At our Ordinary zazen group this week we will be continuing with our discussion that was started a couple of weeks ago, I will be reading a few paragraphs about the Heart Sutra from “Living by Vow” by Shohaku Okumura and a discussion will follow during tea. Please join us this Sunday evening. More…
There are many stories about exchanges between Zen Masters and students that end with the Zen Master saying, “Have a cup of tea.” The cup of tea is the Buddha-Dharma and tasting it is experiencing your Buddha-Nature, original nature, the ever-changing interdependence with everything, dharma. Just this. It is direct experience, not a mental construct, […]
Last week at our Ordinary Zen Group zazen we began a discussion of the Heart Sutra and how it informs our practice. This Sunday, June 7th, 2015 we will continue our discussion of the heart sutra with a reading from Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow”. Okumura is a Soto Zen Prest and translator who has […]