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"Receiving the Marrow by Bowing Raihai Tokuzui"

When
05/11/2024
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Online via Zoom (Eastern Time)

Registration

Online ticket
The Soto Zen Buddhist Association relies on the generosity of its supporters to offer programming. All fees offered through registration will be shared with speakers and panelists. We suggest a sliding scale registration fee of $10-15 for online participation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

About this event:

Coming across Dōgen Zenji’s early chapter of Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, called Receiving the Marrow by Bowing Raihai Tokuzui, was a revelation. Besides his unfolding of the issue of gender in relation to the Dharma of nonduality and in the choosing of a guiding teacher, Dogen also does not hold back in his diatribe and strong admonishment of the biased practices of the time in relation to women. Together we will explore these issues as well as hear the stories cited of the women teachers Moshan Liaoran and Miaoxin. There will also be time for discussion and Q&A.

Location and schedule:

The event is online-only via Zoom.

Saturday, May 11, 2024
3:30 pm- 5:00 pm Eastern Time (Click here for a time converter.)

Fees:
The Soto Zen Buddhist Association relies on the generosity of its supporters to offer programming. All fees offered through registration will be shared with speakers and panelists. We suggest a sliding scale registration fee of $10-15 for online participation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

About the speaker:

Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts came to the San Francisco Zen Center in 1971 and was ordained as a priest in 1975 by Zentatsu Richard Baker. In 1996, Linda received a dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson. She has lived at San Francisco City Center, Tassajara, and has resided at Green Gulch Farm since 1993. Having served as Abbess of San Francisco Zen Center from 2000 to 2007, she was appointed Abiding Abbess of Green Gulch Zen Center in 2010 and Central Abbess of SFZC in 2014. Linda stepped down from abbatial leadership in 2019 and continues to serve as a Senior Dharma Teacher, teaching, working with students, and leading practice periods and retreats at Tassajara, Green Gulch, and elsewhere; Linda sits on the Board of California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL), an interfaith group dedicated to addressing climate change through faith-based education and skillful action.