9:00-10:30 Zazen (Three twenty-five minutes sitting sessions with 5 minutes of kinhin after each sit)

Traditional Soto Zen Service 10:30 AM

Dharma Talk: This View of Life

Speaker: Ishiryo Steven Carr, our current resident-in-training. Prompted by Shin-Jin’s recent dharma talk on dependent arising as described in the Rice Seedling Sutra, I reflect on the inter-relationships of Zen, Evolution, & Genetics. I compare Roshi Elliston’s use of geometric metaphors for Buddha Dharma with those used to describe What the Rice Seedling Knows.