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Class is from 8-9pm Pacific Time, after zazen and a short break (you can arrive or leave any time). Click here to view the practice schedule. You are welcome to join our class series for free at any time, at any point in the series, and there is no need to register. Each class can be accessible and enjoyable even if you haven’t attended previous classes in a series.

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Fall Tuesday Study Series: Ten Fields of Zen

Have you ever wanted to be sure you are covering all the essential aspects of Zen practice?

Domyo created the Ten Fields of Zen to give you a sense of the potential breadth of your practice and help you envision the many different ways it can manifest: Bodhicitta, Zazen, Mindfulness, Dharma Study, Precepts, Opening Your Heart, Learning the Self, Realization, Bodhisattva Activity, and Connecting with the Ineffable.

As we work our way through Domyo’s new book The Ten Fields of Zen: A Primer for Practitioners, the emphasis will be very practical: How do you go about exploring this field, and making it part of your life? We’ll hear from other Sangha members as well as Domyo.

Study Schedule:

  • Tuesday, September 30th – Introduction: What Is Zen Practice? (and introduction to the Ten Fields) – Text* ~ Audio

    • NOTE: Text links are to Google Docs of the most up-to-date versions of the book chapters (some minor things have changed since they were posted to the Zen Studies Podcast). You can also print the Google Docs if you want to.

  • Tuesday, October 7th – Field One – Bodhicitta: Nurturing the Way-Seeking Mind – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, October 14th – Field Two – Zazen: Your Total Response to Life – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, October 21st – Field Three – Mindfulness: Cultivating Awareness Every Moment – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, October 28th – Field Four – Dharma Study: Wrestling with the Teachings – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, November 4th – Field Five – Precepts: Transcending Self-Attachment – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, November 11th – Field Six – Opening Your Heart: Self-Acceptance and Non-Separation – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, November 18th –  Field Seven – Studying the Self: This Very Body is Buddha – Text ~ Audio (Links available soon, this chapter is being re-written and re-recorded)

  • Tuesday, November 25th – Field Eight – Realization: Direct Experience of Reality-with-a-Capital-R – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, December 2nd – Field Nine – Bodhisattva Service: Enacting Vows to Benefit All Beings – Text ~ Audio

  • Tuesday, December 9th – Different class, led by someone else while Domyo is at Rohatsu
  • Tuesday, December 16th – Field Ten – Connecting with the Ineffable: Aligning with What Is Most True – Text ~ Audio