April 10: Shirley: “Emma: Pocket of Love”, from The Book of Householder Koans, Eve Marko and Wendy Nakao
April 17: Simon: “Daowu’s Condolence Call” from Blue Cliff Record: Koan Case 55
May 1: Geoff Fishleigh – “ Being Alive is Enough” and “Responsibility for the Gift”, Blanche Hartman
May 8: Edie Brown – “The Truth of This Life: Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is” – Page 91 – True Intimacy, Katherine Thanas
May 15: Hannah Sullivan – “Practice and Enlightenment”, Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment is the Universe – Zen and the Way of Being Time. Published by Shambhala Publications Dec 2, 2008
May 22: JoEllen Moldoff – “Zen Haiku, Beginner’s Haiku” See citations in this link.
May 29: Koya Mathias – “The Circumstance is the Teaching”, Ch. 10, Maureen Stuart, Subtle Sound
June 5: Jenn Abbott – The Illusion and Oppression of I, Me and My – there will be no text for this session. Refer to the recording when it is available.
June 12: Maggie Tuck – “Just avoid picking and choosing”, Harada Roshi, Moon by the Window
June 19: Bert Lamsa – “Not Moving is the Way” from “The Truth of This Life” by Katherine Thanas
July 3: Wendy Van Tongeren – “Kanji: A Good Death, A Bad Death” from The Book of Householder Koans, eds. Marko and Nakao
July 17: Centa Uhalde – “Our Substitute Life” from “Body as Self” by Charlotte Joko Beck (with Ezra Bayda)
July 24: Ashley Moran – “It’s all about Love and Joy” and “How to Live if you’re going to Die”,
Blanche Hartman, Seeds for a Boundless Life
