Assignments• (due Fri., 11/5) Project Proposal• (due Weds., 11/3) In 1 paragraph,

try to summarize an answer to the question “What IS Zen?”

• (due Thurs., 11/4) Read 153-157; do 156-7 A,C or D

• (due Fri., 11/5) Read 158-161(top); do 159E

Assignments• (due Mon., 11/8) Koan

worksheet…prepare for “dokusan”; read 161-164; do 162G

• (due Tues., 11/9) Memorize steps of zazen & kinhin

• (Thurs., 11/11) TEST on Zen• (due Monday, 11/22) Groundhog

Day reflection paper (see sheet on Netclassroom for details)

zen ~ historical sketch

Dhyana (India) Ch’an (China)

Zen (Japan) =meditation

Zen- historical sketch

•Mahakasyapa–Who? --Why chosen?–“Flower Sermon”?

•Bodhidharma–Who?–When did he bring Buddhism to China?

Japanese Zen•Two sects:•“Sudden Awakening” > Rinzai

•“Gradual Awakening” > Soto

Zen Teachings

WORDS

Zen TeachingsRATIONAL THOUGHT

WORDS

Zen TeachingsPURE EXPERIENCE

RATIONAL THOUGHT

WORDS

zenis

nothing

zenis

no thing

Zen mind= beginner’s mind

Zen is…•Awakening/enlightenment attained primarily through …

…meditation.(meditation is “waking up” is Zen)

Satori•“Pure”/direct experience beyond thought, feeling, words, names (all ego-projection)

•Not permanent/ “one-time” (as w/ Nirvana)

•Emphasized most in Rinzai school

Koan•Riddle/Puzzle that evades logic•Not anti-rational, but non-rational, or … meta-rational

•Emphasized in Rinzai Zen•Dokusan= session to discuss koan (Zen counseling session)

Zen Monastic Life•Practices:

–Zazen: seated meditation–Kinhin: walking meditation–Dokusan: meeting with “roshi”

–Other arts, crafts, work, tasks•Zen Mountain Monastery

Intro to Zazen

Illogical Zen?

•Suzuki’s examples that show need to move from logic to direct experience?

•What is the “third eye”?

•What is the “nothing” that Zen teaches?