Schedule of Dharma talks & suggestions for supplemental reading for study this quarter: Cultivating Compassion and Courage in the Presence of Death
Tuesday, September 3: Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber, Centering Death and Dying in a Life Based on Truthfulness
Tuesday, September 10: Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
Saturday, September 14: Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber, Sutra Talk: Identity of Relative and Absolute
Tuesday, September 17: Sensei John Genyo Sprague, Facing Death: A Mindfulness Journey
Saturday, September 28: One Day Retreat, Sensei Tom Daijo Redden and Dharma Holder Petriana Monize
Tuesday, October 1: Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, Personal Encounters with Death and Dying: Learning to Experience Ease with the Great Mystery
Tuesday, October 8: Ayesha Ali of Heartwood Mindfulness Community
Saturday, October 12: Sensei John Genyo Sprague, Sutra Talk: Song of Jewel Mirror of Awareness
Tuesday, October 22: Dharma Holder Petriana Dantika Monize
Tuesday, November 5: Sensei John Kealy
Tuesday, November 12: Sensei Sally Sonen Kealy
Tuesday, November 19: Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
Saturday, November 30: One Day Retreat, Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber
Rohatsu December 5-8: December 6: Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
Rohatsu December 5-8: December 7: Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber
Suggested Readings for the Quarter (this list may grow) There are literally hundreds of very fine books on the subject of death and dying. The Halifax book is especially rich with practices to enrich our life. The Aitken essay gives a beautiful expression of the generosity of death.
Book: Joan Halifax, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
Essay: Death: A Zen Buddhist Perspective, by Robert Aitken
Tuesday, September 3: Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber, Centering Death and Dying in a Life Based on Truthfulness
Tuesday, September 10: Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
Saturday, September 14: Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber, Sutra Talk: Identity of Relative and Absolute
Tuesday, September 17: Sensei John Genyo Sprague, Facing Death: A Mindfulness Journey
Saturday, September 28: One Day Retreat, Sensei Tom Daijo Redden and Dharma Holder Petriana Monize
Tuesday, October 1: Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, Personal Encounters with Death and Dying: Learning to Experience Ease with the Great Mystery
Tuesday, October 8: Ayesha Ali of Heartwood Mindfulness Community
Saturday, October 12: Sensei John Genyo Sprague, Sutra Talk: Song of Jewel Mirror of Awareness
Tuesday, October 22: Dharma Holder Petriana Dantika Monize
Tuesday, November 5: Sensei John Kealy
Tuesday, November 12: Sensei Sally Sonen Kealy
Tuesday, November 19: Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
Saturday, November 30: One Day Retreat, Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber
Rohatsu December 5-8: December 6: Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
Rohatsu December 5-8: December 7: Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber
Suggested Readings for the Quarter (this list may grow) There are literally hundreds of very fine books on the subject of death and dying. The Halifax book is especially rich with practices to enrich our life. The Aitken essay gives a beautiful expression of the generosity of death.
Book: Joan Halifax, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
Essay: Death: A Zen Buddhist Perspective, by Robert Aitken