Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments
with Roshi Eve Myonen Marko and Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Monday, May 4th, 2020 from 6:00pm-8:00pm
This very life that you are living is fertile ground for awakening. The evening talk will focus on how actual life situations serve as portals for transformation. Roshis Egyoku and Eve will examine the nature of Chan and Japanese koans before delving into the Western, modern-day koans that they have assembled in their recently-published Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments.
Those koans, submitted by householder practitioners from different countries, arise from real-life situations: raising a family (and especially small children), relationships with friends and neighbors, the rush and bustle of work, connections between men and women, caregiving to those who are old or ill, and preparing for death. How can our own life koans become portals of awakening into the fullness of human experience? Put aside whatever you know about koans and come ready to inquire, explore, and experiment.
This talk will be led by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko, Green River Zen Center (MA), and Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Zen Center of Los Angeles, co-authors of The Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments, Monkfish Book Publishing, 2020.