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Zen Study with Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Roshi: Origins of Zen
Hongzhi’s Silent Illumination
Tuesdays, April 9 – May 28, 2024 (7 classes)
6:30 – 7:30 pm MT via Zoom Conferencing
(5:30 pm PT/8:30 pm ET)

The 2024 Zen Study online course with Mugaku Roshi will travel our lineage’s path from China to Japan, from pre-Chan Taoism to Dogen Zenji. You are warmly invited to join the intimacy of weekly Zen study via Zoom in the company of your fellow practitioners.

In this seven-week series, we will read Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi. Hongzhi was a 12th-century Chinese monk who played a major role in reviving the Caodong (Japanese Soto) lineage. Taigen Daniel Leighton’s excellent introductory essay puts Hongzhi in a historical and spiritual perspective. He points out that Dogen’s teaching of shikantaza derives in large part from Hongzhi’s approach to silent illumination. The practice instructions in this book strongly relate to the Taoist roots of Zen.

Why is this Zen Study Series Important?
Zen Study with Mugaku Roshi is the heart of the Steelyard Sangha’s practice. It is a beautiful opportunity to strengthen your meditation and study in a worldwide community of practitioners led by Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Roshi, a transmitted Zen teacher. The pulse of the Tuesday telecourse calls supports the continuity of our practice throughout the year. The program is a requirement for enrollment in some retreats and training with Mugaku Roshi.

Students & Recent Grads
Full-time undergraduate and graduate students and TAZ members under 30 may request half-price registration. Please CONTACT US for a registration link.

Love of the Dharma is back. We are excited! We have been building a space for conversations, practice, and peer reflection around our love for the dharma and much more. Creating that space has been a supportive experience in our training and our capacity to grow together.

We would like to invite you to our 7th iteration of this space. This year, we will read Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method by Rebecca Li.

By reading this book and conversing in a supportive group, we will practice engaging freely and fully in our gatherings and lives.

Please CLICK HERE to check our syllabus.

Love of the Dharma: An Illumination Study Group
Wednesdays, 6:30 – 7:50 pm MT
April 3 – May 29, 2024 (7 weeks)
Via Zoom

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Choose a price
$75 – $100 – $125 USD

About Ro Shogaku Martinez
He is a coach, facilitator, Two Arrows Zen assistant administrator, and Real LIFE Programs coordinator. He has experience in business, transformational training, and existential psychology. In 2016, he decided to devote himself to studying and practicing Integral Zen. Rodrigo is ordained in the Zen tradition and facilitates a weekly study group called “Love of the Dharma.” He is committed to facilitating groups imbued with warmth, connection and full of heart. Ro was born and lives in Mexico City.