Wednesday Night Discussion Group

Topics are varied, and informed by the interests of participating Sangha members.  Over the years, we have studied the teachings of various ancestral Zen teachers, including Bodhidharma, Ta Hui, Hongzhi, and Dogen.  We have also studied various sutras and teachings of contemporary teachers.

Note there is no need to purchase a book. During each meeting, GMZC provides an online display of the current book or material being studied. We do not maintain this page to show the current topic of interest. Come and find out!

A sampling of previous sources:

• “In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon”, Bikkhu Bodhi (editor & translator)“
• “The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader”, Nelson Foster & Jack Shoemaker
• “Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings”, Andy Ferguson
• “The Diamond Sutra”, Red Pine
• “The Heart Sutra”, Red Pine
• “The Shobogenzo” (selections), Zen Master Dogen
• “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings”, Thich Nhat Hahn
• “The Third Turning of the Wheel”, Reb Anderson
• “Everyday Zen”, Charlotte Joko Beck
• “Red Thread Zen: Humanly Entangled in Emptiness“, Susan Murphy
• “Radical Zen: The Sayings of Joshu”, Yoel Hoffman
• Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin, Normal Waddell (trans.)