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2024 BZC Calendar of Events

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Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Class on Dogen’s “Eight Awakenings”

Class on Dogen’s “Eight Awakenings”


Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Class on Dogen’s “Eight Awakenings”

Please join Susan Marvin in a study of Eihei Dogen’s “Eight Awakenings of Great Beings” (Hachi Dainin Gaku), the last fascicle in the Shobogenzo, written in 1253, just before his death. This fascicle is as relevant today as it was in Dogen’s time, since it points all of us to important, accessible points of practice in our life right now.
The classes will focus on how we Zen lay practitioners relate and wake up to these Awakenings in our lives today. Translations will be sent out in advance of the first class.
The class will be held online only on three Thursdays: March 9, 16, and 23, 7:15‒ 8:45 p.m. The fee for the class is $30, or whatever you can afford. You may leave a check in the donation slot at BZC or use the “Generosity” tab on the website and click the “classes and sesshins” link. Please make a note that your payment is for Susan’s class on the “Eight Awakenings.”
Please register for the class by clicking this link in order to receive class material: https://forms.gle/e3XstiEFVp98YWvc80
For more information, contact Susan Marvin (lai_hang@yahoo.com) or Ryushin Andrea Thach (andrea.thach@gmail.com).