floatingzendo.org Blog » Uncategorized http://floatingzendo.org/blog Floating Zendo is a place for Soto Zen practice in San Jose, CA and other locations Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Heart Sutra Study 2009 http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/10/07/heart-sutra-study-2009/ http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/10/07/heart-sutra-study-2009/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:34:36 +0000 Administrator http://floatingzendo.org/blog/?p=62 Beginning in early October 2009, Floating Zendo has begun to study the Heart Sutra. We have studied the Sutra before, and we come back to this essential periodically. “The” Sutra is chanted at each of Floating Zendo’s zazen sessions as a core element of the service. The Sutra’s emphasis on emptiness and prajna paramita are core to our Soto and Mahayana practice.

We encourage you to join the study by attending Tuesday evenings in San Jose, CA, or by listening to the audio recordings of Angie’s talks.

]]> http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/10/07/heart-sutra-study-2009/feed/ 0 Angie on Wikipedia http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/03/27/angie-on-wikipedia/ http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/03/27/angie-on-wikipedia/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:49:26 +0000 Administrator http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/03/27/angie-on-wikipedia/ Wikipedia now has an entry for our teacher Angie!

Take a look… you may learn something that you didn’t know about our teacher!

(P.S. There is also a permanent link to the Wikipedia entry on the Blog Roll.)

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Chungnan

Middle-aged now, following the Way.
Settled at evening near the Chungnan slopes.
Delight, and I wander off by myself
Searching for what I need to see alone.
I climb up to the roots of the streams,
Sit and watch the White Clouds pass,
Meet the old man of the woods,
Talk and laugh, forget to go home.
… Wang Wei (699-759 AD)

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This blog (web log) is available to all FZ sangha members, to share ideas, have discussions, and generally create a parallel online community to our zazen practice. I hope that FZ members from across the U.S. and Europe, where Angie has sangha ties, will join in this blog.
The question at this point is: What topics would be of interest (and appropriate) for this forum. Some initial ideas inlcude:

  • Practice questions, addressed to Angie and hopefully answered by her, for the benefit of other sangha members as well as the original questioner.
  • Practice questions, addressed to the sangha as a whole. Many people have experience and opinions of benefit to others, and are most welcome.
  • Recommended reading or web sites (I have created categories for these items, as I suspect there may be many good suggestions).

A reminder: Please don’t post time-sensitive annoucements (such as business meeting dates, events occuring at other zendos) on this blog. Instead, use the Floating Zendo Zazen Yahoo Group for rapid email distribution.

An email (sent separately) includes instructions on logging in and how to make postings such as this.

I look forward to some good topics (that can be turned into “categories” so postings will be easy to locate), and then some good conversation!

… Dan

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I hope you enjoy the latest look and feel (”template”) for our website/blog.

The most obvious change is the graphic on the top of each page, with pictures from San Jose and the sesshin in Carmel.

I have added a “theme switcher” menu item, on the right column, which allows users to change how the site looks to them, but it’s not working quite right yet. Apologies.

I look forward to your feedback on the site layout and content.     … Dan

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The site design is based on the WordPress blog (web log) system, which we hope will encourage a flow of contributions from Angie Boissevain, our teacher, and our sangha (practice community) members.

You may find out more information by clicking on the various “pages” listed on the sidebar.

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