Encountering the Ancestors Retreat this Sunday May 18th

TZC will be hosting its monthly retreat this Sunday, May 18th.

As usual, there will be open zendo sitting from 9 to noon, and the afternoon workshop will be from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. This time around, we will be working with the teachings of Yung-chia (J. Yoka) entitled "Song of the Way."


A brief Excerpt:

"Haven't you net someone seasoned in the Way of Ease,
a person with nothng to do and nothing to master,
who neither rejects thought nor seeks truth?
The real nature of ignorance is buddha-nature itself.
The empty, illusory body is the very body of the Dharma.
When the Dharma-body is realized, there's nothing at all.
The original nature of all things is innately Buddha.
Elements of the self come and go like clouds, without purpose.
Greed, hate, and delusion appear and disappear like ocean foam.
When you reach the heart of reality, you find neither self nor other,
and even the worst kind of karma dissolves at once."


Yung-chias teaching speaks directly to the condition of our very lives in the 21st century, and points us again and again to the awakened mind and the joyful heart. The 1:30 - 4:30 pm afternoon workshop is open to the public.

I hope to see you on Sunday!

- Rinsen Chikyo