Study Archive (3)

September 5: Shirley: The Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)

September 12: Judy: The Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)Darkness and Light: Nondiscrimination and Discrimination

September 19: Michelle: The Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)

September 26: Judy: The Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)

October 3: Simon: The Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)

October 10: All: Full Chant: The Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)

October 17: Gabriela Perrson: Sedaka Sutta, Samyutta Nikaya 47.19 and Discourse of the Simile of the Pole Acrobat (SA 613)

October 24: Shirley Graham: Revisiting the Grass Hut – “Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage” Shitou Xiqian (700-790) – tr. Taigen Dan Leighton and Kazuaki Tanahashi, published by Wisdom Publications 2014

November 7: Michelle: First of the Four Bodhisattva Vows: “Beings are numberless; I vow to free them.

November 14: Chris: Second of the Four Bodhisattva Vows: “Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.November 21: Judy: Third of the Four Bodhisattva Vows: “Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.”

November 28: Simon: Fourth of the Four Bodhisattva Vows: “Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to embody it.”

December 5: Shirley: Review of the Four Bodhisattva Vows: “Beings are numberless; I vow to free them”; “Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them”, “Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them”, “Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to embody it.”

December 12: Chris: Robe Chant

December 19: Michelle: Chant for Opening the Sutra

January 9, 2022: Judy: Verse of Repentance

January 16: Gabriela: Roshi Bernie Glassman: Bearing Witness to All of Life – Published in Lion’s Roar, January 2, 2018January 23: Michelle: Three Refuges – First: Text: “I take refuge in Buddha”

January 30: Shirley: Three Refuges – Second: Text: “I take refuge in Dharma”

February 6: Simon: Three Refuges – Third: Text: “I take refuge in Sangha”

February 13: Bert Lamsa – Moon by the Window: The Calligraphy and Zen Insights of Shodo Harada – Page 159

February 20: Gabriela: Roshi Joan Halifax: The Heart Sutra’s Boundless Vision – Upaya Zen Centre’s Blog, October 31, 2021

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