Clear and refocus your heart and mind amid the austere beauty of late autumn on Dai Bosatsu Mountain for this retreat led by Chigan Roshi, our acting abbot. As we sit together in deep silence in person and online, we will experience the profound stillness that inspires us to encounter our true nature. If you […]
Join us for this unique opportunity to experience Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice deep in the Catskill Mountains. Taught by our incoming abbot, Chigan Roshi, with the assistance of monastics and long-time practitioners, we will focus intensively on the central elements of Zen practice — zazen (seated meditation with attention to posture and breath), chanting, and […]
Junryu Eran Vardi Roshi in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi leads this four-day sesshin in a Soto/Rinzai combined form. Open to all who wish to participate, sesshin begins on Wednesday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m. and ends on Sunday, October 15 at 2 p.m. This Sesshin will include zazen, dokusan, teisho (Dharma talks), chanting, […]
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m for a livestream of the Abbot Retirement Ceremony for Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, who has served as […]
A monk asked Ummon, “What will happen when the leaves fall and the trees become bare?” Ummon said, “Golden wind!” Join us for five days of silence at Golden Wind Sesshin. As autumn paints the trees brilliant colors, golden leaves swirl down, and the wind turns cooler and sharper, experience the beauty of autumn on […]
Fall Residency at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji starts September 21. Ideally students come for three months, but shorter stays are also possible (a minimum of two weeks at a time). […]
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