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(Norman, from his talk on Case 4, Book of Serenity ) For the first three months of the new year, Norman will be discussing koan practice in his talks and teaching, focusing on some of the 100 cases from the Book of Serenity . Koan study can take many forms, but one way is to use a koan as a guiding theme or metaphor for your practice. You hold the story close to you and call it to mind on your cushion, or in traffic, or in line at the grocery store. You turn it over and around, letting it settle deeply in your mind, learning to trust it, becoming intimate with it, until meaning starts to emerge. Think of all the hundreds of thousands of human minds these small old stories have passed through. How can we be lonely? |
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| Feb 4 - 25 - February 2010 Dharma Seminar Koan Practice: Cases from the Book of Serenity (Cont'd) Location: Community Congregational Church in Tiburon |
| Feb 21 Jewish Meditation One Day Retreat Sponsored by Makor Or, a Jewish Meditation Center; this all day retreat includes silent sitting and walking, Jewish prayer and teaching by Norman and Rabbi Dorothy Richman. Topic this month will be: "PURIM: MASKING and UNMASKING" Location: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco |
| Feb 25 Think Not Thinking: Meditation Practice & Intimacy A Public Talk by Norman at Bayfront Theatre at Fort Mason Feb. 25, Thursday evening. 7:30-9:30pm. Sponsored by One Taste www.onetaste.us Location: Bayfront Theatre at Fort Mason, San Francisco |
| Feb 28 February 2010 All Day Sitting These traditional yet relaxed all day sittings begin at 9:00 am and include meditation, a silent lunch, dharma talk/discussion, and dokusan (private meeting with Norman or other teachers). Location: Headlands Institute |
| Mar 4 - 7 - Three Day Sesshin at Red Cedar Dharma Hall A 3 Day Sesshin with Zoketsu Norman Fischer Friday, March 4-Sunday, March 7 Location: Red Cedar Dharma Hall |
| Mar 4 - 25 - March 2010 Dharma Seminar Koan Practice: Cases from the Book of Serenity (Cont'd) Location: Community Congregational Church in Tiburon |
| Mar 6 Everyday Zen Dialogues-Conversations With Death A day-long sitting and conversation with Frank Ostaseki and Martha de Barros Location: Community Congregational Church in Tiburon |
| Mar 14 "Self Reflection in Action" Center for Meditation in Law: NY For Conflict Professions Location: Center for Meditation in Law; NY |
| Mar 14 Honoring the Path of the Warrior A retreat for returning veterans. Location: San Francisco Zen Center |
| Mar 15 "Psalms/Koans" A public talk at the Jewish Meditation Center of Brooklyn Mon, March 15, 8pm – 9pm BZC - 505 Carroll Street, btween 3rd and 4th Ave., Brooklyn,NY Location: Brooklyn Zen Center, Brooklyn, NY |
| Qingyuan and the Price of Rice - Case 5 Book of SerenityNorman speaks on the Koan "Qingyuan and the Price of Rice" Case 5 of The Book of Serenity - Thomas Cleary edition. Norman Fischer | Feb 4, 2010  |
| The World Honored One Points to the Ground -Case 3 Book of SerenityNorman speaks on the koan "The World Honored One Points to the Ground" Case 4 of the Book of Serenity - Thomas Cleary... Norman Fischer | Jan 28, 2010 |
| Book of Serenity Case 1 Norman speaks on the Koan "The World Honored One Ascends the Seat" Case 1 of the Book of Serenity - Thomas Cleary edition. Norman Fischer | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Invitation Of the Patriarch To Eastern India - Case 3 Book of SerenityCharles Cagnon leads the class in a talk on "The Invitation Of The Patriarch To Eastern India" - Case 3 of the Book of Serenity. Charles Cagnon | Jan 21, 2010 |
| Names - Jewish MeditationNorman gives a talk on Names at the Jewish Mediation group at Makor Or. Norman Fischer | Jan 17, 2010 |
| Compassiion - Guided Meditation SCIPINorman gives a guided meditation on Compassion at the SCIPI lawyers retreat. Norman Fischer | Jan 16, 2010 |
| Settling - Guided Mediation SCIPINorman gives a guided mediation on Settling at the SCIPI lawyers retreat. Norman Fischer | Jan 16, 2010 |
| Bodhidharma's Emptiness - Case 2 Book Of SerenityNorman speaks on Bodhidharma's Emptiness - Case 2 of the Book of Serenity Thomas Cleary edition. We are left with the... Norman Fischer | Jan 14, 2010 |
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