Advanced Buddhist Studies

Advanced studies classes are offered to interested sangha members as an opportunity to study various topics with more depth that can be achieved in a Wednesday evening talk/ class. Participants do not necessarily have to be “advanced Buddhists”, and there are generally no prerequisites, but a commitment to the reading and attendance at the classes are expected. If you’re not sure, contact the teacher offering the class.

Upcoming Classes

Dates/Time: Saturdays 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, September 24th, October 1st (2:00-2:50 pm) , October 8th, October 15th, October 22nd

Instructor: Rev. Jyoshin Clay

Suggested Donation: $25.00 (Nobody will be turned away for inability to pay.)

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Past Classes

The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines

Commissioned by a female devotee of Buddhism, this exquisitely painted palm leaf from the 10th century is part of the oldest dated and illustrated Sanskrit manuscript known worldwide. Written in an ornamental South Asian script known as Kuṭila, the … — Commissioned by a female devotee of Buddhism, this exquisitely painted palm leaf from the 10th century is part of the oldest dated and illustrated Sanskrit manuscript known worldwide. Written in an ornamental South Asian script known as Kuṭila, the palm leaf shows Buddha, making the gesture of teaching, with disciples sitting either side. Although the manuscript is over 1,000 years old, the source is much older: an oral text thought to have been originally composed in South India between 100 BCE and 100 CE.

Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines

This class is designed as an advanced studies class for Wy’East Zen Center. The idea behind it is to offer interested sangha members an opportunity to take up study with more depth than is to offer interested sangha members an opportunity to take up study with more depth than can be achieved in a Wednesday evening talk/ class. The class will be structured as a series, meeting every week, with one exception due to a previously scheduled retreat. Classes will be held via zoom.

The class series will combine academic study, reflection, meditation, and discussion as modes of exploring the themes of the text.

Dates/Time: Saturday mornings, 10:00-11:30. Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 26, March 5, 12 19

Instructor: Rev. Jyoshin Clay

Suggested Donation: $25.00 (Nobody will be turned away for inability to pay.)

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Questions? Contact Rev. Jyoshin Clay

The Five Houses of Zen

Dates: Aug 2, 9, 16, 30, Sep 13, 2020 4:00pm – 5:30 pm PDT

Location: Zoom

Instructor: Rev. Jyoshin Clay

Zen literature is full of beautiful phrases and imagery that are often challenging for zen practitioners to decipher. Becoming familiar with the pattern and style of these phrases is the first step to not only grasping their meaning, but also being grasped by them.

This five week course was based on the book, The Five Houses of Zen, by Thomas Cleary. Using this text as a foundation and jumping off point for exploring the teaching stories of zen, students and teacher alike played with the words and phrases that point rather than explain.

There was no charge for this class, but a donation of $25.00 was suggested.

Questions? Contact Jyoshin Clay.