Death’s Tiny Tea House – What Dies?

Date: February 28, 2025

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm - February 28th, 2025

Location: Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

Address: 6401 Northeast 10th Avenue, Portland, OR, USA

Price: $20.00 Minimum – Sliding Scale - no one turned away for lack of funds
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Death’s Tiny Tea House – What Dies?

February 28, 2025

1:00 - 3:00 pm - February 28th, 2025

The Five Remembrances
And, at the same time, we live and practice in a culture that generally discourages discussion of dying, death, and grief. Death’s Tiny Tea House will provide the community an opportunity for an open conversation about death and related topics. Discussion at this Tea House will start from Hogen Bays Roshi’s Short talks: What Dies?”   and “Zen View of Reincarnation

If you have time and interest, you may also find it beneficial to read Bhikkhu Bodhi’s article “Does Rebirth Make Sense?”

The Tea House conversation will be facilitated by ZCO member David Seikan Snyder. Hopefully the discussion of What Dies and Reincarnation-Rebirth will embrace our personal questions, confusions, and fears. Perhaps the discussion will touch on our practice as well.

Each Tea House will open with a short period of Zazen. We will introduce ourselves and explain what brought us to the Tiny Tea House. After that, we will just allow the discussion to flow. At the end of the Tea House everyone will have an opportunity to express how they are feeling or anything that is on their mind and heart.

 

Tea and cookies will be served. Questions? Email thayandi@live.com.

Date: February 28, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple