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Shohaku Okumura on Shobogenzo Bussho ("Buddha Nature") Part 2 of 3

== Announcements ==

  • The remaining recordings have been made available for anyone who missed one or would like to have another look. See below. We have also added a list of the books referenced during this Genzo-e.

Things to know during the event

  • The Zoom room will open each day about 10 minutes prior to the lectures and will close when they conclude
  • If you need help getting into the online segments or have other technical questions related to the event, please email us. If something happens in the middle of an online segment and the connection is lost on our side, wait five minutes or so and then try to sign back into the meeting. If necessary, updates will be posted to this page.
  • Participants will be unable to unmute themselves except during Q&A sessions. If you need to communicate with us, use the chat function or send us an e-mail.
  • There will be nine lectures, as usual, with the last lecture on Wednesday morning. If one of these cannot be held as planned for technical reasons, an additional lecture session will be held on Wednesday afternoon.
  • Okumura Roshi will be taking questions only after the morning lecture each day. If you have a question about the text or about something he's said, please reserve it until that time. After each morning lecture, participants will be invited to use the “raise hand” function within Zoom, which will automatically put you into a first-come, first-served queue. The co-host will unmute participants to ask questions in the order in which they raised their hands.
  • All of Okumura Roshi's lectures are recorded as a matter of course and archived by our Dogen Institute for eventual later release or for transcription into books and other publications. Recordings of the lectures will not be available during the event, but will be available to participants after the close of the genzo-e for a period of one month. This is primarily a matter of limited human resources; the crew that operates the event is very small and largely volunteer. We don't have the personnel to process recordings during the retreat and make them immediately available.  

References to Other Texts This Genzo-e

Resources in alphabetical order:

Bendowa
    - Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa: A Discourse on the Practice of Zazen by Eihei Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, Shohaku Okumura (Translator)
    - The Wholehearted Way by Eihei Dogen (Author), Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (Translator), Shohaku Okumura (Translator), Taigen Daniel Leighton (Translator)
  
Book of Serenity (Shoyoroku), case 87
    - Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues by Thomas Cleary (Translator)
       
Fukanzazengi
    - Okumura Roshi's translation is availble in Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
    - An alternative translation is availble in Soto Zen, p. 69

Genjokoan
    - Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo Paperback by Shohaku Okumura  (Author), Taigen Dan Leighton (Foreword)
       
    - Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries by Eihei Dogen (Author), Nishiari Bokusan (Translator), Shohaku Okamura (Translator), Shunryu Suzuki (Translator), Sojun Mel Weitsman (Translator)
      
Hokyoki, section 19
- Dogen's Formative Years in China: An historical study and annotation of the Hokyo-ki by James Kodera (out of print)

Jijuyu Zanmai (see Bendowa above)

John McRae's "Rules for Zen Studies"
Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism by John R. Mcrae (Author)
  
Kosho Uchiyama's Poems on Life and Death
Life-and-Death: Selected Dharma Poems by Kosho Uchiyama (Author), Daitsu Tom Wright (Translator), Shohaku Okumura (Translator)
 
Shobogenzo Sansuikyo (Moutains and Waters Sutra)
The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's "Sansuikyo" by Shohaku Okumura  (Author), Shodo Spring (Editor)
 
Shobogenzo Zazenshin (Acupuncture Needle of Zazen)
Lancet of Seated Meditation (Zazen-shin), translated by Carl Bielefeldt

Shobogenzo Zuimonki
    - Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki: The New Annotated Translation―Also Including Dogen's Waka Poetry with Commentary by Eihei Dogen (Author), Shohaku Okumura (Translator)
  
30 Verses by Vasubandu (Yogacara Text)
    - Three Texts on Consciousness Only (BDK English Tripitaka) by Francis Cook (Translator)
      

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Zoom links

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​SCHEDULE
Times are US Eastern Time.

Note that daylight savings in the US ends on Sunday, November 6th at 2:00AM, so be aware that our clocks will shift!

Parts of the schedule in blue are applicable only to Sanshinji residents and will not appear on Zoom


Opening Evening (November 2nd)
7:10PM Zazen  
8:00 End of day

Full Retreat Days (November 3rd-6th)
04:40AM Wakeup
05:10 Zazen
06:00 Kinhin
06:10 Zazen
07:00 Breakfast
07:30 Soji (temple cleaning)
08:00 Break

09:00 Lecture
10:30 Question & answer
10:50 Break
11:10 Zazen
12:00PM Lunch/Break
12:40 Study period

02:00 Lecture
03:30 Break
04:10 Zazen
05:00 Kinhin
05:10 Zazen
06:00 Dinner/Break
07:10 Zazen
08:00 End of Day

Closing Day (November 7th)
05:10AM Zazen
06:00 Kinhin
06:10 Zazen
07:00 Breakfast
07:30 Soji (temple cleaning)
08:00 Break

09:00 Lecture
10:30 Question & answer

End of retreat

Listen to the recorded lectures
Recorded lectures are available for a period of one month following the conclusion of the retreat. Note the the videos are unedited, so you may need to track forward a bit to get to the start of the lecture.


Items to download

Translation of Shobogenzo Bussho, Part 2 (available in both .pdf and .docx fomats)
Translation of Shobogenzo Bussho, Part 1 (in case you missed May 2022 Genzo-e)
Chant sheet
genzo-e_chants_2021.pdf
File Size: 39 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Want to continue working with texts like Bussho?

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Our Dogen Institute is always interested in talking with those who'd like to volunteer as listeners, transcribers, editors, traffic managers, designers or other roles involved in turning Okumura Roshi's teachings into publications in a variety of forms.

Volunteers report finding their work extremely rewarding, providing an opportunity for give-back, and for study.  There are many exciting and varied projects underway in which you can participate from anywhere in the world. 

The Dogen Institute provides educational opportunities for all who are interested in the study of Dōgen Zenji and his teachings.  Its primary mission is to make available  Okumura Roshi’s life work on Dōgen.  His translations, commentaries, and lectures are offered through books, audio, video, and web based materials. 

A word about financial support

In response to the exceptional experience they enjoy while studying and practicing with Okumura Roshi, participants frequently feel moved to offer gifts of financial support to him, to Sanshin and to the Dogen Institute.  All such donations are greatly appreciated, especially as we recover from the pandemic shutdown when so much of our programming was cancelled.  Without the usual physical dana jars in which funds can be placed, we've enabled giving in different ways.

Gifts to Okumura Roshi:
Go here to contribute to the Abbot Retirement Plan Fund or to make a direct donation online to Okumura Roshi.  You may also send a check to Shohaku Okumura at 1726 S. Olive St., Bloomington, IN  47401.  Please do not make contributions to Sanshin and ask that they be redirected or passed through to Okumura Roshi.  Under the board's financial policies, it can't be done and your gift will remain with Sanshin.  You must give to Okumura Roshi directly, and these gifts are not tax deductible. 

Gifts to the Dogen Institute:  Please go here to make your contribution.

Gifts to Sanshin:  Please visit our giving page and choose the amount and method that works best for you.

Thank you for your generous support, and for your practice!
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