LIVING WITH PRECEPTS: AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE
November - April
Meeting five times in person, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday and twice on zoom, 3:00-4:30 Sundays on zoom
Led by Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber
The Zen Precepts provide a reliable footing for all paths and expressions of ethical life. Green River Zen Center is offering this class for new or long practitioners from any background. Course limit: 16. Suggested slidiinig fee: $100 - $300 payable by March 1, 2024. Talk with us if money isn't your resource - no one is turned away, everyone is welome.
The 16 Bodhisattva Precepts guide us to realize that we live in absolute interconnectedness with all life here and now, and that we are responsible for all aspects of our life. We have the power to transform suffering and to work effectively to lessen greed, anger and delusion. Our body, mouth and thoughts are the actual tools of practice. The life we have right now is the kindling of our Enlightenment. By plunging into the precepts, we experience ourselves as the Awakened One, just as we are right now, embracing our life just as it is.
We will engage in a number of practices to raise awareness of the precepts in our daily activities. These include zazen meditation, journaling, sharing our challenges and growth with other members of the class, and engaging in personal, one-on-one conversations with the teachers. We seek to encounter and remove obstacles, identify and befriend shadows, and embody a compassionate relationship with ourselves. Practicing the precepts does not mean we are perfect or special, or even good. It is simply living with the intention to free ourselves and others from suffering.
This course could lead to the ceremony of Jukai, Taking Refuge in the Precepts, for anyone who wishes to take this additional step.
To register, please contact Shunryo at [email protected]
November - April
Meeting five times in person, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday and twice on zoom, 3:00-4:30 Sundays on zoom
Led by Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber
The Zen Precepts provide a reliable footing for all paths and expressions of ethical life. Green River Zen Center is offering this class for new or long practitioners from any background. Course limit: 16. Suggested slidiinig fee: $100 - $300 payable by March 1, 2024. Talk with us if money isn't your resource - no one is turned away, everyone is welome.
The 16 Bodhisattva Precepts guide us to realize that we live in absolute interconnectedness with all life here and now, and that we are responsible for all aspects of our life. We have the power to transform suffering and to work effectively to lessen greed, anger and delusion. Our body, mouth and thoughts are the actual tools of practice. The life we have right now is the kindling of our Enlightenment. By plunging into the precepts, we experience ourselves as the Awakened One, just as we are right now, embracing our life just as it is.
We will engage in a number of practices to raise awareness of the precepts in our daily activities. These include zazen meditation, journaling, sharing our challenges and growth with other members of the class, and engaging in personal, one-on-one conversations with the teachers. We seek to encounter and remove obstacles, identify and befriend shadows, and embody a compassionate relationship with ourselves. Practicing the precepts does not mean we are perfect or special, or even good. It is simply living with the intention to free ourselves and others from suffering.
This course could lead to the ceremony of Jukai, Taking Refuge in the Precepts, for anyone who wishes to take this additional step.
To register, please contact Shunryo at [email protected]
Suzanne Shunryo Webber is a Preceptor and Teacher sitting with Green River Zen Center and Roshi Eve Myonen Marko since 2007. She is active in a small farming community in Western Massachusetts, and works as a community mental health counselor.