See also the following links:
Registration Form for Classes, workshops, or sesshins
Suggested fees for membership, classes, Dharma talks, Sesshins, Dokusan, etc.
Monday – Friday
6:00 & 6:50 a.m. Meditation
Monday
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Meditation
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Class with Diane Roshi
Zen for Americans, Soyen Shaku
Tuesday
6:30 & 7:05 p.m. Meditation
7:30 p.m. Weekly - Service
Monthly – Bodhisattva Full Moon Ceremony
7:45 – 8:45 p.m. Class with Diane Roshi
Each Moment Is the Universe, Dainin Katagiri
Thursday
6:30 p.m. Meditation
7:00 – 8:30 Calligraphy practice with Rev. Carol Warner
(Brushes, ink and paper will be provided)
Saturday
8:00 a.m. Meditation*
9:00 a.m. Dharma Talk – Various teachers and topics
See Fall Schedule
TEMPLEORIENTATION AND ZAZEN INTRUCTION IS AVAILABLE AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR NEW STUDENTS. THIS ORIENTATION WILL HELP YOU BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE FORMS AND PRACTICES OF UDUMBARAZENCENTER. PLEASE CALL (847) 475-3264 FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
*Times vary once a month depending on sesshin schedule
Special Classes and Trainings:
SATURDAY MORNING CLASSES- 2007
9:00 – 10:00 A.M.
Immediately following 8 a.m. meditation practice
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COOK, Dogen Zenji
Rev. Tricia Teater
September 22, October 20, November 17, December 15, 2007
Dogen Zenji walks us through a day in the life of a templeTenzo in this classic teaching – Instructions to the Cook. This text not only teaches us the proper way to prepare and serve meals to the monks, reminding us that a monks mouth is like an oven, but also he offers instructions about the care, feeding and support of our own practice. Continuing to help us digest this role of Tenzo, Uchiyama’s commentary and translation clarifies how a Tenzo is not an ordinary cook – but that “a Tenzo practices the reality of life just as validly as those practicing zazen – “practicing single mindedly with all one’s energies.” Glassman’s offering is also generous with five hearty courses combining to make the supreme meal of our lives – a life without limits.
From Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, Dogen Zenji and Kosho Uchiyama
Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life that Matters by Bernard Glassman and Rick Fields
TOZAN’S FIVE RANKS
Rev. Chuck Hutchcraft
September 15, October 6, November 24, 2007
Tung-Shan Liang-chieh (or Tozan in Japanese) was the founder of the Tsao-tung Chan lineage, which Dogen later brought to Japan as Soto Zen. As a young monk, Tung-Shan was reciting the Heart Sutra one day. When he came to the statement; “There is no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body or mind,” he felt his face and said to his teacher, “I have eyes and ears. How can the sutra say they do not exist? His teacher recognized the depth of the boy’s inquiry and suggested that he seek out a Chan master to study with. From this question came Tozan’s Five Ranks, which guide us into the interpenetration of the absolute and relative of phenomena.
ZEN MIND, BEGINNER’S MIND, Shunryu Suzuki
Rev. Carol Warner
September 29, October 13, November 10, December 1, 2007
Shunryu Suzuki offers us instructions about how to practice Zen, about Zen life, and about the attitudes and understanding that make Zen practice possible. The practice of Zen mind is beginners mind. The mind of inquiry is needed throughout Zen practice. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Who am I? We have no choice but to practice hard to discover answers. This is the purpose of Zen teaching – to make you wonder and to answer that wondering with the deepest expression of your own nature. It is simply the practice of being what we are, of allowing, permitting, opening ourselves to ourselves in the moment. This is why our practice (Dogen’s practice) centers on Zazen and the beginner’s mind. “In the Beginner’s Mind there are many possibilities.” Zen Mind, Beginners Mind is a collection of informal Dharma talks by our grandfather Shunryu Suzuki. Suzuki Roshi is our teacher, Diane Martin’s teacher.
BODHISATTVA OUTREACH PROJECT
BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
DIANE MARTIN ROSHI
In conjunction with the Bodhisattva Outreach Project,
Diane Roshi will offer a two-year Certification Training Program in Buddhist Psychology.
BEGINS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007.
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
All classes will be held once a month at Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL on the following Sundays:
October 21, 2007
November 18, 2007
December 16, 2007
Dates for 2008 will follow shortly.
Registration must be received in advance of first class. The cost of this Certification Program is $600.00. Classes can also be paid for annually ($300), semi-annually ($150), quarterly ($75), or by special arrangement.
Please send this registration information to us at udumbara@udumbarazen.org
NAME: _____________________________________________
PHONE: ____________________________________________
E-MAIL:____________________________________________
The following texts are required reading:
The Inner World of Trauma, Donald Kalsched
The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain
Interact To Shape Who We Are, Daniel J. Siegel
Other reading materials to be provided.
