Taigen Leighton will host an online seminar on Saturday, October 21, from 1-4:30 PM on Dogen’s Extensive Record, Eihei Koroku. Taigen will give an introduction to this text, one of Dogen’s two major massive works, along with Shobogenzo. Then we will discuss selected excerpts from the text, which includes the whole of Dogen’s teaching career, […]
Our guiding teacher emeritus, Taigen Dan Leighton, will be leading an online seminar for San Francisco Zen Center, entitled Dogen's Self-Fulfillment Samadhi—Jijuyu Zammai. This workshop is the first in a two part series, to be followed by Dogen’s Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen—Fukanzazengi. Please note that while it is not mandatory to attend both sessions, participants are […]
Hogetsu Laurie Belzer is leading a six week seminar on practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts on Thursday evenings starting on October 10. The seminars will meet weekly in our Online Zendo. We will explore the 16 Great Bodhisattva Precepts as the lived expression of our vows to awaken for the benefit of all life. A reading […]
Seminar held by our emeritus guiding teacher Taigen Dan Leighton, entitled "Dogen's Expressing the Dream Within the Dream." In this seminar, we will discuss the stimulating essay “Expressing the Dream Within the Dream” (Muchu Setsumu) by Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), founder of Japanese Soto Zen. This writing describes the importance of expression for Dogen, and also […]
Hogetsu Laurie Belzer is leading a six week seminar on practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts on Thursday evenings starting on October 10. The seminars will meet weekly in our Online Zendo. We will explore the 16 Great Bodhisattva Precepts as the lived expression of our vows to awaken for the benefit of all life. A reading […]
Hogetsu Laurie Belzer is leading a six week seminar on practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts on Thursday evenings starting on October 10. The seminars will meet weekly in our Online Zendo. We will explore the 16 Great Bodhisattva Precepts as the lived expression of our vows to awaken for the benefit of all life. A reading […]