A series of 6 Monday Classes February 23 - March 30, 2026
6:30-8:30 pm. Taught by Hekisan Daniel Davison
Yogacara Buddhism speaks to how we conceptualize and construct our lived reality. While Madhyamika points to the emptiness of all phenomena, Yogacara points to the emptiness of the duality of subject and object.
Through our habits and conditioned ways of perceiving, we project our own self-referential biases onto our experience, constructing interpretations of events that often are at odds with the fluid world of our base perceptions.
In this class we will examine this powerful way to study ourselves by exploring how our habit formations shape who we are and guide how we construct worlds in which to play and suffer.
Readings are taken from Making Sense of Mind Only. The text can be purchased through Wisdom Publications or other booksellers online.
Zoom participation will also be available. The link will be provided before the class begins.
Daniel Davison has been a student of Zen since 1994 and has practiced at many Zen centers around the country, including Zen Mountain Monastery, Crestone Mountain Zen Center, Zen Temple of New Orleans, and Olympia Zen Center. He received the Bodhisattva Precepts at Houston Zen Center and the Dharma Name Hekizan, Blue Mountains. He is an Environmental Compliance Specialist for all Houston-area NASA facilities.