Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (1)
/Shinmon Michael Newton introduces Samantabhadra, one of the archetypical boddhisatvas and a teacher of many practices for realizing inter-being, including the ten qualities of mind.
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Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period Opening Weekend (Saturday)
/Myoshin Kate McCandless weaves us deeper into the theme of Living in Indra’s Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond. This is a profound evocation of the boundless interbeing of all existence, and has deep relevance to the challenges we face in our world today: social injustice, climate and ecological crises, and the many conflicts that cause so much suffering.
Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period Opening Weekend (Friday)
/Shinmon Michael Newton begins the 2024 Practice Period with a talk exploring the vast vision of reality offered by the Avatamsaka Sutra, and an invitation to be inspired by its lush imagery.
Teachings (What is Zen? Chapter 7)
/Dai-i Flo Rublee gives the final talk in our dharma seminar on Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Sue Moon’s book : What is Zen ?
How do the teachings help us understand that connection, compassion, and love are all there is?
Way-Seeking Mind Talk with Hofu Louise Day
/How does Zen practice lead to the whole body smiling with all it is? Hofu Louise Day shares some of her life experiences - from sitting with Suzuki Roshi when still in highschool, to finding inner peace again after intense loss and grief.
Everyday Life and Relationships (What is Zen? Chapter 12)
/Jikai Vicki Turay explores how, though much of practice appears to be solitary, zen is primarily based in relationships.
“Formal Zen practice that of meditation, teachings, rituals serve as a training ground. Those activities support and encourage the actual practice - which happens all the time, in your own life, in your every encounter with others, in your heart and mind.” (Zoketsu Norman Fischer)
Continuous Practice
/Shinmon Michael Newton suggests that continuous practice is not a burden - it is simply the ever deepening expression of ones life.
Over the Long Haul (What is Zen? Chapter 10)
/Jakushin Todd Slobogean continues our dharma seminar on What is Zen? by sharing personal reflections on the question of how a person changes after many years of practice.
