Wednesday Night Discussion Group
Topics are varied, and informed by the interests of participating Sangha members. Over the last several years, we have studied the teachings of various ancestral Zen teachers, including Bodhidharma, Ta Hui, Hongzhi, and Dogen. We have also studied the Diamond Sutra, the Heart Sutra, and Thich Nhat Hahn’s writings.
Note there is no need to purchase a book. During each meeting, GMZC provides an online display of the current book or material being studied.
Currently we are discussing weekly selections provided by individual practitioners.
Recently studied sources:
- “In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon”, Bikkhu Bodhi (editor & translator)“
- “The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader”, Nelson Foster & Jack Shoemaker
- “Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings”, Andy Ferguson
- “The Diamond Sutra”, Red Pine
- “The Heart Sutra”, Red Pine
- “The Shobogenzo” (selections), Zen Master Dogen
- “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings”, Thich Nhat Hahn
- “The Third Turning of the Wheel”, Reb Anderson
- “Everyday Zen”, Charlotte Joko Beck
- “Red Thread Zen: Humanly Entangled in Emptiness“, Susan Murphy
- “Radical Zen: The Sayings of Joshu”, Yoel Hoffman
- Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin, Normal Waddell (trans.)
Possible Future Sources (sampling):