What is the Meaning of Buddha-Nature? a Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel

Saturday, October 30 at 10:00 - 11:30 am

  • Visiting Teacher  Kokyo Luminous Owl Henkel
  • Date/Time  Saturday, October 30 at 10am
  • Location  AZC Online Zendo
  • Fee  By donation 

Rev. Kokyo Henkel trained for 19 years in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (most recently as Tanto, or Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, receiving Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. He served as Head of Practice at Tassajara and Head Teacher of the Santa Cruz Zen Center. Kokyo has also been practicing with the Tibetan Dzogchen (“Great Perfection”) Teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche since 2003, in California, Colorado, and Kathmandu.

What is the meaning of buddha-nature?

It’s like a monkey, awake or asleep.

Join Kokyo for an exploration of case 72 in the Book of Serenity.

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Austin Zen Center invites you to the Saturday Morning Program in the Online Zendo

Time: Saturdays from 9AM-Noon CST   (repeats weekly on Saturdays)

Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 am      Informal Zazen 

8:30 – 8:40 am      Kinhin

8:40 – 9:05 am       Informal Zazen

9:05 – 9:15 am       Han for Zazen

9:15 – 9:50 am        Zazen

9:50 – 10:00 am      Short break (no chant)

10:00 – 11:30 am    Dharma Talk & Discussion (see before & after lecture chants)

11:30 am                Announcements/No Breakout Rooms due to retreat

Please read about AZC Online Zendo Etiquette HERE.