Sep 23 - 29

Autumn, week 1

"These forms are not the means of obtaining the right state of mind. To take this posture i itself to have the right state of mind. There is no need to obtain some special state of mind." --Shunryu Suzuki

Saturday Zen: Sat Sep 28, 10:00a - noon
room 24
Community UU
468 Rosedale Ave
White Plains, NY
Practice to be led by Meredith Garmon

Chants for Mon Sep 23 - Sun Sep 29:

• Precepts, p. 6
• The Four Commitments, p. 7
• Fourfold Commitment to Racial and Social Justice, p. 7

Opening and Closing for Mon Sep 9 - Sun Oct 6:

• Opening: Clear Mind, p. 4
• Closing: Your True Self is the World, p. 28

See: BoWZ Westchester Sutra Book   ☙   Additional Texts   ☙   Boundless Way Zen Sutra Book, 4th ed.

Reading for Sat Sep 28:

• Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, "Posture"

This Week's Raven Tale:

• #116, Greed, Hatred, and Ignorance -- HERE

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