Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith, Online 3/17–4/21
Description
The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions.
Six Wednesdays, March 17–April 21, 5:30–7:00 pm PT
Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith is text of unknown origin. It appeared in China in the sixth century, around the time of Bodhidharma, and quickly became very influential for all schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddha-Dharma, especially Huayan, Tiantai, and Chan (Zen).
It harmonizes the Indian Yogachara (mind-only) and Tathagatagarbha (buddha-nature) teachings into a new understanding based on “one mind in two aspects”: undivided suchness and distorted samsara, from which the whole world of experience arises.
Over six weeks, Kokyo Henkel will explore the treatise’s distinctive East Asian understanding of the Mahayana (great vehicle), including its teachings on faith or trust, practice, buddha-nature, and the relationship between suchness and samsara.
Recommended Reading:
We will be mainly looking at the Jorgensen, Lusthaus, et al translation, and there is also a similar free translation by Hakeda (PDF) available.
Recordings:
All course sessions will be recorded, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
Fee Information
- Benefactor Ticket Price: $315 — supports others’ participation
- Standard ticket price: $252 — covers full program costs
- Member (Become an SFZC Member): $227 — for current SFZC members
- Supported: $151 — community supported rate
- Deeply Supported: $63 — for broadest accessibility
- Current SFZC residents and qualified SFZC retirees may attend this course for free. To register, please email onlineprograms@sfzc.org at least 72 hours before the program begins.
Registration Information
Or call 415-354-0360.
Kokyo Henkel
Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010.