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SUMMARY:Minnesota Contemplative Outreach
DESCRIPTION:Contact MCO for more information https://www.minnesotacontemplativeoutreach.org/
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/minnesota-contemplative-outreach-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250501T160000
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SUMMARY:True Heart Women's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this year’s True Heart Women’s Retreat led by Kyoku Tracey Walen and Toku Cynthia Scott. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActivities will include silent and guided meditation\, group sharing and discussion\, and individual creative expressions such as writing\, artwork\, and photography. We will enjoy nourishing vegetarian meals\, mindful nature walks and yoga and there will be free time to renew and refresh. \n\n\n\nWe will take up the question: how shall we live this precious life? What is the most important thing? With courage and patience we will quietly explore how we can embrace our own life\, this life\, with joy\, and live with serenity in the midst of chaos. \n\n\n\n\nKyoku Tracey Walen began practicing Buddhism in 1998\, was ordained in 2008\, and given Dharma transmission by Byakuren Judith Ragir in 2015. She trained from 2008-2010 at Great Vow Zen Monastery. Currently she resides at and supports Hokyoji and also serves as a Zen teacher at Clouds in Waters Zen Center in St. Paul\, MN. \n\n\n\n\n\nToku Cynthia Scott leads an online community dedicated to the study and practice of the Metta (Lovingkindness) Sutra and works with students individually. Toku was ordained in 2013 at Dharma Field Zen Center in Minneapolis and received Dharma transmission from Rev. Diane Sojun Martin in 2020. She served as executive director and teacher at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul from 2019 to 2021. She lives in Minneapolis but escapes to the woods at every opportunity. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration fees cover lodging and food. Hokyoji compensates teachers through the dana system. If you would like to contribute\, you may do so before\, at\, or after the retreat. If you would like to donate online\, please click here.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/true-heart-womens-retreat/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T130000
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SUMMARY:Healing Retreat (Spring)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/healing-retreat-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250402T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250406T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20250121T203612Z
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SUMMARY:Retreat with Marc Anderson
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/retreat-with-marc-anderson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250310T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250414T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20250121T210322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T143221Z
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SUMMARY:Genjokoan Six Week Online Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Hokyoji Associate Teacher Onryu Kennedy\, alongside Rachel Seiren Vilsack\, Adam Isshin Kototovich\, Musho Darin Podulke-Smith\, and Doan Roessler\, will facilitate a six-week study group on Dogen Zenji’s fascicle\, Genjokoan. Written in 1233 as a letter to a lay practitioner\, Genjokoan is celebrated as one of Dogen’s most profound yet accessible works. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re reading this remarkable text for the first time or revisiting it\, your perspective will enrich the conversation as we explore how Genjokoan connects to our daily lives and shared experiences. Take a break from the hubbub of your life this Spring and engage deeply with this precious text in the company of others on the same path. \n\n\n\nThe study group runs Mondays\, March 10 to April 14\, 6:30–8:00 PM. The requested fee is $90\, with all proceeds supporting Hokyoji Zen Practice Community. We will be using Shohaku Okamura’s excellent book\, Realizing Genjokoan. \n\n\n\nImage source: DALL-E
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/genjokoan-six-week-online-study-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241202T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241209T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240828T221707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T211839Z
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SUMMARY:Rohatsu Sesshin
DESCRIPTION: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 sages grieved for them (us)\, and offered them the Dharma.”  This line will be our overarching theme for Rohatsu sesshin this December. We will explore stories of the Buddha’s spontaneous teaching as he wandered the countryside\, meeting living beings just as they were\, and offering them illumination\, not separate from the very world they found themselves living in.  Together may we be inspired to receive the Dharma that melts away the root of suffering. \n\n\n\nRetreat Leaders \n\n\n\nRev. Myo-O Habermas-Scher practiced with Katagiri Roshi from 1975 until his death in 1990; she also trained for twelve years in the Vipassana tradition. She received Dharma transmission in 2012 from Dokai at Hokyoji. Myo-O is a master movement teacher and teaches somatically based vocal training. In 2021 she retired after fourteen years as an interfaith staff chaplain at the University of Minnesota Medical Center\, MHealth Fairview. She is also a mom and a grandmother to two little grandsons. \n\n\n\nRev. Kyoku Tracey Walen was ordained in 2008 and given Dharma transmission by Byakuren Judith Ragir in 2015. Her training included three years at Great Vow Zen Monastery and study with Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village. She lives at Hokyoji where she is a staff member and is also a teacher at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul\, Minnesota.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/rohatsu-sesshin/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240620T184834Z
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SUMMARY:Practicing the Ways - Fall Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Practicing the Ways: meeting of Vipassana and Zen \n\n\n\nco-led by Patrice Koelsch and Onryu Kennedy \n\n\n\nThis retreat will explore how these practices intersect and complement each other. Our time together will include succinct investigation of foundation texts\, dharma talks\, guided meditation\, and time for reflection practice. \n\n\n\nRetreat Leaders \n\n\n\nRev. Onryu “GD” Kennedy has received transmission in both the Katagiri and Uchiyama Roshi lineages. In 2019 and 2020\, she attended three-month practice periods at Toshoji International Zen Center (Japan) and in 2017 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (California). In the Spring 2020 practice period at Toshoji she was Shuso\, head monk\, for the practice period. She completed zuise in January 2023\, and in February 2024 her application for Kokusaifukuyoshi was approved by the Japanese Sotoshu. \n\n\n\nThroughout her life she has valued social justice work as an expression of her vow. She is currently an Associate Teacher at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community. She experiences great joy in the opportunity to learn and teach Buddhist practices. \n\n\n\nDr. Patrice Koelsch\, Buddhist Chaplain and Common Ground Meditation Center Teacher. Formally trained with a Ph.D. in Philosophy\, Patrice began sitting at Common Ground Meditation Center in 1995. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program\, and completed a year-long Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies. She has practiced meditation at monasteries in Thailand and Myanmar. Patrice has provided hands-on care for persons in the last stages of HIV/AIDS\, and worked for many years in HIV education and client support services. For more than 2 decades she has been facilitating meditation groups in correctional facilities. She is on the Board of the Minnesota Multifaith Network\, and volunteers  with ISAIAH and Faith in Minnesota to bring about a multicultural democracy\, a caring economy\, and a just climate future. \n\n\n\nPlease email onryukennedy@gmail.com or pckoelsch@yahoo.com with any questions.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/practicing-the-way-fall-retreat/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241027T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240626T212225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240626T215639Z
UID:7216-1729612800-1730034000@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Just Sitting Retreat - Fall 2024
DESCRIPTION: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 retreat.  There will be no services\, no chanting\, no dharma talks\, no interviews with a teacher\, no formal meals\, no work periods.  Meals\, silence\, sitting and sleep will be the support for individual and collective mindful practice.  That said\, participants are free to practice as they see fit\, augmenting their day with walks\, naps\, bird watching\, botanizing\, looking…meeting one’s needs mindfully as retreat activity. \n\n\n\nAll participants should have experienced multi-day mindfulness retreats or sesshins. \n\n\n\nMeals and a private room will be provided. Please register by Oct.18 \n\n\n\nFor further information and questions\, contact Lee (leestevenlewis@gmail.com) or Bill (bftresch@hotmail.com).
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/just-sitting-retreat-fall-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240614T200222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241012T181806Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Caring for the Land/Work Weekend
DESCRIPTION:When the weather begins to change\, it’s time to take care of Hokyoji and prepare it for the season ahead. Fall means putting things away for a time of rest and caring for the land: clearing trails\, brush\, and deadfall\, reducing invasive plants\, or planting new growth. Work days include morning and evening sitting practice\, communal meals\, and a variety of work projects\, both indoors and out. In addition to being a terrific opportunity for mindful activity\, it’s a good chance to visit Hokyoji\, meet others in the community\, and get to know what happens here.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/fall-caring-for-the-land-work-weekend/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241007T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240829T214740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T194456Z
UID:7427-1728325800-1731355200@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Jijuyu Zanmai Six Week Online Study Group (Commentary by Menzan Zuiho)
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to study Jijuyu Zanmai\, written by Menzan Zuiho\, with us.  This commentary is a guide offering us ways to pivot towards a more peaceful way of living. \n\n\n\nThe practice of  zazen supports us showing up in our lives with compassion and wisdom. This includes our karmic consciousness\, our relationship to each other and the larger community. \n\n\n\nWe will have opportunities to read\, reflect\, exchange views\, and share our real time experiences of this essential teaching. \n\n\n\nWe welcome everyone into this circle of study. \n\n\n\nSuggested dana for this offering is $60.00.  No one is turned away.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/jijuyu-zanmai-online-study-group-commentary-by-menzan-zuiho/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240929T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240706T213610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240706T213610Z
UID:7252-1727352000-1727614800@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:The Healing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Tai Chi & Yoga
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/the-healing-retreat-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240917T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240706T223542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240706T223542Z
UID:7254-1726560000-1727024400@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/minnesota-zen-meditation-center/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240912T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240730T173006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T153013Z
UID:7346-1726128000-1726419600@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Loring Group Retreat
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/loring-group-retreat/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240826T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240902T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240608T192559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240608T192559Z
UID:7177-1724688000-1725282000@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Compassionate Ocean Zen Center
DESCRIPTION:https://www.oceanzen.org
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/compassionate-ocean-zen-center-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240824T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240824T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240726T201700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240726T203728Z
UID:7331-1724493600-1724518800@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Ken Keiyu Ford Memorial
DESCRIPTION:Dear Sangha\, \n\n\n\nOn Saturday\, August 24th at 10:00am Hokyoji will ceremonially inter Keiyu Ken Ford’s ashes at the site of Katagiri Roshi’s stupa. The ceremony will be officiated by Rev. Shoken Winecoff\, founding teacher of Ryumonji Zen Monastery\, and Hokyoji’s Guiding Teacher Dokai Georgesen.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/kem-keiyu-ford-memorial/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240810T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240817T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240430T201017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T225728Z
UID:7046-1723305600-1723899600@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Jewel Mirror Sesshin
DESCRIPTION:Please join us August 10-17 for Hokyoji’s Jewel Mirror Sesshin. \n\n\n\nHokyoji supports a variety of retreats\, each with its own distinctive practice vision\, perspective\, and teaching style. At the Jewel Mirror Sesshin\, zazen is practiced throughout the day\, interspersed with formal services\, oryoki-style meals\, and a work period each afternoon. Three teachers will present teachings based on a study text; this year\, the text will be the Hōkyō Zanmai\, Jewel Mirror Samadhi. \n\n\n\nThis is a cherished opportunity to cultivate an atmosphere of deep silence and introspection. We look forward to practicing with you. \n\n\n\nRetreat Leaders  \n\n\n\nReirin Alheidis Gumbel has been the Resident Priest at Milwaukee Zen Center since 2015. After many years of being a lay practitioner\, she was trained at the San Francisco Zen Center\, where she lived as a monastic for almost 12 years. She was ordained as a Soto Zen Priest by Furyu Nancy Schroeder in 2007 and received Dharma Transmission in May of 2019. Reirin attempts to be an example for her sangha by maintaining a strong sitting practice and bringing it into the world that so urgently needs the dharma. \n\n\n\nDokai Georgesen started practicing Zen with Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1974 and was ordained in 1984. He received transmission from Katagiri Roshi in 1989. He is the Guiding Teacher at Hokyoji and has resided there since 2003. He is the current President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA). \n\n\n\nDaigaku Rummé was ordained a Soto monk by Harada Sekkei Roshi in 1978 and trained with him for over 27 years at Hosshinji Monastery in Japan. In 2003 he began working at the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco. He then moved to L.A. in 2010\, where he was Director of the Soto Zen Buddhism North America Office and Head Priest of Zenshuji Soto Temple. In 2015\, he moved to St. Louis and founded Confluence Zen Center where he is the guiding teacher. \n\n\n\nCalligraphy of Hōkyō Zanmai by Daigaku Rummé.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/jewel-mirror-sesshin/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240731T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240804T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240608T193007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240612T164104Z
UID:7180-1722441600-1722776400@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Clouds in Water Retreat with Fish Murphy
DESCRIPTION:Please contact https://www.cloudsinwater.org for more info
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/clouds-in-water-retreat-with-fish-murphy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240726T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240728T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240601T174631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T182359Z
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SUMMARY:Hokyoji Family Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy kid-friendly activities\, great food\, and Hokyoji’s wide open spaces. \n\n\n\nHere is a tentative schedule of events for the weekend: \n\n\n\nFriday3:00pm – Arrivals & Settling In6:00pm – Dinner7:00pm – Introduction to Hokyoji & Meditation in the Zendo (15 minutes for kids\, 40 minutes for adults) \n\n\n\nSaturday7:30am – Meditation in the Zendo\, Morning service8:15am – Breakfast10:00am – Mindfulness Walk or Qigong with Ann12:30pm – Lunch1:00-3:00pm – Free Time / Kiddie Pool3:00pm – Yoga in the Zendo / Kids Activity & Snacks Served at Picnic Tables5:30pm – Dinner6:30pm – Meditation in the Zendo (15 minutes for kids\, 40 minutes for adults)7:30pm – Bonfire / Music / Sing-alongs / S’mores \n\n\n\nSunday7:30am – Meditation in the Zendo\, Morning service8:30am – Breakfast10:00am – Ceremony at the Stupa12:30pm – Lunch1:00pm – Free Time / Cleaning & Packing \n\n\n\nThe recommended donation is $30.00 per day\, per adult\, with $60.00-$65.00 for the weekend.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/hokyoji-family-weekend-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240719T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240601T173451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240612T164024Z
UID:7123-1720800000-1721394000@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Clouds in Water Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Please contact https://www.cloudsinwater.org for more info
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/clouds-in-water-retreat/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240619T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240210T180727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240217T223608Z
UID:6806-1718812800-1719147600@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Practicing the Way in this Very Moment
DESCRIPTION:Dogen’s essay “Instructions for the Cook” helps us to explore the profound preciousness of our daily lives. How do we nourish ourselves and all beings in all the hubbub? How can we help others using our past conditioning and present situation? \n\n\n\nIn this retreat\, we well sit zazen\, engage in discussion\, meet with the teacher\, build community and eat together. Our practice is a time to be together. We welcome everyone into this community. \n\n\n\nOur retreat will be led by Onryu Kennedy\, and co-faciltated by Genjo Conway\, Rachel Seiren Vilsack\, Adam Isshin Kokotovich and Dan JunKan Mattimiro. \n\n\n\nQuestions we’ll invite each other to consider: \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the relatability of this text to our lived experience?\n\n\n\nHow do we embody the understanding of the Tenzo Kyokun in our lived experience with family\, friends\, community and the world?\n\n\n\nHow can we encounter everything and everyone in our lives with joy\, wisdom and compassion?
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/practicing-the-way-in-this-very-moment-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240609T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240616T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240209T213403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T213403Z
UID:6803-1717938000-1718542800@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Mahakala Radio Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Bodhisattvas are motivated by far-reaching prayers born of Wisdom.  With no obstacles clouding their mind\, they are free of fear and delusion.  What can the insight and prayers of Bodhisattvas teach us?  In this retreat we will practice methods that arouse the heart and dream-like ways out of the muddle. Please join us in the shelter of retreat in the refuge of Sangha united in purpose. Come put into practice the impossible prayers that Bodhisattvas know to be true.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/mahakala-radio-retreat/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240526T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240602T093000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240123T185057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T020116Z
UID:6402-1716739200-1717320600@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Just Sitting Retreat
DESCRIPTION: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 retreat. There are no services\, dharma talks\, interviews with a teacher\, formal meals or work periods.Meals\, silence\, sitting and sleep are the support for individual and collective mindful practice. That said\, participants are free to practice as they see fit\, augmenting their day with walks\, naps\, bird watching\, botanizing\, looking…meeting one’s needs mindfully as retreat activity. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll participants should have experience sitting multi-day mindfulness retreats or sesshins. Please review the proposed schedule. \n\n\n\nVegetarian meals.  \n\n\n\n\nAccommodations are single rooms unless a double is requested. \n\n\n\n\n• Financial considerations should not be an obstacle.  If the cost seems a barrier\, please contact one of us (below).• If you are considering less than the full retreat\, please contact one of us (below).For further information and questions\, contact Lee (leestevenlewis@gmail.com) or Bill (bftresch@hotmail.com). \n\n\n\nCostsFull retreat (6+ days/7nights)   $590 \n\n\n\nProposed Schedule \n\n\n\nSunday May 266:00 – dinner7:00 – sitting7:30 – orientation8:00 – sitting8:30 – end of day \n\n\n\nMonday thru Saturday7:00 – sitting7:30 – recitation7:35 – break8:00 – breakfast9:00 – sitting9:30 – walking9:45  – sitting10:15 – break10:45 – sitting11:15 – walking11:30 – sitting12:00 – lunch \n\n\n\n2:00 – sitting2:30 – walking2:45 – sitting3:15 – tea break4:00 – sitting4:30 – walking4:45 – sitting5:15 – dinner \n\n\n\n7:00 – sitting7:30 – walking8:00 – sitting8:30 – end of day \n\n\n\nSunday\, June 27:00 – sitting7:30 – walking7:45 – sitting8:15 – recitation8:20 – breakfast9:00 – wrap up group conversation \n\n\n\n9:30 – clean up and depart
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/just-sitting-retreat-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240516T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240519T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
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SUMMARY:Hokyoji's True Heart Womens Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This year’s True Heart Women’s Retreat will take place May16-19\, 2024\, Thursday to Sunday. Activities will include regular periods of zazen and creative activities such as writing\, singing and art. We will enjoy nourishing vegetarian meals\, mindful nature walks and yoga.We will have group sharing and discussion. And there will be free time in the afternoon to renew and refresh.We will explore with gentle curiosity who are the True Hearts in our lives. How do we embody our True Heart? And co-create a space to hold people and natural things that express to us individually and collectively the true hearts in our lives.We welcome everyone into this retreat. It will be led by two of Hokyoji’s Associate Teachers. \n\n\n\nRev. Kyoku Tracey Walen began practicing Buddhism in 1998\, was ordained in 2008\, and was given dharma transmission by Byakuren Judith Ragir in 2015. She trained from 2008-2010 at Great Vow Zen Monastery. She also studied Zen sewing with Tomoe Katagiri and became one of her successors. Currently she resides at and supports Hokyoji and also serves as a Zen teacher at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul\, Minnesota. \n\n\n\nRev. Onryu Kennedy has received transmission in both the Katagiri and Uchiyama Roshi lineage. In 2019 and 2020\, she attended three month practice periods at Toshoji International Zen Center (Japan) and in 2017 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (California).  In the Spring 2020 practice period at Toshoji she was Shuso\, head monk for the practice period. She completed zuise in January 2023. And in February 2024 her application for Kokusaifukuyoshi was approved by the Japanese Sotochu. \n\n\n\nThroughout her life she has valued social justice work as an expression of her vow. She is currently an Associate teacher at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community.  She experiences great joy in the opportunity to learn and teach Buddhist practices.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/hokyojis-womens-retreat/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240509T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240512T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
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SUMMARY:Naturally Awake Retreat
DESCRIPTION:UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/naturally-awake-retreat-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240508T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240123T184126Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Contemplative Outreach
DESCRIPTION:A Friday to Wednesday Centering Prayer Retreat
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/minnesota-contemplative-outreach/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240428T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
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SUMMARY:Healing Retreat\, Tai Chi & Yoga - private
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/healing-retreat-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240118T220530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240118T220757Z
UID:6384-1713427200-1713718800@hokyoji.org
SUMMARY:Qi Gong Retreat - private
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URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/qi-gong-retreat/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240414T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240116T195125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T145359Z
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SUMMARY:Caring for the Land/Work Weekend - free
DESCRIPTION:Each spring and fall we pay special attention to the needs of Hokyoji in preparing for the change of seasons. There is work for all levels of skill and strength\, both indoors and out\, as well as trail and forest work\, plus Hokyoji’s highway clean-up. Please join with us for this social weekend caring for Hokyoji. There is no charge for this practice; meals and accommodations are provided. Please register.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/caring-for-the-land-work-weekend/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240305T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240423T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20240116T210241Z
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SUMMARY:Tenzo Kyokun Online Study Group (Dogen's Instructions for the Cook)
DESCRIPTION:This weekly study group is scheduled for 8 weeks. Our suggested price is $80\, but pay what you can\, no one will be turned away. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join Hokyoji this Spring for an eight week online study of Dogen’s classic work\, Tenzo Kyokun. \n\n\n\nA short but moving text\, Instructions for the Cook\, as it is known in English\, has long been prized as an inspirational guide for living a whole-hearted life. Over the eight weeks\, we will come together to read\, discuss\, and reflect on how we can apply its principles to our daily lives in the 21st century. We are encouraged to journal\, draw\, or use other creative forms to express how Dogen’s teachings are manifesting in our lived experience. \n\n\n\nOur translation will be the one included in the book Nothing is Hidden: Essays on the Zen Master Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook\, by Shohaku Okumura\, Jisho Warner\, and Taigen Dan Leighton\, which includes commentaries by leading Japanese Zen teachers including Hokyoji’s founder Dainin Katagiri Roshi. We encourage the use of supplementary readings (see below). \n\n\n\nAll are welcome regardless of experience with Zen practice or familiarity with Dogen. \n\n\n\nThe eight week online study group will be facilitated by Rev. Onryu “GD” Kennedy\, Associate Teacher at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community. She will be co-creating this space with several other Zen Practitioners. We will meet Tuesdays\, 6:30-8:00pm Central Time\, starting March 5\, 2024. For more information\, contact Onryu at onryukennedy@gmail.com. The suggested donation is $80 for the entire series. Nobody will be turned away; simply donate what you can. \n\n\n\nSupplementary texts: \n\n\n\nOnline version of Instructions for the Cook (used in Nothing is Hidden). \n\n\n\nHow to Cook Your Life\, with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. \n\n\n\nDogen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community\, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton and Shohaku Okumura. \n\n\n\nInstructions for the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lesson in Living a Life That Matters\, by Bernard Glassman and Rick Fields. \n\n\n\nThis eight week study group is part of a larger planned exploration of the Tenzo Kyokun. All who participate will be encouraged to help direct the next phases.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/tenzo-kyokun-study-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240218T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T181041
CREATED:20231014T174439Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Practice Period 2024
DESCRIPTION:Register at the bottom of the page \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery winter Hokyoji hosts a three-week practice period. Participants can sign up for a single week or for multiple weeks. \n\n\n\nThis year\, for the first two weeks\, Rev. Dokai Georgesen and Rev. Onryu Kennedy will lead us in a study of the Diamond Sutra. \n\n\n\nDuring the third week\, guest teacher Brad Warner will join Dokai in leading a sesshin. The topic is “The Teachings of Dainin Katagiri Roshi.”  \n\n\n\nAttendance of the full three-week period can be used toward the SZBA’s ango requirement (contact hokyoji@hokyoji.org for more information). \n\n\n\nThe Diamond Sutra \n\n\n\nFirst week\, January 29-February 4Second week\, February 5-11 \n\n\n\nThe Diamond Sutra is a Mahayana teaching and part of the Prajnaparamita sutra. This teaching is alive and relevant in real time.  How is this so?  We will investigate this sutra together. When the mind is groundless the world becomes boundless. \n\n\n\nWe will study the wonderful conversation between Subhuti and Buddha.  When Subhuti asks the question “How does a noble son and daughter stand\, walk\, and control their thoughts\,” he is asking this question on behalf of all. We are not separate from this past\, and we witness the Buddha’s response. We aspiring bodhisattvas are curious to hear this teaching. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, upon hearing this sutra\, the 6th ancestor of Chan\, Huineng\, had a sudden insight and the way was opened to all beings\, not only to the monks and nuns. \n\n\n\nHow do we apply this teaching to our arising conditions: climate change\, racial justice\, and the many challenging circumstances we are in at this time? \n\n\n\nSuggested texts: \n\n\n\n\nThe Diamond Sutra by Red Pine\n\n\n\nBuddhist Wisdom Books: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra by Edward Conze\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOther suggested resources: \n\n\n\n\nKikan Michael Howard’s Katagiri Roshi Transcripts. Visit the List of Talks to access recordings and transcripts of Katagiri Roshi’s talks on the Diamond Sutra and many other subjects.\n\n\n\nThe Diamond Sutra Sung in English\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Teachings of Dainin Katagiri Roshi \n\n\n\nSesshin\, February 12-18 \n\n\n\nDuring this sesshin\, Dharma talks will be offered by Hokyoji’s Guiding Teacher\, Dokai Georgesen\, who began studying with Katagiri Roshi in 1974 and received Dharma transmission from him in 1989\, and Brad Warner\, who says that Katagiri Roshi is one of his heroes. Brad writes: \n\n\n\nKatagiri Roshi was one of the best of the Zen teachers who came to America in the 1960s. I never met him\, but my first teacher was a student of Kobun Chino Roshi who was a friend of Katagiri Roshi. Katagiri’s book Each Moment is the Universe is the best book about Dogen’s concept of “being-time” that I’ve ever come across. His explanations of Dogen’s difficult philosophy are clear and easy to follow. It’s a lot easier than reading Dogen! I’ll do my best to talk about what I’ve learned from reading Katagiri Roshi’s books. \n\n\n\nPractice Period Leaders \n\n\n\nDokai Georgesen began his Zen study at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center with Katagiri Roshi in 1974. He went on a 2-year pilgrimage studying Buddhism in India and Japan. Upon returning\, he lived at Hokyoji until his ordination in 1984. He received Dharma Transmission from Katagiri Roshi in 1989. Since then he’s traveled to Japan several times to practice with Ikko Narasaki Roshi\, Tsugen Narasaki Roshi\, and Maezumi Roshi. Dokai serves as board president of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association. He currently divides his time between Hokyoji and an apartment in La Crosse\, Wisconsin. He has been Hokyoji’s guiding teacher since 2007. \n\n\n\nRev. Onryu Kennedy received transmission from Rev. Byakuren Ragir in October 2018 in Katagiri Roshi’s lineage and from Rev. Eido Reinhart in January 2021 in Okumura Roshi’s lineage. She participated in zuise at Eiheiji on January 11\, 2023 and at Sojiji on January 14\, 2023. She trained at Clouds in Water Zen Center\, Hokyoji Zen Practice Community\, Sanshin Zen Community\, Tassajara Zen Monastery\, and Toshoji International Zen Monastery. \n\n\n\nBrad Warner is the author of The Other Side of Nothing\, Hardcore Zen\, Sit Down and Shut Up\, Don’t Be a Jerk\, and several other books. He was ordained a Zen Buddhist monk by Gudo Nishijima Roshi. He grew up in Akron\, Ohio and Nairobi\, Kenya. He has practiced Zen for over 40 years. He plays bass in the hardcore punk band Zero Defex. For 11 years\, he worked in Japan for the company founded by creator of Godzilla. He’s appeared in the film Zombie Bounty Hunter M.D. and there is a documentary about him titled Brad Warner’s Hardcore Zen.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/winter-practice-period-2024/
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