Sep 9 - 15

Summer, week 12

"We use our daily activity as a shield against the fundamental ambiguity of our situation, expending tremendous energy trying to ward off impermanence and death. We don't like it that our bodies change shape. We don't like it that we age. The Buddhist teachings encourage us to relax gradually and wholeheartedly into the ordinary and obvious truth of change. We no longer believe that there are people who have managed to avoid uncertainty." --Pema Chodron

Saturday Zen: Sat Sep 14, 10:00a - noon
room 24
Community UU
468 Rosedale Ave
White Plains, NY
Practice to be led by Meredith Garmon

Chants for Mon Sep 9 - Sun Sep 15:

• Hakuin's Song of Zazen, p. 23
• Great Doubt, p. 23
• Taego's Days Like Lighting, p. 23

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 14:

• Pema Chodron, Comfortable with Uncertainty, #14
• Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds, Ch. 54

This Week's Raven Tale:

• #114, Hide Yourself -- HERE

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