6 Mondays, August 26 - September 30, 2019, 6:30-8:30 pm. Taught by Kenkai Brandon Lamson

Kenkai Brandon Lamson

This class focuses on a close reading and study of Dogen Zenji’s important fascicle titled Gyoji Dokan, The Circle of the Way in Continuous Practice. We will look at different translations of the text in order to clarify our understanding of key ideas in Dogen's approach to Zen practice.  The class will be discussion based, and participants will have opportunities to share their questions and responses to the text.

 Each class begins with a period of meditation followed by a discussion. 

The text for the course is one chapter (fascicle) in Dogen Zenji’s Shobogenzo, available in Kaz Tanahashi’s translation, and in Nishijima and Cross’s translation. The Nishijima and Cross text is available here as a free downloadable pdf. Photocopies are also available in the Zen Center office.

Brandon Lamson served a term on the Board of Directors of HZC. He is a poet whose books include Starship Tahiti. He is a visiting assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Houston. He is the leader of the Houston Dharma Collective, as well as a yoga teacher. His dharma name, Kenkai, means Inkstone Ocean.