2. Assignments (due Tues., 3/9) In 1 paragraph, try to summarize an answer to the question “What IS Zen?” (due Weds., 3/10) Read 153-157; do 156-7 A,C or D (due Thurs., 3/11) Read 158-161(top); do 159E

3. Assignments (due Mon., 3/15) Koan worksheet…prepare for “dokusan”; read 161-164; 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

4. zen ~ historical sketch Dhyana (India) Ch’an (China) Zen (Japan) =meditation

5. Zen- historical sketch Mahakasyapa –Who? --Why chosen? –“Flower Sermon”? Bodhidharma –Who? –When did he bring Buddhism to China?

6. Japanese Zen Two sects: “Sudden Awakening” > Rinzai “Gradual Awakening” > Soto

7. Zen Teachings WORDS

8. Zen Teachings RATIONAL THOUGHT WORDS

9. Zen Teachings PURE EXPERIENCE RATIONAL THOUGHT WORDS

10. zen is nothing

11. zen is no thing

13. Zen mind= beginner’s mind

14. Zen is… Awakening/enlightenment attained primarily through … …meditation. (meditation is “waking up” is Zen)

15. Satori “Pure”/direct experience beyond thought, feeling, words, names (all ego-projection) Not permanent/ “one-time” (as w/ Nirvana) Emphasized most in Rinzai school

16. 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)

17. Zen Monastic Life Practices: –Zazen: seated meditation –Kinhin: walking meditation –Dokusan: meeting with “roshi” –Other arts, crafts, work, tasks Zen Mountain Monastery

18. Intro to Zazen

19. 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?