SCHEDULE & STUDY RESOURCES
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2026
Theme - Continuous Practice: Unending Circle of the Way
Dogen’s Gyoji in Shobogenzo
Tuesday, Sept. 1: Guiding Teacher Suzanne Shunryo Webber: Welcome Back & Opening Theme of Continuous Practice
Tuesday, Sept. 8: Guiding Teacher Tom Daijo Redden: Historical Dogen
Tuesday, Sept. 15: Sensei Shunryo: Ancestors and All My Relations
Tuesday, Sept. 22: Sensei Shunryo: Being Present
Saturday, One Day Retreat Sept. 26, Sensei Shunryo: What's Left of the Natural World
Tuesday, Oct. 13: Founding Teacher, Roshi Eve Myonen Marko
Tuesday, Oct. 20: Sensei John Genyo Sprague, GRZC Teacher: Continuous Practice of the Samadhi of the Song of the Mystery
Tuesday, Nov. 3: Sensei Daijo
Tuesday, Nov. 10: Sensei John Kealy, Senior Teacher of GRZC
Tuesday, Nov. 17: Sensei Sally Kealy, Senior Teacher of GRZC
Tuesday, Dec. 1: Sensei Daijo
Tuesday, Dec. 8: Sensei Shunryo
Enlightenment Retreat, Dec. 10-13 led by Daijo & Shunryo
Suggested Resources for the Study
TEXTS:
1. PDF of published book, Enlightenment Unfolds
Continuous Practice: Fascicles One and Two [scroll to pp. 150-193]
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d975604eb78ac0b7a0d6364/t/5fc0bc3da97599144e14c188/1606466628037/Enlightenment+unfolds+-+the+essential+teachings+of+Zen+Master+Do%CC%84gen+-+KAZUAKI+TANAHASHI.pdf
2. PDF of excerpt for Bright Way Zen, published as a chant (this excludes the stories of the patriarchs)
https://brightwayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BWZ-Chant-Gyoji-Continuous-Practice.pdf
3. Norman Fisher, The Great Road. Pre-order: book to be published Dec. 15
https://www.normanfischer.org/books-zen/the-great-road
AUDIO RECORDINGS:
A TALK BY Sensei Dainin, Upaya, May 2026
Buffalo Tail: A Story of Continuous Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxeZ6EXgn8
TWO TALKS BY Domyo Burk, Bright Way Zen Podcast 2024
Reflections on Continuous Practice and Dogen's "Gyoji"
https://zenstudiespodcast.com/gyoji-continuous-practice-1/
https://zenstudiespodcast.com/gyoji-continuous-practice-2/
SIX TALKS BY Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2010, Samish Island, Tassajara Zen Center
https://everydayzen.org/teachings/dogens-continuous-practice-1/
https://everydayzen.org/teachings/dogens-continuous-practice-2/
https://everydayzen.org/teachings/dogens-continuous-practice-3/
https://everydayzen.org/teachings/dogens-continuous-practice-4/
https://everydayzen.org/teachings/dogens-continuous-practice-5/
https://everydayzen.org/teachings/dogens-continuous-practice-6/
MOVIE:
ZEN, a film about Dogen’s life, free on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmaBk1bf4E