"Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one´s own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world." D.T. Suzuki

May 2011

Sesshin with Shinzan Roshi

We were honoured to have Shinzan Roshi come to the UK in May and lead a sesshin, a Zen retreat, at Gaunts House in Dorset. Shinzan Roshi laid out the way to ‘kensho’ – ‘percieving your true nature’ meditating on the koan or spiritual question, ‘Mu’. “If you want to pass this barrier, you must [...]

Diary Date, General News, In the UK, May 2011, Retreats