Exploring Chan and Zen: Guogu and Jiryu Discuss Silent Illumination, Shikantaza, Huatou, Hongzhi, and Dogen
January 18 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Exploring Chan and Zen: Guo Gu and Jiryu Discuss Silent Illumination, Shikantaza, Huatou, Hongzhi, and Dogen, Online 1/18–1/25
Saturdays, January 18 and 25
Join us for a two-part teaching and discussion moderated by Green Gulch Farm Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler and featuring special guest Guo Gu, founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center.
Guo Gu has immersed himself in the teachings of the late Master Sheng Yen for over three decades, and has deeply studied and translated the work of Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157) and other Chan ancestors. He brings a pragmatic understanding of a variety of Chan approaches, including Silent Illumination (mozhao chan) and Huatou practice. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler offers perspectives from the Soto Zen tradition.
During these two sessions, Guo Gu and Jiryu will discuss the various core practices of their traditions, drawing from the teachings of masters Hongzhi and Dogen, as well as other ancestors and teachers. More details on the themes, along with some brief readings, will be shared with registered participants prior to the first session.
These sessions will include a Q&A segment for participants to engage directly with the teachers and topics.
Guo Gu
Guo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center, the founder of the socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization, Dharma Relief, and a professor of Buddhism and East Asian religions at Florida State University.
Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Jiryu Rutschman-Byler is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman.