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		<title>Monday, February 6th and 20th &#8211; Josh Bartok</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Josh Bartok, Osho and primary teacher for Boundless Way Zen East, will be at the Henry David Thoreau Sangha on Monday, February 6th and Monday February 20th at 7:30 pm.  Welcome all.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/monday-april-4th-josh-bartok/</link>
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		<title>Melissa Myozen Blacker, Monday March 12th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Henry David Thoreau Sangha welcomes Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi, one of the guiding teachers for Boundless Way Zen.  She is joining us Monday, March 12th, 7:30 pm.   Please join us.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/melissa-blacker-monday-november-8th/</link>
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		<title>Hank Monthly Planner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FIRST Monday &#8211; Josh Bartok, Osho and primary teacher for Boundless Way Zen East
SECOND Monday &#8211; Sutra Service, 2 periods of zazen
THIRD Monday &#8211; Josh Bartok, Osho and primary teacher for Boundless Way Zen East
FOURTH Monday &#8211; Sutra Service, zazen, dharma talk, tea (social time)
 
Starting time is 7:30 pm with newcomer orientation at 7:00 pm.
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(Schedule may change with the opportunity to have visiting teachers.)
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/hank-monthly-planner/</link>
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		<title>India and China Travels &#8211; Monday, August 22nd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer two of our sanghamates have had the opportunity to visit
countries that were pivotal in the formation of Buddhism and Buddhist practice.
Julie Nelson had the chance to visit China and Carolynn Maltas visited
India.  On Monday night, August 22nd we will have our regular sutra
service, one period of sitting and then we will end our regular
service.  Then we will help ourselves to some iced tea and cookies while Carolynn and Julie share some
pictures and stories about their travels.
Please join both our sitting time together and our social time together.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/india-and-china-travels-monday-august-22nd/</link>
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		<title>Being Hot, Being Cold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A student goes to the teacher and asks, &#8220;Where is the place where it is neither hot nor cold?&#8221;
Dharma Talk by David Rynick.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/being-hot-being-cold/</link>
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		<title>Compassion: Dharma Talk by Josh Bartok</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On introducing our new Sutra book, Senior Dharma Teacher explains the new evocative English version of the Kanzeon Sutra.
Download MP3
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/compassion-dharma-talk-by-josh-bartok/</link>
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		<title>It has no power for the way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James Ford and Josh Bartok did a Dharma talk at the all day sit April 2, 2011 at Hank based on case 25 of the Blue Cliff Record
Download MP3
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/it-has-no-power-for-the-way/</link>
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		<title>Cultivating the Empty Field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sue Allen&#8217;s Dharma Talk on the Ango reading &#8220;Cultivating the Empty Field,&#8221; touching on  judgement, words, and boundlessness.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/cultivating-the-empty-field/</link>
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		<title>The Fourth Remembrance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Fieleke&#8217;s Dharma talk on the Fourth Remembrance: &#8220;All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature of change, there is no way to escape being separated from them&#8221;
Download MP3
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/the-fourth-remembrance/</link>
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		<title>Book Study and Discussion &#8211; Monthly 4th Thursday</title>
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The book study and discussion meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7:30pm in Somerville. The text being studied will be Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism, by Andrew Olendzki. This group begins in September 2010 and meets every month until March 2011 (meeting on Nov 18, not Nov 25; and not meeting in December). If interested, we ask you make a sincere effort to attend all meetings.
For the address of the meeting,
please send an email to Josh Bartok.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/book-study-and-discussion-monthly-4th-thursday/</link>
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		<title>Darkness: Dharma Talk by Josh Bartok</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior Dharma Teacher Josh Bartok spoke on darkness:
Download mp3
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/darkness-dharma-talk-by-josh-bartok/</link>
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		<title>Senior Priest Josh Bartok&#8217;s Shuso Hossen talk.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given Gateless Gate case 12 with no preparation, Josh delivered this excellent talk.
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/senior-priest-josh-bartoks-shuso-hossen-talk/</link>
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		<title>THOSE WHO GREATLY REALIZE DELUSION ARE BUDDHAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THOSE WHO GREATLY REALIZE DELUSION ARE BUDDHAS
GUIDANCE IN ZAZEN
Adapted from Realizing Genjokoan
by Shohaku Okumura
Talk by Josh Bartok. MP3 of the talk and PDF of the guidance material.]]></description>
		<link>http://newtonzen.org/those-who-greatly-realize-delusion-are-buddhas/</link>
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		<title>Zazenshin &#8211; Dosho Port Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talking about the healing point of zazen, Dogen said, "...when the baskets and cages are broken, a seated Buddha does not interfere with making a Buddha."
Here are the audio recordings of Dosho Port's workshop on Dogen's Zazenshin]]></description>
		<link>http://newtonzen.org/zazenshin-dosho-port-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Dharma Talk: Taking Refuge in Sangha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Download the MP3 for David Rynick&#8217;s talk of Dec 14th Here
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/dharma-talk-taking-refuge-in-sangha/</link>
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		<title>Dharma Talk by John Tarrant</title>
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Dharma talk and meditation on Koan Practice by Roshi John Tarrant
Download here
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/dharma-talk-by-john-tarrant/</link>
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		<title>Dosho Port, March 20th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 20th Henry David Thoreau Sangha will be hosting Dosho Port, a Zen priest and dharma heir of Dainin Katagiri-roshi in the Soto Zen Tradition. Join us for this full day workshop (8:30 am &#8211; 5:00 pm). It is a unique opportunity to engage with one of Zen’s well known teachers and writers.  $25 suggested donation.  Bring a brown bag lunch. 
This event will be held at the Spring Hill Sangha, 147 High Street, Medford, MA.
To learn more about Dosho Port visit his blog at http://wildfoxzen.blogspot.com.

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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/john-tarrant-at-kripalu-sept-25-27/</link>
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		<title>Dharma Talk- Melissa Blacker on the Many Arms of Quan Yin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guiding teacher, Melissa Myozen Blacker Sensei talks about the nature, and texture of compassion, using Case 89 of the Blue Cliff Record.  [Download MP3]
Yunyan asked Daowu: “How does the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion [Kannon] use so many hands and eyes?”
Daowu said: “It’s just like a person in the middle of the night reaching back in search of a pillow.”
Yunyan said: “I understand.”
Daowu said: “How do you understand it?”
Yunyan said: “All over the body are hands and eyes.”
Daowu said: “What you said is all right, but it’s only eighty percent of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://newtonzen.org/dharma-talk-melissa-blacker-on-the-many-arms-of-quan-yin/</link>
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		<title>Empty Handed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A dharma talk by Ken Rivard
1-26-2009 at Hank
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/empty-handed/</link>
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		<title>Torei Zenji Bodhisattva&#8217;s Vow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Teisho by David Rynick Sensei (1-19-2008 at Hank)
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/torei-zenji-bodhisattvas-vow/</link>
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		<title>Hank Sangha New Years Eve Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RSVP to hanksanghainfo@gmail.com
Dear sangha friends:
Please consider joining us for the first ever Boundless Way New Year&#8217;s
Celebration, 8 pm to midnight December 31, 2008. The Hank Sangha is
hosting the party.  We are located at 297 Lowell Ave., Newton, MA.  We
see this as a joyful and mindful way to bring in the New Year.
The celebration will be in two parts. From 8 pm to 10pm, we will have
fruits, cheeses, desserts and such, along with (non-alcoholic!)
beverages. Starting at 10, we will have a brief service followed by
periods of zazen and kinhin ...]]></description>
		<link>http://newtonzen.org/hank-sangha-new-years-eve-party/</link>
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		<title>Darkness and Light (MP3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Myozen Blacker Sensei, One of Boundless Way Zen&#8217;s guiding teachers held dokusan (teacher interviews) this evening, and gave this short talk afterward, about this time of year, the holidays, sitting in the dark and reaching for the light
darkness-and-light.mp3
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/darkness-and-light-a-short-dharma-talk-by-melissa-blacker/</link>
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		<title>The Bodhisattva Way of Vow and Repentance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk by guiding teacher David Rynick  Link here
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/dharma-talk-by-david-rynick/</link>
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		<title>The Buddhist Path of Compassion: The Pure Land Way (MP3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Dharma talk by Mark Unno. (recorded at Hank Sept 21, 2008) MP3 download
Mark Unno is an associate professor of Japanese Buddhism at the University of Oregon and is author of Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, and editor, translator, and contributor to Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures, as well as the author of many articles on Pure Land Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, and comparative religion. He is an ordained priest in the Shin Buddhist tradition of Nishi Honganji, has practiced with both Rinzai and Soto Zen masters. He ...]]></description>
		<link>http://newtonzen.org/the-buddhist-path-of-compassion-the-pure-land-way/</link>
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		<title>Dharma Talk Archive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BoundlessWayZen.org website has an archive of some of our leading teacher&#8217;s dharma talks, or teishos, as well as a a developing archive of talks by our Dharma ancestor John Tarrent Roshi
Boundless Way Dharma Talks
John Tarrant Archive
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		<link>http://newtonzen.org/dharma-talk-archive/</link>
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		<title>Sitting Zazen with Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WHAT TO EXPECT

The Henry David Thoreau Sangha (“Hank”) meets every Monday night in Newton at St. John’s Episcopal Church.Meetings always include Zen meditation (zazen) and Zen liturgy.Sometimes there will also be dharma talks (lectures/discussions), opportunities for individual meetings with a teacher (dokusan) as well as other special events. Check the calendar. You are invited to attend all or any portion of the activities—whatever works for your schedule and inclination. We sit 25-minute periods, and do a few minutes of walking meditation (kinhin) between periods. The evening starts formally at 7:30 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://newtonzen.org/sitting-zazen-with-us/</link>
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