Zen Practice
Local students who are ready to establish, maintain or deepen a regular meditation practice, may choose from the following Dharma Field offerings:
  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.
  Fall 2010
September 12 through December 5

(submit registration by September 8)
Spring 2011
February 27 through May 22

(submit registration by February 23)
commitments
talk to Steve Hagen to set up a regular meditation schedule
attend all 7:15 a.m. Sunday Practice Period meetings
participate in the entire Sunday schedule
attend a weekly class or seminar
attend one sesshin (October for Fall/April for Spring)
   
  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

Ango
100 Days Zen Training
Virtually no charge for full Zen training if accepted.
(nominal sesshin fees, appropriate curriculum classes are free)
 

Fall 2010
September 4 through December 13

(talk to Steve Hagen by August 29)

Spring 2011
February 19 through May 30

(talk to Steve Hagen by February 13)

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 no minimum commitment. 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.