http://floatingzendo.org/blog Floating Zendo is a place for Soto Zen practice in San Jose, CA and other locations Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:56:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ We are pleased to announce Floating Zendo's 2008 sesshin (retreat) will be held from August 18 through August 24, 2008 at Jikoj (Los Gatos, CA) in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. We look forward to seeing you there! Sesshin starts today (August 18, 2008). Please join us, even if you ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/06/03/2008-fz-sesshin/ (Deadline extended... please send contributions to Carolyn! ) Dear Floating Zendo Sangha, Our next newsletter is our traditional Sangha Newsletter. We welcome news from our far-flung sangha, as well as poems, stories, photos, artwork, and calligraphy. If what you want to send doesn't fit these categories, send it along anyway. ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2008/04/01/fz-newsletter-and-logo/ 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/ Beginning In late January 2007, Floating Zendo will study the 10 Ox Herding Pictures of Kaku-an Shi-en (Ch) / Kuo-an Shih-yuan (Ch): Book, online: D.T. Suzuki from _Manual of Zen Buddhism_ (a classic) Books, offline: Loori, John Daido, _Riding the Ox Home_ Kapleau, Philip, _Three Pillars of Zen_ Shibayama, Zenkei, _A flower does not ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2007/01/20/ox-herding-pictures-study-materials/ I recently read some lectures by Pat Phelan about Dogen's Fukanzazengi, where she indicates that Dogen wrote three zazen "users manuals", that are available in English from Stanford's Soto Text Translation Project: Zazengi (Principles of Zazen) Zazenshin (Lancet of Zazen) Fukanzazengi (Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen) The translators' notes and supplemental ... http://floatingzendo.org/blog/2006/12/28/dogens-users-manuals-on-zazen/