Sunday, August 30: Vine Practice Session Invitation
Dharma Eye's Great Mirror
Greetings,
Our upcoming Sunday group practice session will be offered from 10:00 to 11:15am Central Time. Following a brief period of zazen, Tetsugan Osho and Dosho Roshi will offer a talk about koan study, "Dharma Eye's Great Mirror." We will use the "disorienting medicine" of great master Fayan.
Here's an example of Fayan's great functioning:
The monk had no reply.
Fayan answered for himself, “It is hindered by the eye.”
See the protocols and Zoom link below.
Labor Day Break
September 6 & 13 — No Sunday Vine sessions
Talk Series: Vowing Like Your Life Depends On It
If you are interested in checking out Vine training, if you are struggling to establish a practice, or if you find yourself in some other place (like loving the buddhadharma), we invite you to join us for our early fall talk series on the Bodhisattva Vow.
We will use Torei Zenji's chapter "Faith and Practice" from his great classic, The Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School as the text (available here for paid subscribers at no cost). Our weekly posts during this period will focus on the Bodhisattva Vow, supplementing the Sunday talks.
Paid subscribers will receive invitations to the talks and can also participate in the study by asking a question or sharing a comment on these posts.
Interested? If you are a paid subscriber, other than showing up, there is nothing more you need to do. If you are not a paid subscriber, become one to join us for the study of vow.
September 27 — Shuso talk: "Vow"
October 4 — Student talk: "Vow"
October 11 — Meido Moore Roshi, guest teacher talk: "Vow"