Online Dharma Talk on the Diamond Sutra: Zoketsu Norman Fischer
On Wednesday evening, November 18th at 5: 30 p.m., Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Kannon Do’s current guiding teacher, founder, and director of Everyday Zen Foundation (EDZ), will give an online dharma talk followed by a discussion. The talk is preceded by 30 minutes of zazen (meditation) and is part of Kannon Do’s Practice Period: Slowing Down Time and Celebration of Sangha.
The talk can be accessed via the Zoom link shown in the EDZ Dharma Seminar schedule here (also shown below).
The text on which the talk is based is The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom, translated by Red Pine.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer was ordained by Zentatsu Richard Baker in 1980 and received shiho (Dharma transmission) from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1988. He practiced at the San Francisco Zen Center for 25 years, serving as co-abbot from 1995 to 2000, when he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation, which he continues to lead. An author and poet, his most recent Dharma books are When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections From a Life in Zen; Mountains and Rivers Sutra: Teachings by Norman Fischer; and The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path. His most recent poetry titles include Through a Window, Men in Suits: A Poem, and Selected Poems (1980-2013). His websites are NormanFischer.org and EverydayZen.org. Norman and his wife Kathie have been married for more than four decades.
For those attending Kannon Do in person, there will be a video connection with the on-line EDZ event from Kannon Do
For those attending remotely, the online talk and discussion can be accessed at the following EDZ Zoom link and password (and different from the Kannon Do Zoom link typically used):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87537177726?pwd=dzNWZFhOWDh1bVFueHU1c1hzcDNLZz09
Meeting ID: 875 3717 7726
Passcode: 919827
During the discussion please mute yourself if you are in a noisy area, and remember to unmute yourself if you are speaking. The discussion will be recorded.
Kannon Do Wednesday Night Online Meditation Schedule for the Practice Period (via Zoom)
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm – Zazen Meditation (Please go on mute if in a noisy area)
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm – Dharma Talk & Discussion on the Diamond Sutra
