{"id":519,"date":"2008-09-06T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/09\/virtual-100-day-home-practice-period\/"},"modified":"2008-09-06T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T13:29:00","slug":"virtual-100-day-home-practice-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/09\/virtual-100-day-home-practice-period.html","title":{"rendered":"Virtual 100 Day Home Practice Period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Here\u2019s an experiment that might help stabilize your practice. It is based on the 90 or 100- day practice periods during the rainy season that monks and nuns have done since the Buddha\u2019s days. Katagiri-roshi might have been the first to start non-residential practice periods. The idea is the same \u2013 make a commitment and follow through.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Residential practice is easier in that the group helps carry all the members along (and more difficult because the group helps carry all the members along).
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Doing training by oneself can be rather difficult so this kind of practice period is for people who would like to deepen their lives but have other commitments and cannot go to a monastery \u2013 yet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cVirtual\u201d aspect of this practice period is that you can be anywhere on earth and still sit and study along together. Virtually.
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The study focus for this session is Dogen\u2019s <\/span><\/span>Genjokoan <\/span><\/span><\/i>(English, \u201cThis Issue at Hand\u201d). Those who are in the non-Virtual Practice Period will have a study session on Thursday nights, except the Thursday night before the monthly sesshin. Following each session, I\u2019ll write a blog post about our conversation as we work through <\/span><\/span><\/span>Genjokoan<\/span><\/span><\/i> bit by bit. Then those participating in the Virtual and non-Virtual modes will be encouraged to comment on the post and raise questions and respond to other\u2019s thoughts too. We might get some lively interaction going.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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Here are the parameters:
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