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3-Day
Zazen
Retreat
in
Shizuoka
- April 30 to May 2, 2011 -
We will hold a three-day Zazen Retreat,
Zazen practice and lectures on Buddhism, at Tokei-in temple in Shizuoka
City
from April 30 to May 2, 2011. Instructions and lectures will be given in English
by Peter Rocca. Anyone interested is
invited to attend and participate in the full, but not exhausting,
schedule of Zazen practice, lectures, and meals taken in the
traditional style. Beginnners and first-timers are welcome. The quiet,
tea-covered hills surrounding the temple provide a pleasant setting for
a brief taste of Buddhist life.
Dates:
From Saturday, April 30 at
1
pm to Monday, May 2, at 2 pm.
Schedule: click here
Place:
Tokei-in (a Soto school temple)
Address: 1840 Hatori, Shizuoka City, 421-12. (Google
map)
Phone: 0542-78-9724
Lectures: There
will
be
four
lectures
during
the
retreat. The
lectures will focus on the teachings of Zen Master Dogen, who
introduced Buddhism to Japan from China in the 13th century.
Cost:
11,000 yen excluding transportation fare.
Clothes:
Comfortable and non-revealing clothing are recommended for
practicing Zazen.
Deadline:
Registration will be
accepted by email up to Monday April
25th, 2011.
Transportation and directions
to the temple:
Shizuoka is about 180 km west of Tokyo, 1 hour or so from Tokyo by
Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train). A single one-way ticket costs 5,670
yen. The easiest way to reach the temple is by taxi from the north exit
of Shizuoka station. Tell the driver "Hatori no Tokei-in." Participants
should plan to arrive by 12 o'clock.
Most
of
the
participants
will be traveling to Shizuoka together from Tokyo.
We will meet at 9.30 am on Saturday (April 30) outside the outer ticket
gate at
the Yaesu Central Entrance (Yaesu-Chuo-Guchi) of JR Tokyo station, and
then
travel by the Tokaido-Shinkansen Hikari No. 467 train, leaving Tokyo
station at 10:03 and stopping at Shizuoka at 11:06. You are welcome to
join this group.
If you are going directly to Shizuoka, you can meet with
the group coming from Tokyo outside the ticket barrier at the North
Entrance at Shizuoka station at around 11:10.
Anyone going directly to the temple can click
here for the temple location on google maps.
For
further information and/or to sign up to attend:
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