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Every Sunday from 9:00 - 10:00 am PST
A pleasant, FREE ONLINE BOOK CLUB.
WE CHOOSE BOOKS THAT HOLD WISDOM.
THEN WE PROCESS WITH CURIOUS, INSIGHT SEEKING PEERS.
PLUS, IT INSPIRES REGULAR READING!
CURRENT BOOK: THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF HUANG PO
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CURRENT BOOK: THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF HUANG PO ✦
READING SCHEDULE
FOR THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF HUANG PO
Translated by John Blofeld, this classic text contains sermons, dialogues, and records collected by the scholar P'ei Hsiu detailing Huang Po's radical teachings on the "One Mind"
October
10/18: Welcome Meeting
10/25: Translator’s Intro + P’ei Hsui’s Preface (pages 1-27)
November
11/1: Part 1: The Chun Chou Record (pages 29-66)
11/8: Part 2: The Wan Ling Record (pages 67-100)
11/15: Part 2: The Wan Ling Record (pages 101-132)
11/22: Summary & Closing Thoughts
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NEXT BOOK: BREATH BY JAMES NESTOR
FIRST SESSION TBD
Quote from the book:
“The greatest indicator of life span wasn’t genetics, diet, or the amount of daily exercise, as many had suspected. It was lung capacity.”
NEXT NEXT BOOK: NON-THINGS BY BYUNG-CHUL HAN
FIRST SESSION TBD
Quote from the book:
“Information does not light up the world. Indeed it can obscure it. The information chaos throws us into a post-factual society that planes the differentiations between true and false.”
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