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Spring Term 2025 – Practice Intensive Group Resource Page

Meeting Dates
Study Plan
Zoom Rooms

Spring Term 2025 Meeting Dates:

Meetings with Domyo take place on her Zoom (ending in 5898); Peer Group Meetings take place on BWZ Zoom #2 (ending in 1010).

Saturday Practice Intensive Group: 11am-1pm Pacific, Noon-2pm Mountain, 1-3pm Central, 2-4pm Eastern, 6-8pm UK, 7-9 Eastern Europe.
Almost all 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, March-July

  • March 1st (1st Saturday) – 11am-1pm (Pacific Time) – Meeting #1 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Having Few Desires
  • March 15th (3rd Saturday) – 12–1pm – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • April 5th (1st Saturday) – Meeting #2 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom – 5898) – Knowing One Has Enough & Appreciating Serenity/Quietude
  • April 19th (3rd Saturday) – 12–1pm – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • May 3rd (1st Saturday) – Meeting #3 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Making Diligent Effort & Not Losing Sight of True Dharma
  • May 17th (3rd Saturday) – 12–1pm – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • June 7th (1st Saturday) – Meeting #4 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Concentrating on Settling in Dhyana-Samadhi & Practicing Wisdom
  • June 21st (3rd Saturday) – 12–1pm – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • July 5th (1st Saturday) – Meeting #5 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Not Engaging in Useless Argument

Thursday Practice Intensive Group: 4-6pm Pacific, 5-7pm Mountain, 6-8pm Central, 7-9pm Eastern.
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, October – February

  • March 6th (1st Thursday) – Meeting #1 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Having Few Desires
  • March 20th (3rd Thursday) – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • April 3rd (1st Thursday) – Meeting #2 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Knowing One Has Enough & Appreciating Serenity/Quietude
  • April 17th (3rd Thursday) – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • May 1st (1st Thursday) – Meeting #3 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Making Diligent Effort & Not Losing Sight of True Dharma
  • May 15th (3rd Thursday) – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • June 5th (1st Thursday) – Meeting #4 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Concentrating on Settling in Dhyana-Samadhi & Practicing Wisdom
  • June 19th (3rd Thursday) – Peer Group Meeting – BWZ Zoom #2 (-1010)
  • July 3rd (1st Thursday) – Meeting #5 with Domyo (Domyo’s Zoom -5898) – Not Engaging in Useless Argument

Study Plan:

1) Work our way through Uchiyama Roshi’s book The Roots of Goodness: Zen Master Dogen’s Teaching on the Eight Qualities of a Great Person. Each participant will be responsible for a 10-minute presentation on one or two of the chapters/qualities during meetings, to stimulate discussion. Dogen’s brief essay describes eight qualities:

    • Having Few Desires
    • Knowing One Has Enough
    • Appreciating Serenity/Quietude
    • Making Diligent Effort
    • Not Losing Sight of the True Dharma
    • Concentrating on Settling in Dhyana-Samadhi
    • Practicing Wisdom
    • Not Engaging in Useless Argument

Link to Saturday group chapter signup

Link to Thursday group chapter signup

2) Weekly entries in a shared online journal, with reflections to include the qualities being studied in the book.

Link to Saturday group collaborative journal

Link to Thursday group collaborative journal

 

Zoom Rooms:

Practice Intensive Groups meet on Zoom.

Meetings with Domyo take place on her Zoom (ending in 5898).

Peer Group Meetings take place on BWZ Zoom #2 (ending in 1010).