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 […]