Dharma Seminar: Aug – Sept: Core Texts & Teachings of Dogen

Over the course of two months, led by four senior Everyday Zen teachers, we’ll study deeply two core texts of Dōgen, the Bendowa (“On the Endeavor of the Way”) and Fukanzazengi (“Recommending Zazen to All People”).

English titles from Kaz Tanahashi’s translation Dōgen’s  Treasury of the True Dharma Eye.

Readings

• Both texts available in: Zen Master Dōgen, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi, Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo (Shambhala Publications, 2013).
• Other translations also widely available.

Schedule

• August 5: Alan Block, “Themes From Dogen’s Bendowa”
• August 12: James Flaherty, “Themes From Dogen’s Bendowa”
• August 19 & 26: Jaune Evans & Mary Ann Sacksteder, “An Intimate Dive into Dogen’s Fukanzazengi, through the body and heart”
• September 2 & 9: Jaune Evans & Mary Ann Sacksteder, “An Intimate Dive into Dogen’s Fukanzazengi, through the body and heart”
• September 16: James Flaherty, “Themes From Dogen’s Bendowa”
• September 23: Alan Block, “Themes From Dogen’s Bendowa”
• September 30: Jaune Evans, Alan Block, James Flaherty, Mary Ann Sacksteder, “Personal perspectives on the teachings of Dogen”