Facilitator: Seiso Paul Cooper
4th Wednesday of the Month Beginning January 24, 2024
2025 Meeting Dates:
1/22, 2/26, 3/26, 5/28, 6/25, 9/24, 10/22, 11/19*
*Note: 11/19/2025 Third Wednesday. No meeting July, August & December
This monthly group opens with a period of zazen (Zen sitting practice) followed by an open discussion on the integration of Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis anchored in articles in the cumulative development of the interface between these two experiential and highly subjective disciplines and clinical case experience. This inter-textual study group will examine various readings on Zen Buddhism & Psychoanalysis and explore a variety of Zen Buddhist and psychoanalytic concepts, with an eye toward enhancing personal practice and clinical efficacy. While the group recognizes and acknowledges many schools of Buddhism and forms of practice as well as a great variety of therapeutic modalities, in order to maintain focus and to facilitate a depth realization, the exclusive focus of the group is on Soto Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis.
All meetings will be held via Zoom and begin with a period of zazen. Wednesday evenings 7:30- 8:40 P.M., Eastern Time.
(Zoom Zendo opens at 7:25 for fellowship. Please be seated and settled before 7:30):
7:25: Zoom Room Opens, 7:29: Zazen Preparation Bell, 7:30 Zazen, 7:50 Open discussion, 8:40 Closing
Barre Zen Meditation Center Kokyoji, (Eternal Mirror Temple) 