Zen Practice
Local students who are ready to establish, maintain or deepen a regular meditation practice, may choose from the following Dharma Field offerings or set up a time with Steve Hagen to set up a personalized schedule:
  85-Day Practice Period
  100-Day Ango
  Continuous Practice
Practice Period
85 Days Committed Practice
There is no charge for members of Dharma Field.
Nonmembers please pay $90.
Registration forms are available in the coatroom.
  Spring 2012
February 26 through May 20
(submit registration by February 22)		 Fall 2012
September 9 through December 2
(submit registration by September 5)
commitments
• talk to Steve Hagen (spring) or Bev Forsman (fall) to set up a regular meditation schedule.
• attend all 7:15 a.m. Sunday Practice Period meetings
• participate in the entire Sunday schedule, plus five zazen periods at Dharma Field
• attend a weekly class or study group
• attend one sesshin (April for spring/October for fall)
   
  Texts for Sunday discussions*
    Shobogenzo-zuimonki, tr Shohaku Okumura, Sotoshu Shumucho
    Record of Things Heard, tr Thomas Cleary, Prajna Press
    A Primer of Soto Zen, tr Reiho Masunaga, University of Hawaii Press
  *It is recommended that participants have access to all three translations and are prepared for the first meeting, therefore please purchase or request to borrow the texts prior the first meeting. The books are often available in our Sunday bookstore. A limited number are available for borrowing. Please contact Bev Forsman if you’d like to reserve these (first-come, first-served).
Ango
100 Days Zen Training
Virtually no charge for full** Zen training if accepted.
(nominal sesshin fees, appropriate curriculum classes are free)
  Spring 2012
February 18 through May 28
(talk to Steve Hagen by February 12) 		Fall 2012
September 1 through December 10
(talk to Bev Forsman by August 26)
**Attend all offerings at Dharma Field as arranged by the head teacher (classes, work meditation, and sitting meditation).
Continuous Practice Commitments
  If you would like to develop a deep and steady practice of meditation, please consider committing to one or several sitting periods a week at Dharma Field. Unlike the practice periods, this program is continuous throughout the year with a minimum commitment of one sitting. To learn more, or to register your commitment, please fill out the Continuous Practice form available on the coatroom bulletin board and give it to Steve Hagen in person, either in dokusan or informally.