http://floatingzendo.org/blog Floating Zendo is a place for Soto Zen practice in San Jose, CA and other locations Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:37:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Starting Tuesday, January 12, we will be studying Hsin-hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind by Seng-ts'an, Third Patriarch. The book that Angie will use as her reference in the upcoming talks is Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen by Mu Soeng & Jan Chozen Bays. This book includes the ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/12/30/hsin-hsin-ming-study-2010/ 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 ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/10/07/heart-sutra-study-2009/ [Practice period for 2009 is now over. We leave this posting available for your use, as it refers to useful documents relevant for ongoing practice.] In preparation for Floating Zendo's sesshin in August 2009, we began a practice period in early July, that will end with the start of sesshin. "Ango" ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/07/15/practice-period-2009/ As of early June 2009, we are studying the Buddhist Precepts. Angie gives a talk on them each Tuesday evening after zazen, followed by comments and questions/answers with the sangha. Here are the materials. And here are the talks. http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2009/06/16/precepts-study/ Begining July 8, 2008, Floating Zendo in San Jose, CA will study Dogen Zenji's Zuimonki on Tuesday evenings. Zuimonki is a collection of dharma talks to lay and monk practitioners given by Dogen Zenji, recorded by his disciple Ejo. We will use a few translations: Online: from Sotoshu (Soto Zen in Japan, likely ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/07/02/tues-study-dogens-zuimonki/ 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.) http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/03/27/angie-on-wikipedia/ As of late November 2007, we have begun our study of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. We hope you will join us for regular zazen and our study of this wonderful book, led by our teacher Angie. http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2007/11/28/studying-zen-mind-beginners-mind-on-tues-evening/ We have begun the study of Kobun Chino roshi's Aspects of Sitting. We began this study in mid-August 2007, and will review a chapter each Tuesday evening after zazen in San Jose. The text addresses guidelines for zazen, which are especially relevant, as we are about to hold our annual sesshin. ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2007/08/16/aspects-of-sitting-by-kobun-chino-roshi/ On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, guest speaker Michael Newhall from Jikoji cited a poem from memory that many sangha members enjoyed. The following is the poem in full: 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 ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2007/05/18/poem-by/ [We are beginning study of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, written by Santideva. We begin with Chapter 1 on May 1, 2007, as part of our regular Tuesday evening schedule in San Jose. Please join us.] A GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA'S WAY OF LIFE (concerning development of an enlightened ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2007/04/30/37/