Join the BoWZ-Westchester Sangha on Saturday mornings:
(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
IN PERSON (only if you are fully vaccinated, please)
Room 43 at
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
468 Rosedale Ave
White Plains, NY
ON ZOOM
https://zoom.us/j/2898507899
Audio Only: telephone 646-876-9923 & Enter Meeting ID: 289 850 7899
Passcode: 468468
Sat May 15: Practice to be led by Meredith Garmon
Zoom with Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester, MA at any of these times:
Mon-Fri, 7-8am
Tue, Thu, Sun, 7-8pm
Zoom link: CLICK HERE
For Spring Week 8:
Mon May 10 - Sun May 16
Reading
for Sat May 15- The Saturday Talk will address the readings in the week's Sutra Service: "Bussho," "Self-Receiving Samadhi," and "Shoji."
Week 8 Raven Tale
Week 8 Sutras
Dedication- For odd-numbered days, begins with Gatha of Atonement
- For even-numbered days, begins with The Three Refuges
- Invocation of Kanzeon, p. 3
- Bussho -- "Buddha Natrue," p. 22
- Self-Receiving Samadhi, p. 23
- Shoji -- "Birth and Death," p. 23
- Spring Everywhere, p. 39
- Save All the Beings, p. 42
For Spring Week 9:
Mon May 17 - Sun May 23
Reading
for Sat May 22- Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness, "Introduction: If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It," pp. ix-xvi.
Week 9 Raven Tale
- "Teaching"
Week 9.A. Sutras
Dedication- For odd-numbered days, begins with Gatha of Atonement
- For even-numbered days, begins with The Three Refuges
- Coming and Going, p. 4
- Fukanzazengi, p. 26
- Raihai Tokuzui, p. 26
- Shinjin Gakudo, p. 27
- Kaiin Zanmai, p. 27
- The Necessity of Great Doubt, p. 39
- The Four Bodhisattva Vows
Upcoming
Next Book
Starting Mon May 17, we'll be reading:Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
See: Reading Schedule
Next Online Sesshin
Reserve the weekend, and stay tuned for information on how to register.Fri Jun 11, 7:00pm through Sun Jun 13, 12:30pm
Online Practice periods include Zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), dharma talk, dharma dialogue, and dokusan (interview with teacher).
Times of Online Practice:
7:00am-8:30am -- Sat, Sun
10:30am-12:30pm -- Sat, Sun
2:30pm-4:30pm -- Sat
7:00pm-8:30pm -- Fri, Sat
Sutra Book
For printing (double-columned pages):CLICK HERE. (Page references are to this double-column version.)For reading on your computer screen (single-column pages):CLICK HERE.
Chant Along with these Audio Files: CLICK HERE.
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)
Additional Practice Opportunities
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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