90-Day Online Practice Period:
The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion
Saturday, September 19 – Sunday, December 13, 2020
Registration for this event is now closed.
Through the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training, this twelve-week practice intensive is for students who aspire to fully awaken, and who are willing to make and keep practice commitments, including:
- One-hour of zazen five days a week
- Weekly practice meetings with one of the teachers
- Saturday Open Zen, 10:00am - 11:15am CT
- Participating in the Zoom sessions are important for building community, and engaging in dharma inquiry together, and are therefore strongly recommended.
- Daily study of the Diamond Sutra (Red Pine translation and commentary) and forum participation
- Post a minimum of once each week in the Vine discussion forums
- Student presentations
- Weekly personal recitation of the sutra (~50 minutes)
- One-day retreat (October 23-24, not included in Vine tuition)
- Two-day retreat (December 11-13, not included in Vine tuition)
- Embody the teaching in daily life