: A corner of a room that is used only for Zen practice, where your sitting supplies and a small altar reside
- An altar: a small table with a Buddha statue and maybe an incense holder, candle, or sacred items.
- Light a candle, stick of incense, or both, on your altar.
- Standing in front of altar, facing it, make three bows (prostrations or standing bows) to Buddha.
- Recite "Gatha of Atonement" (odd-numbered dates) or "The Three Refuges" (even-numbered dates);
- Recite Dedication and Opening Verse (see Sutra Book)
- Zazen (25 mins)
- Recite the Sutra Service Readings for the week (see Sutra Book)
- Dharma Study time: reading a dharma book or listening to a dharma talk recording (15-30 mins). (Check out "A Quarterly Study Plan" on the Reading/Videos page.)
- Recite Closing Verses (see Sutra Book)
CLICK HERE. (Page references below are to the double-column version.)
Sutras for reading on your computer screen (single-column pages):
CLICK HERE.
Chant Along with these Audio Files:
CLICK HERE.
Additional Practice Opportunities
Mon-Fri mornings, 7 AM -8 AM -- join Meredith and the Worcester Boundless Way Zen teachers for morning practice.Or zoom in for evening practice on Sun, Tue, and Thu evenings, 7 PM - 8 PM
Zoom link: CLICK HERE
White Plains Zen Center:
Tue evenings: 7:30 PM
https://zoom.us/j/122286388
Hudson River Zen Center:
http://hudsonriverzencenter.org/
Insight Meditation with Nina Nagy
Mon evenings: 6 PM
https://www.awakeabiding.com/
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