Introduction to Zen
Hozan
will offer a five-week Introduction to Zen class on Thursday evenings
at 7:15, from January 12 to February 9. This class will explore the
history of Zen by way of five pivotal figures in our tradition:
Bodhidharma, Huineng, Tungshan, Dogen, and Suzuki Roshi. Each of these
figures has left us a living legacy of Zen practice.
Class
materials
will be available online and will be sent to the BZC listserve weekly.
The main text will be Nelson Foster's classic book, "The Roaring
Stream." A pdf of the entire book is available by downloading from this
link: https://terebess.hu/zen/roar.pdf
Up to 30 people can be seated in person in the zendo,. The class will also be video conferenced.You can log onto the BZC home page and "enter zendo" beginning 5 minutes before class.