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Sanshin does not handle registrations for events held away from Bloomington |
People who think secular duties interfere with buddha-dharma only know that there is no buddha-dharma in the secular realm, and do not yet realize that there is nothing secular in the realm of buddha.
-- Dogen Zenji, Bendowa |
2020
March
3 - 20 Okumura Roshi in Athens, London, Ales (France) and Firenze (Italy)
For information about events in Europe, please contact the linked venues directly. These are not Sanshin activities and we don't have the details.
April
4 One day sitting
5 Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony
6 Practice period begins
15 - 22 Sewing retreat for those receiving the precepts in July
May
April 29 - May 4 Genzo-e retreat
June
3 - 8 Sesshin with Shoryu Bradley
20 Honsaku Gyocha
21 Hossenshiki
July
1-6 Precepts retreat
31 - August 2 Annual meeting
August
Modified schedule at Sanshinji: no morning liturgy following zazen; no evening zazen Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
7 - 14 Genzo-e retreat in San Francisco
September
3 - 6 Sesshin
18 - 20 Land Care Retreat at Gyobutsuji
October
November
4 - 9 Genzo-e
26 - 27 CLOSED
December
Nov 30 - Dec 8 Rohatsu sesshin
24 - 26 CLOSED
2021
January
1-3 CLOSED
7 - 10 Sesshin
February
Modified schedule at Sanshinji: no morning liturgy following zazen; no evening zazen Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
6 Nirvana Day One Day Sitting
7 Nirvana Day Ceremony
Okumura Roshi's 2021 travels (dates TBD)
Genzo-e retreat (Sansuikyo) at Zen Mountain Monastery (NY)
Sesshin at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community (MN)
Okumura Roshi's 2022 travels (dates TBD)
Sesshin at Great Tree Zen Women's Temple (NC)
Genzo-e at Chapel Hill Zen Center (NC)
March
3 - 20 Okumura Roshi in Athens, London, Ales (France) and Firenze (Italy)
For information about events in Europe, please contact the linked venues directly. These are not Sanshin activities and we don't have the details.
April
4 One day sitting
5 Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony
6 Practice period begins
15 - 22 Sewing retreat for those receiving the precepts in July
May
April 29 - May 4 Genzo-e retreat
June
3 - 8 Sesshin with Shoryu Bradley
20 Honsaku Gyocha
21 Hossenshiki
July
1-6 Precepts retreat
31 - August 2 Annual meeting
August
Modified schedule at Sanshinji: no morning liturgy following zazen; no evening zazen Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
7 - 14 Genzo-e retreat in San Francisco
September
3 - 6 Sesshin
18 - 20 Land Care Retreat at Gyobutsuji
October
November
4 - 9 Genzo-e
26 - 27 CLOSED
December
Nov 30 - Dec 8 Rohatsu sesshin
24 - 26 CLOSED
2021
January
1-3 CLOSED
7 - 10 Sesshin
February
Modified schedule at Sanshinji: no morning liturgy following zazen; no evening zazen Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
6 Nirvana Day One Day Sitting
7 Nirvana Day Ceremony
Okumura Roshi's 2021 travels (dates TBD)
Genzo-e retreat (Sansuikyo) at Zen Mountain Monastery (NY)
Sesshin at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community (MN)
Okumura Roshi's 2022 travels (dates TBD)
Sesshin at Great Tree Zen Women's Temple (NC)
Genzo-e at Chapel Hill Zen Center (NC)