Platform Sutra Study Group January 2013

January 28th, 2013 . Posted in Administration | Edit | Comments Off

A new study group, studying the Platform Sutra will begin soon, on Wednesday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30, Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27 and Mar. 6 and 13.

This is for anyone who is willing to commit to the whole series, and come with reading done and prepared to join discussion.

We’ll be studying The Platform Sutra:  The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng, using a translation and commentary by Red Pine.
Here’s a quote from Red Pine’s introduction:  “Hui-neng’s teaching is not a teaching of concepts, just the opposite. It is, instead, a teaching of no concepts. Hui-neng addresses an audience numbering in the thousands, and every word he speaks is directed at freeing people of whatever concepts block their awareness of their own nature. This is the teaching of Hui-neng: See your nature and become a buddha.”

If you are interested in joining this study, please contact me at sembender@gmail.com