Our one session seminar, called
Dying and Death: a Buddhist Point of View,
is scheduled on June 3, 2007. This program uses the Buddhist book
the Coffinman by Shinmon Aoki as vehicle
to learn about, reflect and discuss the reality of dying and death, and the Inconceivable Light. This seminar will explore
how to make sense of dying and death, and explore the experience of radiant vibrant life. The author draws inspiration from
his Shin Buddhist faith and practice, offering rich reflections on the Sutra of Immeasurable
Life and Light and Shinran Shonin’s Tannisho and the Kyogyoshinsho.
This seminar will be deeply personal,
at times disturbing, yet offering an inspirational look into the death/life continuation.
This book and seminar will certainly alter
your view on dying and death: you
may even begin to notice life even in death and experience effervescent luminosity everywhere. First homework assignment is
due on the first class meeting.
Book Selection
Coffinman: the Journal of a Buddhist Mortician by Shinmon Aoki
The Seminar
Homework & Discipline: The book Coffinman must be read and the
homework must be completed at the time of the class. The homework will be used to as a platform to explore and reflect on
the book, your personal experience, the teachings, etc. Its completion is very important.
Donation: $40 and the
book is included as a gift (a $15 value). Please make donation checks payable
to the BFF.
Time & Place: The Dying and Death seminar will meet for one session, on a Sunday afternoon, after regular
BFF sangha gathering in Middletown, Connecticut,
from 12:45 p.m. sharp to approx. 4:00
p.m. The seminar will be approx. 3 hours. Directions will be forwarded to participants.
