Online Study Group – Uji (Being-Time)

Being in Minnesota in 2026 has demanded so much of us it can be overwhelming.

Dogen’s concept of “Uji” (being-time) expresses the relationship between existence and time, where each moment simultaneously contains both its particular nature and the totality of all being-time.

This is true of any “dharma position” or a specific moment, thing or event—like standing by a river, sitting in zazen, witnessing suffering, participating in non-violent action—which is both independent and interpenetrating with everything else.

In studying the Uji fascicle together through our lives now, we invite it to penetrate and manifest in real time.

This Online Study Group runs for six weeks on Mondays at 7:00-8:30p CT, starting April 6. Your facilitors will be Associate Teacher Onryu Kennedy, Musho Darin Podulke-Smith, Isshin Adam Kokotovich, JunKan Dan Mattimirro, and Seiren Rachel Vilsack.

We will be using Kaz Tanahashi’s translation from “Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo”. A PDF of the fascicle will be provided.