One-Day Zen Retreat (Zazenkai) with Madelon Bolling (May 8th, 2016)

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Dharma Talk: Continuing the project of introducing the ancestors added to our dedication chant, Madelon will talk a little about Mahaprajapati and the Philosophers’ Stone, telling the story of the Buddha’s mother and her turn toward liberation. Fanciful as this title may be, the Stone is an image of transformation, and transforming the ordinary is deep: it is essential Zen work.

Schedule

9:00am Opening, Five Remembrances, Zazen

9:35am Zazen

10:30am Dharma talk

11:30am Zazen

12:00pm Informal lunch (Please bring food to share. Soup will not be provided for this day. No time to get food? – Come anyway.)

1:00pm Sutras

2:00pm Zazen, Interviews

2:50pm Closing, Great Vows