4-Day Zazen Retreat in Shizuoka

- September 19 to 22, 2009 -

　We will hold our annual four-day Zazen Retreat, Zazen practice and lectures on Buddhism, at a temple in Shizuoka City from September 19 to 22, 2009. Instructions and lectures will be given in English by Brad Warner (Author of “Hardcore Zen”, “Sit Down and Shut Up", and "Zen Wrappd in Dharma Dipped in Chocolate”).
This will be our 25nd annual retreat!
All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in the full, but not exhausting, schedule of Zazen practice, lectures, and meals taken in the traditional style. The quiet, tea-covered hills surrounding the temple provide a pleasant setting for a brief taste of Buddhist life.

Dates: From Saturday, September 19, at 1 p.m. to Tuesday, September 22, at 2 p.m.

Schedule: click here

Place: Tokei-in (a Soto sect temple)
Address: 1840 Hatori, Shizuoka City, 421-12. Phone: 0542-78-9724

Lectures: There will be six 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: 22,000 yen excluding transportation fare
*notice: We are asking participants to pay the cost of the retreat admission in advance. This prevents us having to pay for "no-shows". We reserve the temple accomodations, meals and futons in advance. Please understand our financial concerns. Payment information will be sent when we reply to you.

Clothes: Comfortable and non-revealing clothing are recommended for practicing Zazen.

Deadline: Registration will be accepted at Dogen Sangha's Saturday meetings in Tokyo, or by email up to Saturday September 1st, 2009.

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 about 5,700 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 September 20 at 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. 367 train, leaving Tokyo station at 10:03 and stopping at Shizuoka at 11:12. 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 11:12.

For further information and/or to sign up to attend:

email Gerhard Wolfram

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