Catch Your Mind: Exploring the Teachings of our Female Ancestors

with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison

Saturdays, September 14th, 2019 – June 6th, 2020 from 9:00am-4:00pm

Dates: Sept 14th, Oct 19th, Nov 9th, Dec 14th, 2019 and Jan 4th, Feb 15th, March 21st, April 18th, May 16th, June 6th, 2020

Our lineage, which flows from the Past Seven Buddhas and Shakyamuni Buddha, rests at the core of Zen practice and is a blood line of Buddhist teachings passed from teacher to student. This transmission has, for 91 generations, included only a male gendered lineage chart, until our Founders’ teacher, Sensei Dai En Friedman. Since the beginning days of Buddhism, women have practiced, and the teachings show how they wholeheartedly co-created our history and transmission. Responding to a call for change, the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, in 2010, approved a document honoring our female ancestors and a richer history of Zen continues to emerge. Female ancestors dating back from the time of the Buddha continue to teach us today. Who were these women? What are their stories? How can we honor and practice their teachings?

Join Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison for a year-long practice and study of our female ancestors. We will meet monthly for a morning of silent practice and an afternoon of study and exploration together. All are welcome.

This class is comprised of lecture, reading, writing exercises, experiential learning, and discussion. Catch Your Mind is for anyone who wants to continue to or begin deepening their Zen practice.

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