An eight-week study group. Open to all practitioners. No registration or previous experience is required.

This will be two back-to-back classes taught by Sinchi Linda Galijan and Zenshin Greg Fain introducing stuudents to the teaching og Zen Master Dōgen. We will begin with Fukanzazengi, Dōgen’s universal instruction to Zen meditation, on May 21 & 28, and June 4 & 11.

On June 25 and July 2,9, & 23, we will study, Shushogi, the classical distillation of the whole of Dōgen’s teachings.

We will use the following translations for our reading and discussion, these texts are available as PDFs for free online:
Fukanzazengi:
https://www.sfzc.org/files/daily_sutras_Fukanzazengi
Shushogi
https://www.sotozen.com/eng/practice/sutra/pdf/03/c02.pdf

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