Book Club Reading Schedule


ASZC Book Group 2022

Embracing Mind: The Zen Talks of Kobun Chino Otogawa

by Kobun Chino Otogawa

February 26, 2024 - June, 24 2024

Tanjo-e Sesshin

February 26  p. xxi – 8

Editor’s Notes

1. Something Brought You Here

March 4  p.9 -  20

2. Why Buddha Left Home

3. Mara

March 11  p. 21 - 32

4. Finding Yourself

5. Limitless Trust

March 18  p. 33 - 41

6. Buddha Tathagata

7. Sesshin

       Rohatsu Sesshin

• March 25   p. 45 - 54

8. Sitting Practice

April 1  p. 55 - 66

9. Problems, Pain

April 8  p. 67 - 82

10.  Dogen’s Teaching

11. Body, Mind and Breath Sit

• April 15  p. 83 - 98

12. Different Practices

13. Forgetting Yourself

April 22 p. 99 - 108

14. Thoughts on Kensho, Faith, Life

            Love and Death

Denko-e  Sesshin

April 29  p. 111 - 123

15. Light

16. Listen to the Truth

•  May 6  p. 125 - 141

17. Menju: Face to Face Transmission

18. Many Kinds of Transmission

•  May 13  p. 143 - 151

19. Mind to Mind

• May 20  p. 153 - 162

20. Facing the World

21. Bodhisattva’s Vow

• May 27  MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

       Nehan-e Sesshin

• June 3  p. 165 - 175

22. Buddha’s Enlightenment and Mankind

23. Sange

• June 10  p. 177 - 189

24. Triple Treasure

25. Three Pure Precepts and the

               Prohibitory Precepts

• June 17  p. 191 - 200

26. No Killing Life, No Stealing, No

Attachment to Fulfillment

• June 24  p. 201 - 213

27. No Illusory Words, No selling the Wine of  

     Delusion, No Dwelling on Past Mistakes, No

     Praise or Blame, No Hoarding Materials and

     Teachings.

28. No Being Angry, No Abusing the

Triple treasure


Past Reading List

Below are the list of books that have been read and explored in our Monday night discussion group.

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  • Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn - Stephen Mitchell

  • The Heart of Being - Daido Loori

  • Nothing Special - Charlotte Joko Beck

  • Everyday Zen - Charlotte Joko Beck

  • Ordinary Wonder - Charlotte Joko Beck

  • No Beginning, No End - Jakusho Kwong-Roshi

  • Not Always So - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi

  • Returning To Silence - Dainin Katagiri-Roshi

  • Opening The Hand Of Thought - Kosho Uchiyama

  • From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment-Eihei Dogen- Zengi And Kosho Uchiyama-Roshi

  • The Kyosaku(Archive Volume I) - Rev. Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka-Roshi

  • The Mind Of Clover- Robert Aitken

  • Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi

  • When You Greet Me I Bow - Norman Fischer