Assignments• (due Tues., 3/9) In 1 paragraph,

try to summarize an answer to the question “What IS Zen?”

• (due Weds., 3/10) Read 153-157; do 156-7 A,C or D

• (due Thurs., 3/11) Read 158-161(top); do 159E

Assignments• (due Mon., 3/15) Koan

worksheet…prepare for “dokusan”; read 161-164; do 162G

• (due ., /) Memorize steps of zazen & kinhin

• (due ., /) Read Atheism article & write 1 pg. response/opinion

• (due ., /) Project Proposal• (Thurs., 3/18) TEST on Zen

zen ~ historical sketch

Dhyana (India) Ch’an (China)

Zen (Japan) =meditation

Zen- historical sketch

•Mahakasyapa–Who? --Why chosen?–“Flower Sermon”?

•Bodhidharma–Who?–When did he bring Buddhism to China?

Japanese Zen•Two sects:•“Sudden Awakening” > Rinzai

•“Gradual Awakening” > Soto

Zen Teachings

WORDS

Zen TeachingsRATIONAL THOUGHT

WORDS

Zen TeachingsPURE EXPERIENCE

RATIONAL THOUGHT

WORDS

zenis

nothing

zenis

no thing

Zen mind= beginner’s mind

Zen is…•Awakening/enlightenment attained primarily through …

…meditation.(meditation is “waking up” is Zen)

Satori•“Pure”/direct experience beyond thought, feeling, words, names (all ego-projection)

•Not permanent/ “one-time” (as w/ Nirvana)

•Emphasized most in Rinzai school

Koan•Riddle/Puzzle that evades logic•Not anti-rational, but non-rational, or … meta-rational

•Emphasized in Rinzai Zen•Dokusan= session to discuss koan (Zen counseling session)

Zen Monastic Life•Practices:

–Zazen: seated meditation–Kinhin: walking meditation–Dokusan: meeting with “roshi”

–Other arts, crafts, work, tasks•Zen Mountain Monastery

Intro to Zazen

Illogical Zen?

•Suzuki’s examples that show need to move from logic to direct experience?

•What is the “third eye”?

•What is the “nothing” that Zen teaches?