The
Kwan Um School of Zen Korean Buddhist Chogye Order
Cape Cod Zen Center
May 2013 Newsletter
Informal Meditation Practice - Unitarian Church of Barnstable, Route 6A, Barnstable Village (downstairs - last room on the left, at
the end of the hall). Tuesday mornings 8:00-9:30 a.m. - Chanting, sitting and
walking meditation, discussions; newcomers especially welcome!
CCZC Formal Meditation Practice - CCZC, 169 North Main Street, South Yarmouth
Sunday mornings 6:00 – 8:00 a.m. - Bowing, chanting and two periods
of sitting meditation
Monday evenings 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Special and regular chanting, one period
of sitting meditation
Wednesday mornings 6:00 – 8:00 a.m. - Bowing, chanting and two periods
of sitting meditation
Friday evenings* 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. – Regular chanting, 2 periods of
sitting/walking meditation
* Friday evenings are our “Guest Night”; anyone is welcome at any practice, but Fridays are especially for guests
and newcomers, with interviews every Friday
except for the last Friday of the month (this month – May 31st), when there will be a Dharma Talk and questions &
answers.
Meditation Instruction – For Meditation Instruction at Cape Cod Zen Center,
169 North Main Street in South
Yarmouth, please set up an appointment by phoning Tim (508-776-4741).
Please contact Head Dharma Teacher Tim if Formal Practice times do not
fit with your schedule.
May CCZC Events (more information available on CCZC web site
www.capecodzen.com)
Sutra Workshops – TWO Diamond Sutra Workshops, Fridays, May 10th and May 31st (both
at 5:30), at CCZC in South Yarmouth. Further information will be sent out.
One Day Retreat with Zen Master Bon Yeon – Saturday, May 11th – 9:15-3:30, at CCZC in South Yarmouth. Further information will be sent out.
Future CCZC Events – TWO Ox Herding Pictures Workshops, Fridays, June 14th and June 28th (both at 5:30 p.m.), at CCZC in South Yarmouth
The Plymouth Zen Group (PZG)
The Plymouth Zen Group (PZG), under the leadership
of Senior Dharma Teacher Craig Richards, PZG Abbot, meets every Wednesday evening from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. at 26 North Street,
in downtown Plymouth, MA. PZG already has a large, active group; come to Plymouth
and sit with us! The Plymouth Zen Group web site is: http://plymouthzen.com
Plymouth Zen Group May Events – PZG will have Consulting Interviews,
with Senior Dharma Teacher Craig Richards,
during practice on Wednesday evening (7-8:30 p.m.), May 8th.
Our School - The Kwan Um School of Zen web site is www.kwanumzen.org
CCZC Shirts: Cape Cod Zen Center has CCZC t-shirts and long sleeve shirts – with our distinctive “CCZC Buddha”
logo – for sale. Shirts are light blue
or sand color; t-shirts are $14, long sleeve are $15
– available at CCZC in South Yarmouth. They make great Mother’s Day,
Father’s Day etc. presents. PLUS, wearing a CCZC shirt is GREAT “PR”!!
Heart Kyol Che Thanks
– BIG thanks to ALL who did Heart Kyol Che practice,
this winter – extra practice, sitting retreats or Kyol Che, etc. Great
Bodhisattva Action!!
Abbot' s Corner: April was another wonderful month at Cape Cod Zen Center. Bodhisattva
Action Thanks - big thanks to many for Bodhisattva action: being HDT or Moktak Master, doing morning or Evening Bell Chants,
bringing altar flowers, giving talks and answering questions, etc. Please see
Jim or Timothy if you wish information about, or are interested in taking, Precepts; the next Precepts Ceremony will be Saturday,
August 3rd, in RI. We especially encourage you to sit retreats with
our Guiding Teacher, Zen Master Bon Yeon – including on Saturday, May 11th (see above). Please come practice or sit Retreat with us when you can.
Yours in the Dharma, Jim
From Kwan Um School of Zen: Zen Master Wu Bong Passing.
It is with deep sadness that we report that Zen Master Wu Bong, Head Teacher of the Kwan Um School
of Zen Europe, died on April 17th in Paris of a heart attack; he was 62. Wu Bong Soen Sa Nim was the first student of Zen Master Seung Sahn in America; he received Inka in 1984, and Dharma Transmission in 1993. Since 2010, Zen Master Wu Bong divided his time between monastic practice in Korea and his duties as Head
Teacher of Kwan Um’s European branch.
From the Buddha: True and lasting happiness can never be found in external things. It
can only be found within. And then, once we find and nurture it ourselves, it radiates outward.
Teacher’s
Teaching: Great Question – Zen Master Hae Kwang: So that is the great question. What are we before we made up everything else? You know the monologue that has been
playing in your head. We are always editing it, revising it, making up a story of who we are. But to try to arrive at the
point where you can see what you are before you began to make up the story, that’s seeing true nature, the Buddha nature,
and that’s the beginning of the end of suffering. I said at the beginning
that Buddha saw that but he didn’t stop practicing. Maybe you see something very strongly and very clearly, and then
you say “Oh, now I am enlightened.” But, probably not, first of all, but yeah, maybe. And then, you think you
can just coast. That’s not the case. If you stop practicing, it would just become a memory. It actually becomes a hindrance,
worst than simply a memory, something you hold on to cherish, perhaps. So any kind of experience, just treat that with just
“don’t know.” Always return to just the “don’t know” [hits the floor with his hand]. Be
content to stay in the mystery.
AND
from Seung Sahn Zen Master:
Don't want anything.
Don't make anything.
Don't hold
anything.
Don't attach to anything.
CCZC
Guiding Teacher: Zen Master Bon Yeon (Jane Dobisz)
CCZC
Abbot: Bodhisattva Teacher James Calvin • 508-362-2410
CCZC Do Gam/Head Dharma Teacher: Senior Dharma
Teacher Timothy Woollard • 508-776-4741
PZG Abbot: Senior Dharma Teacher Craig Richards PZG
781-733-9361 PZG Vice Abbot:
Siobhan Green
Cape Cod Zen Center
169 North Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA
02664 • 508-760-1814
capecodzencenter@yahoo.com • http://www.capecodzen.com
