Please join us in an evolving retreat format, an experiment in dedicated mindful meditation within an environment of deep silence.  A sitting schedule and silence are the bones of the […]

Practicing the Ways: meeting of Vipassana and Zen co-led by Patrice Koelsch and Onryu Kennedy This retreat will explore how these practices intersect and complement each other. Our time together […]

What a world we are living in! The ancient sages knew this too, including the Buddha. The beautiful line from the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi reads, “The ancient […]

Come join us in the silence and peace of the remote, snow-covered valleys of Hokyoji, as we discover and study the neglected women Zen teachers of the past. Hokyoji's Winter Practice […]