Event Details
2012 Genzo-e Retreat with the Rev. Shohaku Okumura
(Orientation 7:30 Saturday, February 4)
Sunday, February 5 - Friday, February 10
Registration is closed. Thank you for your interest.
Genzo-e is a meditation and study retreat designed to allow for a deep investigation of the teachings of Dogen Zenji, the 13th-century founder of Soto Zen. This week-long retreat includes periods of zazen and two daily classes. It will be led by Rev. Shohaku Okumura, one of the world's foremost teachers on Dogen's practice and philosophy.
The text will be Shobogenzo "Hachidainingaku" (Eight Awakening Points of Great Beings) translated by Carl Bielefeldt and available on-line as printable PDF documents through the Stanford Soto Zen Text Project, number 12.
Orientation for the retreat will be on Saturday evening, February 4, at 7:30 pm.
Rev. Okumura is the founding teacher of the Sanshin Zen Community, located in Bloomington, Indiana. For more information about Shohaku Okumura, please visit the website of Sanshin Zen Community.
Retreat fees: The cost for the 6-day retreat is $210; for current members of Austin Zen Center, $180. For single or partial days the cost will be $30 for members, $35 for non-members. Overnight accommodation: $10 per night shared. Accommodations are very limited. Please contact our Administrator, Susan Hansen for more information.
For inquiries regarding the schedule and financial assistance contact the Administrator at 512-452-5777.
To Register: Registration is closed. Thank you for your interest.
Schedule:
Sunday:
8am - 10am zazen, kinhin, zazen
10am - 12pm Teaching; silent bring-our-own bag lunch
1:30pm - 3pm zazen, kinhin, zazen
3pm - 5pm Teaching
5:40pm zazen
7:30pm - 8pm zazen
Monday - Friday:
6am-7:20am optional zazen, kinhin, zazen
then same as Sunday
2012 Retreat with Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Saturday and Sunday, February 18 and 19
Registration is now full. Thank you for your interest.
Zen students - students of the Buddha way - may be instructed in and joyfully enter the Bodhisattva’s practices even before they understand their true nature.
The weekend retreat will offer teachings on the basic Bodhisattva virtues and their real nature as expressed in the Abhidharma text Summary of the Great Vehicle. By practicing these virtues on a mundane level together with teachings on their ultimate character we will come to understand their nature. Then we will be able to continue their practice on a super-mundane level with even more confidence, enthusiasm and joy. And in this way these practices will come to their complete fullness.
Tenshin Reb Anderson was born in Mississippi in 1943 and grew up in Minnesota. He came to Zen Center in 1967 and was ordained as a priest in 1970 by Suzuki-roshi, who gave him the name Tenshin Zenki ("Naturally Real, The Whole Works"). He received dharma transmission in 1983, served as abbot from 1986 to 1995, and is currently senior dharma teacher. He lives with his family at Green Dragon Temple (Green Gulch Farm).
Retreat fees: The cost for the 2-day retreat is $70; for current members of Austin Zen Center, $60. For those only able to attend the morning and afternoon classes, the fees will be: $30, $20 for limited income. Overnight accommodation: $10 per night shared. Accommodations are very limited. Please contact our Administrator, Susan Hansen for more information.
Registration deadline is Monday, February 6.
For inquiries regarding the schedule and financial assistance contact our Administrator, Susan Hansen at 512/452-5777.
To Register: Registration is now full. Thank you for your interest.
Schedule:
Saturday:
8am - 10:30am zazen, kinhin, zazen
10:30 Dharma Talk
12pm silent bring-our-own bag lunch
1:30pm - 3pm zazen, kinhin, zazen
3pm - 5pm Teaching
5:40pm zazen
7:30pm - 8pm zazen
Sunday:
6am - 7:20am optional zazen, kinhin, zazen
10am - 12pm Teaching
silent bring-our-own bag lunch
1:30pm - 3pm zazen, kinhin, zazen
3pm - 5pm Teaching
5:40pm zazen
7:30pm - 8pm zazen
Full Moon Ceremony
Wed, 7:30pm (takes about 30 minutes)
No sign-up necessary.
This is a ceremony that helps us reaffirm our vow to live for the benefit of all living beings, guided by the Bodhisattva Precepts.
Please join us!
Sewing Buddha's Robe
Mondays, 7:00pm, by permission of teacher.
Sewing Buddha's robe is part of the process for a Zen student to receive the precepts.
Women's Sitting
First Sundays of the month, 4:30-5:45pm. 702 W. 31st St.
All women are invited to spend some time in meditation and discussion.
Dharma Talks
Kosho McCall, January 28, 2012, A Koan and Three Buddhist Archetypes
Guest Practice
Interested in either starting or deepening your Zen practice in a residential setting with others? Our Guest Practice program is a short term opportunity that includes meditation, study, work practice and discussions about Zen Buddhism.
Just This
The editorial staff of Just This, the journal of the Austin Zen Center, announces its latest issue: Sitting: Part 1, which explores sitting as a metaphor for, and a practice of, the Buddhist way. Read and see the work of many fine contributors from AZC and beyond.
