Crooked River Zen Center

On Sat. we have the second of our current series of Jukai classes where we are beginning to study the classic Mahayana text by Shantideva, "The Way of the Bodhisattva." These classes are being led by Chris. We begin at 9:30am with a 30 minute sitting which is followed by the class. Attendance is open to everyone

The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature but of world literature. Dogen's writings are a near-perfect expression of truth, beautifully expressing the best of which the human race is capable. In this volume, Francis Cook presents ten selections from Dogen's masterwork, the Shobogenzo, as well as six of his own essays brilliantly illuminating the mind of this peerless master.

On Sat. we begin our next series of Jukai classes which are open to everyone, even if you're not currently sewing a rakusu in preparation for formally receiving the precepts. These classes will be led by Chris and the text that we'll be studying is "The Way of the Bodhisattva." These classes begin with one 30 minute sitting at 9:30am followed by the class.  

On Thurs. we will have our usual sitting at 7pm when our dharma talk will continue our study of Dogen's Bendowa.

 The dharma talk Thurs. will continue our study of Dogen's "Bendowa."

We have our usual Thurs. evening sitting this week at 7pm when our dharma talk following our sitting will continue to look at the last section of the introduction to "The Wholehearted Way" analyzing the important term which Dogen introduces in this work, jijuyu zanmai. Once we get through that we will begin looking at the Bendowa text itself along with Uchiyama's commentary on it.

Open discussion, We get started out with the subject of aliens and Buddhism.

This week we'll again be following our normal schedule with sittings on Thurs. at 7pm and Sat. at 9:30am. The dharma talk on Thurs. will primarily focus on Shohaku's analysis of Dogen's term "Jijuyu Zanmai" from his introduction to "The Wholehearted Way" which was recently re-published as "Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook." 

Open discussion, Dean gets started with an article from the Atlantic. Then continues with the environment.

 The service following our second sitting on Thurs. will be the full moon ceremony and the talk following that will be focused primarily on Shohaku Okumura's analysis of the very important terms "Bendowa" and "Jijuyu Zanmai" which is found in his introduction to the text we began studying last week, "Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook" aka "The Wholehearted Way."  

Open discussion from 7/08/2023

On Sat. we will have our July zazenkai. If you plan to attend any portion of this day of practice and have not yet informed me, please let me know by no later than Wed. to help with our preparation. I'm attaching a copy of the schedule we will be following. The dharma talk that morning will be "Zen, Jazz, and the Creative Art of Everyday Living."

On Sat. we will have our July zazenkai. If you plan to attend any portion of this day of practice and have not yet informed me, please let me know by no later than Wed. to help with our preparation. I'm attaching a copy of the schedule we will be following. The dharma talk that morning will be "Zen, Jazz, and the Creative Art of Everyday Living."

We will have our usual Thurs. evening sitting at 7pm followed by a dharma talk on the final chapter of the Lotus Sutra, chapter 28 "Encouragement of the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue."

Open discussion from the summer sesshin 2023 given by Dean Williams.