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Fresh Talks: Surangama Sutra
Apr
14

Fresh Talks: Surangama Sutra

In this series, the teachers of Chosei Zen will bring to life through their own experience the important texts in our lineage. In April, Ginny Whitelaw Roshi will focus on Surangama Sutra. Delve into the sutra that shows how we get everything backwards, how that backwards thinking gets us stuck, and the best practices for flipping it around and seeing clearly (i.e., enlightenment).

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Connection: Ease and Joy
Mar
17

Connection: Ease and Joy

This is the last of 6 discussions with Chosei Zen teachers during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Andy Robins Roshi will explore effortlessness without striving and the ability of the fully awakened mind to let go of struggles and be joyous.

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Connection: Hara, the Core that Connects
Mar
10

Connection: Hara, the Core that Connects

This is the fifth of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Ken Kushner Roshi, will discuss hara, or the lower abdomen. Hara connects the physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of human experience and provides connection to other people and the entire universe.

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Connection: No-mind, Present-mind
Feb
25

Connection: No-mind, Present-mind

This is the fifth of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Heather Scobie Roshi will explore how being in the body and engaged in the present moment is related to creativity, practice, and relationships.

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Fresh Talk: Kamae (psycho-physical posture)
Feb
11

Fresh Talk: Kamae (psycho-physical posture)

This is a Fresh Talk and also a discussion during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Gordon Greene Roshi will focus on kamae, which is a Japanese word frequently used in martial arts. It is sometimes translated as “psycho-physical posture,” but it is about your relationship to all that is around you.

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Connection: One with Practice
Jan
28

Connection: One with Practice

This is the first of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Ginny Whitelaw Roshi will discuss “being one with practice.” In this lead-off session, you'll have a chance to explore your starting relationship with practice and contrast that with the felt sense of being one with.

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