Bringing Zen Home:
Domestic Buddhist Practice
in Everyday Life
With Paula Arai
& Beata Hōbu Chapman
* Online Only *
Friday, July 16 – Sunday, July 18, 2021
Mandala of Evolution by Iwasaki Tsuneo
Never be too busy to practice again. We’ll explore the nature of practice at home in everyday life through experiential exercises that draw on 10 Buddhist principles. Science-inflected Buddhist art that animates the Heart Sutra wisdom about the nature of perception, embodiment, and consciousness will inspire us in our engagement with the vibrant domain of domestic practice. Integrating the Dharma into daily activities is a creative process that is most potent when the practice is tailored to one’s immediate, idiosyncratic, and personal concerns and needs.
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Registrants:
if you have not yet received a link to the event
please write to shika@jikojizencenter.org.
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DOWNLOADS/HAND-OUTS
Bringing Zen Home - Schedule
Bringing Zen Home - Handout
REGISTRATION & FEES
Registration is required for this event to help with our planning. The event is offered on a donation basis, with a suggested donation of $50 - $100, and does not include Teacher dana. Donations may be made through our Donate page, also linked at upper right.
TEACHER DANA: Donations to workshop leaders Paula Arai and Beata Hōbu Chapman at the following links.
Paula:
PayPal: healingzen@gmail.com
Beata:
PayPal: sanddgroups@gmail.com
Venmo: @beata-chapman
We will be sending out the Zoom link to the event as we get closer to the date.
OUR PROGRAM
Here's our full schedule, subject to minor changes.
The schedule can also be downloaded here.
PLEASE NOTE: All times are PST.
Friday:
6:30 Welcome and introductions
7:00 Introduce content and framework
7:40 body break
7:45 Presentation on Heart Sūtra art and poetry
8:05 Create or enrich home space for ritual
9:00 Conclude
Saturday:
9:00 Zazen
9:10 Healing social relationships
10:10 Beak-out rooms in pairs
10:30 body break
10:35 Return to group and discuss
11:00 Introduce afternoon exercises on cleaning and cooking
11:30 Afternoon practice period
7:00 Home practice dialogue
8:30 End of day
Sunday:
10:00 – 12:30 Jikoji Sunday Program, Dharma Talk by Beata & Paula
ABOUT PAULA ARAI
Paula Arai received her Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at Harvard University and is currently a Professor of Buddhist Studies at LSU. She is the author of Bringing Zen Home, Painting Enlightenment, and Women Living Zen.
About Beata Chapman
Beata Chapman is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. She works full time and teaches meditation groups for people living with chronic pain and illness in the tradition of the late Zen teacher Darlene Cohen. Beata guides NoWalls Zen, a dynamic online Sangha of practitioners awakening at home.
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