{"id":10675,"date":"2022-09-12T13:51:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?p=10675"},"modified":"2022-09-12T13:51:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:51:23","slug":"invitation-to-awakening-of-mahayana-faith-october-2-november-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2022\/09\/invitation-to-awakening-of-mahayana-faith-october-2-november-20-2022.html","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to “Awakening of Mahayana Faith” October 2 – November 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This fall, we are introducing a new offering through the Vine of Obstacles Zen \u2013 a course that\u2019s open to everyone.\u00a0This is an opportunity for aspiring practitioners to explore practicing with us without making the full two-hour daily commitment required for Vine students.
\n\u200bThis offering is intended to serve as a way for you to clarify your intention and\/or ramp up your practice so that you could become a Vine student, or simply as a pathway to receive what\u2019s offered for your personal practice without becoming a Vine student.<\/p>\n

\u200bYou are welcome to participate with either outcome in mind.<\/p>\n

By signing up, you will join Vine students for Sunday talks and daily zazen, as well as meeting with the teachers for practice meetings and\u00a0chosan<\/em>\u00a0(see below). It is centered on the study of a classic text, the \u201cAwakening of Mahayana Faith.\u201d The specific translation we will use is\u00a0Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A noted Buddhist<\/a> scholar, Direk Vorenkamp, says about this text::<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be difficult to overstate the importance of the Awakening of Faith to the history of East Asian Buddhist thought. Virtually all the major schools of East Asian Buddhism<\/a> have esteemed it and been influenced by its views. The primary doctrine of the text is that everything is One Mind. It details the various modes of the expression of One Mind and in the process,\u00a0explains the nature of suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering, and various means to that end.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

If you enroll, below are the specifics of the study and practice opportunities that will be available to you:<\/p>\n