Sat Oct 23
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 Oct 16: 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 5:
Mon Oct 18 - Sun Oct 24
Reading
Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness,"Asses and Horses," pp. 93-97.
Reading Schedule HERE
Koan
"Vimalakirti's 'The Gate to the One and Only'" (Blue Cliff Record 84; Book of Serenity 48)Sutras
Opening Verse for 8th Fourweek (Mon Oct 4 - Sun Oct 31): "Menju -- Face-to-Face Transmission," p. 5.Sutra Service
- The Compassionate Heart of Wisdom, p. 16.
- Harmony of Relative and Absolute, p. 17.
- Song of Zazen, p. 17.
To chant along with audio recording, find the recordings HERE.
Autumn Week 6:
Mon Oct 25 - Sun Oct 31
Reading
Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness,"Thomas Merton in Love," pp. 97-102.
Reading Schedule HERE
Koan
"The Diamond Sutra's 'The Transgression is Wiped Out'" (Blue Cliff Record 97, Book of Serenity 58)Sutras
Opening Verse for 8th Fourweek (Mon Oct 4 - Sun Oct 31): "Menju -- Face-to-Face Transmission," p. 5.Sutra Service
- Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, p. 18.
- Mangala Sutta, p. 18.
- Yongjia's Song of Realizing the Dao, p. 19.
To chant along with audio recording, find the recordings 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
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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