assignments (due tues., 3/9) in 1 paragraph, try to summarize an answer to the question “what is...
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Assignments• (due Tues., 3/9) In 1 paragraph,
try to summarize an answer to the question “What IS Zen?”
• (due Weds., 3/10) Read 153-157; do 156-7 A,C or D
• (due Thurs., 3/11) Read 158-161(top); do 159E
Assignments• (due Mon., 3/15) Koan
worksheet…prepare for “dokusan”; read 161-164; do 162G
• (due ., /) Memorize steps of zazen & kinhin
• (due ., /) Read Atheism article & write 1 pg. response/opinion
• (due ., /) Project Proposal• (Thurs., 3/18) TEST on Zen
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?