Description: Non-Attachment.

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

Description: Buddhas and cause and effect.

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

Description: Mind is Buddha.

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice.

Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura (same as yesterday)

The Art of Just Sitting edited by John Daido Loori.

Description: A selection ōf Dōgen's encouragement talks to inspire our practice.

Main sources: Dogen's Extensive Record: Eihei Kōroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura.

Description: Mind is Buddha.

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Red Pine.

To think of practice as having a goal takes us away from the present moment. We can become impatient when we don't see the desired results of our zazen, and this impatience can become a hindrance in our practice.

Texts: The Gateless Barrier, Robert Aitken

The Three Pillars of Zen, Philip Kapleau.

The Kshanti Paramita. Active patience or forbearance as an antidote to anger.

The Sangha assembled on Vulture Peak to hear a discourse by the Buddha. The Buddha simply held up a flower. Only Mahakashyapa smiled.

Texts: The Gateless Barrier, Robert Aitken

Disciples of the Buddha, Zenno Ishigami.

Some reflections of the 10 cardinal precepts and some questions to discuss.

Source: The World Could Be Otherwise, Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path by Norman Fischer.