Sep 25
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 Sep 25: Practice to be led by Meredith Hotetsu Garmon and Seth Zuiho Segall
Zoom with Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester, MA at any of these times:
Mon-Fri, 7:00-8:00
Tue, Thu, Sun, 19:00-20:00
Zoom link: CLICK HERE
Autumn Week 1:
Mon Sep 20 - Sun Sep 26
Reading
Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness,"Spiritual versus Material," pp. 74-81.
Reading Schedule HERE
Koan
"A Non-Buddhist Questions Buddha"Sutras
Dedication: Ancestor Dedication ("Dedication 2"), pp. 2-3.Opening Verse for 7th Fourweek (Mon Sep 6 - Sun Oct 3): "Clear Mind," p. 5.
Sutra Service
- Precepts, p. 6.
To chant along with audio recording, find the recordings HERE.
Autumn Week 2:
Mon Sep 27 - Sun Oct 3
Reading
Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness,"Sitting Long Becomes Tiring," pp. 81-83.
Reading Schedule HERE
Koan
"A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi"Sutras
Opening Verse for 7th Fourweek (Mon Sep 6 - Sun Oct 3): "Clear Mind," p. 5.Sutra Service
- Liberation from All Obstructions, p. 8.
- Xinxinming (Rhythmic), p. 8
To chant along with audio recording, find the recordings HERE.
Upcoming
Next Online Sesshin
Fri Oct 1, 19:00 through Mon Oct 4, 12:30
Online Practice periods include Zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), dharma talk, dharma dialogue, and dokusan (interview with teacher).
Times of Online Practice:
Evening (19:00 - 20:30) -- Fri, Sat, Sun
Early Morning (7:00 - 8:30) -- Sat, Sun, Mon
Late Morning (10:30 - 12:30) -- Sat, Sun, Mon
Afternoon (14:30 - 16:00) -- Sat, Sun
See the flyer for this event HERE.
To register, go HERE.
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
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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