Assignments (due Tues., 3/9) In 1 paragraph, try to summarize an answer to the question “What IS Zen?” (due Weds., 3/10) Read ; do A,C or D (due Thurs., 3/11) Read (top); do 159E
Assignments (due Mon., 3/15) Koan worksheet…prepare for “dokusan”; read ; do 162G (due., /) Memorize steps of zazen & kinhin (due., /) Read Atheism article & write 1 pg. response/opinion (due., /) Project Proposal (Thurs., 3/18) TEST on Zen
zen ~ historical sketch Dhyana (India) Ch’an (China) Zen (Japan) =meditation
Zen- historical sketch Mahakasyapa –Who? --Why chosen? –“Flower Sermon”? Bodhidharma –Who? –When did he bring Buddhism to China?
Japanese Zen Two sects: “Sudden Awakening” > Rinzai “Gradual Awakening” > Soto
Zen Teachings WORDS
Zen Teachings RATIONAL THOUGHT WORDS
Zen Teachings PURE EXPERIENCE RATIONAL THOUGHT WORDS
zen is nothing
zen is no thing
Zen mind= beginner’s mind
Zen is… Awakening/enlightenment attained primarily through … …meditation. (meditation is “waking up” is Zen)
Satori “Pure”/direct experience beyond thought, feeling, words, names (all ego-projection) Not permanent/ “one-time” (as w/ Nirvana) Emphasized most in Rinzai school
Koan Riddle/Puzzle that evades logic Not anti-rational, but non-rational, or … meta-rational Emphasized in Rinzai Zen Dokusan= session to discuss koan (Zen counseling session)
Zen Monastic Life Practices: –Zazen: seated meditation –Kinhin: walking meditation –Dokusan: meeting with “roshi” –Other arts, crafts, work, tasks Zen Mountain Monastery
Intro to Zazen
Illogical Zen ? Suzuki’s examples that show need to move from logic to direct experience? What is the “third eye”? What is the “nothing” that Zen teaches?