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SUMMARY:Clouds in Water Retreat
DESCRIPTION:For information and registration\, please visit Clouds’ website or the retreat registration page.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/private-retreat-6/
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SUMMARY:Jewel Mirror Sesshin
DESCRIPTION:According to tradition\, when Dogen Zenji returned from China\, he wrote the Fukanzazengi\, “Universal Recommendations for Zazen”. A few years thereafter he composed his first work in Japanese\, Bendōwa\, “Discourse on the Practice of the Way”. Framed as a series of 19 questions and answers\, Bendōwa lays bare the themes he would spend a lifetime exploring in his magnum opus\, Shobogenzo. \n\n\n\nCome explore Dogen Zenji’s Bendōwa this Summer with three inspiring teachers of the Soto lineage: Rev. Dokai Georgesen (Hokyoji)\, Rev. Daigaku Rummé (Confluence ZC\, St. Louis)\, and Rev. Reirin Gumbel (Milwaukee ZC) \n\n\n\nAbout sesshin… \n\n\n\nHokyoji supports a variety of retreats\, each with its own distinctive practice vision\, perspective\, and teaching style\, formal and informal. Jewel Mirror Sesshin is on the more formal side. Zazen is practiced throughout the day\, interspersed with services\, oryoki-style meals\, and a work practice each afternoon.  \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\nAbout the teachers… \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 a past 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\n \n\n\n\n\nWe are committed to the access to our retreats regardless of economic circumstances. If you need a scholarship to attend\, please contact us. If you would like to make the retreat accessible to others\, please consider a donation at checkout with the comment “Scholarship”.\n\n\n\nAt Hokyoji we compensate our teachers and retreat leaders through the dana system. “Dana” is Sanskrit for “pass the hat” (more precisely\, generosity). If you would like to donate online\, you can do so here before\, during\, or after the retreat. You can also donate at the retreat via cash\, check\, or Paypal.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/jewel-mirror-sesshin-3/
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SUMMARY:Shukke Tokudo for Junden Gage Myers
DESCRIPTION:Priest Ordination Ceremony \n\n\n\n\n\nYou are cordially invited to attend the Shukke Tokudo Ceremony of Junden Gage Myers on August 15\, 2026 at 1p CT \n\n\n\nCommonly called the Priest Ordination Ceremony\, shukke tokudo means “Leaving Home and Attaining the Way”. In the Old Days\, this meant becoming a monk. These days\, the “home leaving” represents an inner renunciation. The ideal is captured in the novice priest’s title\, unsui\, which means “cloud\, water” following the Chinese poem\, “drifting like the clouds\, flowing like water”. \n\n\n\nThe ceremony marks the formal entry into priest training where the candidate shaves their head\, receives the robes and bowls of a Buddhist monk\, and renews the precepts. Junden will be ordained by Rev. Jūshin Stephyn Butcher\, Associate Teacher at Hokyoji.  \n\n\n\nPlease plan to share in this most auspicious ceremony for Junden and the sangha and show your support! \n\n\n\nThe ceremony will take place immediately following the Jewel Mirror Sesshin. Please RSVP if you plan to attend in person (tickets below). There may be only limited accommodations at Hokyoji if you plan to stay Saturday night\, as the Jewel Mirror Sesshin will have only just concluded. Accommodations are not available for Friday night. \n\n\n\n1-2p CT: Shukke Tokudo Ceremony. In-person & Zoom.2-3p CT: Tea & Treats in Mauss Hall. In-person only. \n\n\n\nIf you plan to attend by zoom\, you need do nothing. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the ceremony starts at 1p CT. \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83944772739?pwd=ss1tirHHmKcoVOdL44eDiJmsR5QsIA.1
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/shukke-tokudo-for-junden-gage-myers/
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SUMMARY:Mountain Seat Ceremony: Stepping Up and Stepping Down
DESCRIPTION:After some 23 years as Guiding Teacher\, Rev. Dokai Georgesen will be officially retiring on September 8\, 2026. In honor of his retirement\, we planned to have a Mountain Seat Stepping Down Ceremony. However\, it turns out that one needs to have had a Stepping Up Ceremony to have a Stepping Down Ceremony. Please join us for both on August 30. \n\n\n\nThe exact details have not yet been set. Please save the date and check back soon or watch for emails from Hokyoji.
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/mountain-seat-ceremony-stepping-up-and-stepping-down/
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Ocean Sesshin
DESCRIPTION:For more information\, see https://www.oceanzen.org/hokyoji
URL:https://hokyoji.org/event/compassionate-ocean-sesshin/
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