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  Practice Period and Continuous Practice                                



Students who are ready to establish, maintain or deepen a regular meditation practice, may participate.

Spring 85 Day Practice Period

85 Days Committed Practice
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February 28–May 23
Signup deadline: Wed, Feb 24
Learn more...
Cost:
There is no charge for members of Dharma Field.

Nonmembers please pay $90.

Commitments:
  • Attend all 9:00 a.m. Sunday Practice Period meetings via Zoom
  • Give at least one 9:00 a.m. Practice Period meeting talk and lead discussion
  • Attend all 10 a.m. Dharma Field Sunday public talks via Zoom
  • Set up a schedule of at least seven thirty-minute periods of sitting meditation per week to be submitted to the head teacher (list days and times of sittings—e.g., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 9 a.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. and 9:40 a.m.; Friday, 6 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.)
  • Attend at least six weeks of classes or study groups via Zoom
  • Read Shobogenzo Zuimonki, section 3, talk 12 (3.12) before the first meeting
Text for Sunday meeting discussions*
  • Shobogenzo Zuimonki, tr. Shohaku Okumura
  • A Primer of Soto Zen, tr. Reiho Masunaga
  • Record of Things Heard, tr. Thomas Cleary
*It is recommended that participants are prepared for the first meeting, therefore please acquire the text prior the first meeting. Shohaku Okumura’s translation, Shobogenzo Zuimonki, is available as a pdf file free on the Soto Zen Net site.  Here’s the link:  https://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/library/leaflet/Zuimonki/pdf/zuimonki.pdf
CONTINUOUS PRACTICE COMMITMENTS
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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 here, or on the coatroom bulletin board and give it to Steve Hagen in person, either in dokusan or informally.
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