Here are some details for tonights class - Please let me know ASAP if you have interest in either the local or virtual class (which will be staggered and start later) * DIVING INTO POSTMODERN ZEN * SYLLABUS September 18, 2014 – March 19th, Fall to Spring Equinox Series Live Class will tentatively* meet on the following 7 dates from 7-9+pm (9/18, 10/16,11/20,12/19,1/9,2/19, 3/19) (*subject to emergency travel plans) Classes will be videotaped and represented in a Online Webinar Series with a time lag TBD Please note that, while the learning objectives are fixed, the syllabus and supporting materials are still in development and subject to change. CLASS 1 –ZEN IN CONTEXT OF WORLD SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS Lecture: • SYLLABUS OVERVIEW w/LEARNING OBJECTIVES • BUDDHISM IN CONTEXT -WORLD SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS, 50,000 BCE –PRESENT – Handout of timeline, correlation to related preceding traditions • TYPES OF BUDDHISM, BUDDHIST WORLDVIEW -Yama and Wikipedia handouts, for student homework review and later Q & A -Video on Quantum Entanglement, and its consistency with Buddhist Interdependency – evidence for optimism against the odds. • WHAT IS ZEN? BUDDHIST TENENTS SHARED vs SPECIFIC TO ZEN (& NONDUAL TRADITIONS) • SPECIFIC TO HOLLOW BONES RINZAI ZEN, Our Lineage PRACTICUM Meditation Practice, Qi Gong Stretches Class 1 Review and Take-Home Quiz HANDOUTS • Class Syllabus & Learning Objectives • Timeline: Evolutionary Events in Human Development • Yama – ‘Wheel of Life’ Tibetan Depiction of Worldview Metaphor • Wikipedia - Handout of In-Depth Buddhist Worldview, red bold discussed in this class (Samsara, Karma, Rebirth, Nature of Existence and its 3 Marks, 4 Noble Truths, Noble 8-Fold Path, Middle Way, Dependent Arising or Interdependency, Emptiness, Liberation/Nirvana, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Practices, Yoga, Samadhi, Wisdom, Refuge, The 3 Jewels, Buddhist Ethics, Mahayana, and its branches of Zen, Vajrayana, and Tantra, and the older school of Theravada, and the commonality between all Buddhist schools: meditation. Missing from the Wikipedia review is the essential element of Mahayana Buddhism, Compassion, which we will focus on in the Skillful Means class and throughout the course.) • In-Class Video: Quantum Entanglement is Interdependence, demonstrated by quantum physics. • Hollow Bones Sutra Book HOMEWORK/READING: • Get The Dhammapada – Pocket Shambhala translated by Thomas Byrom • Read the Hollow Bones Sutra Book p.1, 5,6, 9,10, 39,40, last page Diamond Sutra • Complete Quiz for October 16th Class. OVERALL 7-MONTH LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this course, the student should: 1*Have had an experience of Samadhi; 2*Possess at least a cognitive understanding of dual vs. nondual reality and perception; 3*Understand how and why to meditate, with discernment between subtle state experiencing vs. abiding in Correct View; 4*Understand Mondo Zen and the 5 Practice Mirrors, and their practical significance for self-development; 5*Recognize emotions and feelings as information and train self to respond with wisdom and compassion (skillful means) rather than to react; 6*Understand the significance of the term ‘skillful means’ and identify ways in which violent reactions can skillfully be transformed into wise and compassionate responses; 7*Understand Jungian shadow work and its role in spiritual ruts and pathologies; 8*Understand Integral Theory of States and Stages. Develop discernment of how to place self within the AQAL map. Identify spiritual pathologies that derail each stage of development. 9*Possess own daily practice discipline which incorporates the 5 training elements (or Practice Mirrors) and personal koans, and tracking mechanism. 10* Possess a positive relationship between spirituality and money, and spirituality and science. Understand money as a form of energy, and learn to use money and knowledge as a tools for awakening, integration and stabilization. 11* Develop an appreciation for balance and its role in developing stability and constancy, while discerning this from laziness, procrastination, or shadow. 12*Understand what it means to be a spiritual warrior, what the value of such a stance is, and how to hold a Rinzai attitude.
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