The Two Truths, Online 4/1–4/22

Practice Center
Date / Time
Apr 1, 2025 / 5:00pm - Apr 22, 2025 / 6:30pm
Event Type
Classes & Extended Courses
Description

The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions.


Four Tuesdays, April 1–April 22, 5–6:30 pm PT

When asked where a new student should begin their study of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama replied, “They should begin with a study of the Two Truths."

In this four-week class, we will study the Two Truths as the underpinning of the Soto Zen tradition.

The great 2nd century Indian Zen Ancestor, Nagarjuna, states:

"Without a foundation in the Relative Truth, the significance of the Ultimate Truth cannot be taught; without understanding the significance of the Ultimate Truth, liberation cannot be achieved."

Given that there is only one reality, the Two Truths are inseparable, and yet, each truth represents a different mode of understanding the one reality. Nagarjuna is telling us that engaging in a conceptual study of the Relative Truth is the basis for a non-conceptual realization of the Ultimate Truth. Coming to understand these Two Truths conceptually is the intention of our study time together.

Recommended (but not required) texts:

Recordings:

All course sessions will be recorded, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.

Fee Information

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