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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Will you please join us at our next Caring for the Land weekend? The battle with invasives will be a long term effort of management and hard physical labor. It […]

Please join us for this year’s True Heart Women’s Retreat led by Kyoku Tracey Walen and Toku Cynthia Scott. Activities will include silent and guided meditation, group sharing and discussion, […]

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Please join us in an evolving retreat format of mindful meditation within an environment of deepsilence and communty. A sitting schedule and silence are the bones of the retreat. The […]