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The Diamond Sutra Study and Practice The Diamond Sutra Study and Practice Registration November 7-9, 2014 Please register online at www.CharlesRiverZen.org/diamondsutra/ A non-refundable deposit of $75 is requested to secure a space. Please note that space is limited. For further information please visit our website at www.CharlesRiverZen.org or contact Dokuro or Shuko with any questions via email at [email protected] or call 617-800-9585 www.CharlesRiverZen.org 617-800-9585 The Diamond Sutra Presenters Sōgen is on the faculty of McGill University as an Associate Professor of Japanese Reli- The Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra The workshop will be facilitated by two ex- gions in the Faculty of Religious Studies. He (Diamond Sutra) is an early Mahayana traordinary scholars who are also Rinzai Zen is the author of three books, including Zen “Perfection of Wisdom” text written in the practitioners, each with decades of dedicat- Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Kōan first few centuries of the Common Era and ed practice, and assisted by the Abbot and Practice. contains important teachings on emptiness, staff of Charles River Zen. no-self, non-attachment, impermanence, Kendo Harold Roth, Ph.D. be- Dokurō Roland Jaeckel, Oshō and enlightenment. Translated into Chinese gan practicing Rinzai Zen with has been studying Rinzai Zen in 401 CE, it is one of the most influential Jōshū Sasaki Rōshi in 1969 since the early 80s and was or- works in the Zen tradition. and was ordained a Zen monk dained a Zen monk by Jōshū in 1987. Kendo is a Professor Sasaki Rōshi in 1989. He be- The Seminar of Religious Studies at Brown came an Oshō in 2004 and es- Join us for a weekend of study and practice University and the Director of the Contem- tablished Charles River Zen. Dokurō serves as we explore the principal themes of the plative Studies Program the first of its kind as a Buddhist Chaplain at Harvard University. Diamond Sutra in light of the teachings of in North America. He is the author of six ____________________________________ Tathāgatha Zen. Alternating sessions of lec- books, including Original Tao: 'Inward Train- ture, discussion, and formal Rinzai Zen prac- ing' and the Origins of Taoist Mysticism, and tice will facilitate extending this insight into the editor of About Tathagatha Zen, by Cost $250 our daily lives. Formal practice comprises Kyozan Jōshū Sasaki Rōshi. Early registration: by 9/30 $225 seated meditation, walking, chanting, and Victor Sōgen Hori, Ph.D. re- silent meals. Cost includes materials, lodging and vegetar- ceived his Doctorate in Phi- ian meals. Accommodations are double or losophy from Stanford Uni- dormitory style and a limited number of pri- “All conditioned dharmas versity in 1976 and was or- vate rooms may be available. Are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow dained a Rinzai Zen monk at Location Like dew and like lightning Daitoku-ji Monastery in Kyōto Thus they should be perceived” in the same year. He devoted the next thir- Providence Zen Center teen years to training in Rinzai monasteries 99 Pound Road in Japan before returning to North America. Cumberland, RI 02864 .
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