Retreats & Courses

If you wish to be informed of future UK retreats and courses
please email David Scott at dl.scott@virgin.net.

Click the links below or just scroll down to get more details on our upcoming events...

Upcoming events

Regular Events




Upcoming Events...



March Zazenkai in Liverpool

Liverpool Zen Group, 1 Blackburne Terrace
15 March 2008

Theme to be announced. Please book online so that we know how many to cater for. The cost for the day is £15 (£10 concessions) including lunch. For more details on our monthly practice days, see www.liverpool-zen.org.uk/events-zkai.html.

A Day of Zen
With Genshin Gabrysch Sensei

Kannon-ji, nr Preston, Lancs.
Saturday 8th March 2008 (not 15th as previously announced)

A Day of Zen will have an informal atmospere, and include zazen, dharma-talk individual instruction (daisan) and service. Lunch will be pot-luck, so please bring some fingerfood.

Details: Sign up by contacting Bob Bowles on 0114 258 2729 or email kannonji@xs4all.nl. Contributions are by donation.

More information: For further info, including directions to Kannon-ji, download the flyer (264kb, PDF format).

Crosby Hall Spring Sesshin
with Ken Jones and David Scott Hoshi

Crosby Hall Education Trust, Church Lane
Little Crosby, nr Liverpool
16-22 March 2008

Please note that the Crosby Sesshin dates with Tenshin Roshi and Dave Scott have been moved to Sunday 24th to Saturday 30th August.

Making Gold out of Straw:
How to use the ups and downs of everyday life as a path of liberation

The schedule will be traditional Zen with walking and sitting meditation, talks, interviews and small group work. The sesshin is to be held at the CHET Centre, Crosby Hall, purpose built in the grounds of a stately home, in the country north of Liverpool. Meals are vegetarian.
Fees: Waged £210, unwaged £150. Full booking important.
To book: Send 50% deposit plus a stamped addressed envelope to Jez Lovekin (address below). Cheques made out to "Dr D.L. Scott". Without a deposit we cannot take a booking!

Llwyndrain
Pontrhydygroes
YSTRAD MEURIG SY25 6DP

Further info: Contact Jez Lovekin on 01974 282 686 or by email at jezlovekin@btinternet.com.

Zen & the Art of Therapy
A one-day Seminar with Manu Bazzano

London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB
Friday 6 June 2008

We will explore through both theory and practical exercises how Zen meditation and philosophy can support counsellors, teachers and psychotherapists in their daily life and in their work with clients/students.

Zen flourished in China as the amalgamation of Daoism and the radical philosophy of Nagarjuna. Rather than offering a system of beliefs, Zen practice is a thorough approach that emphasizes embodied presence, openness to experience, appreciation of impermanence, and joyful affirmation of living-and-dying.

There will be an introductory talk, silent and guided meditation, dyad and group work, and discussion.

For more information contact Hugh Clarke 020 7133 2093 or email h.clarke@londonmet.ac.uk.

One Bright Pearl: A weekend Retreat with Manu Bazzano

Sharpham College, Devon
22-24 August 2008

An exploration through theory and practice of a Zen metaphor for the appreciation of life. 'One Bright Pearl' encompasses joy and sorrow, sun and rain. It "hangs suspended in emptiness" and is found hidden in the clothes of a beggar, who is unaware of it.

There will be silent meditation, dyad and group work, brief talks and discussion. It will be of particular interest to those who wish to integrate meditation practice with psychotherapy and the arts and is suitable to both beginners and experienced practitioners.

Further information: Visit www.sharphamtrust.org, call 01803 732055 or email admin@sharphamtrust.org.

Crosby Hall Summer Sesshin
with Tenshin Fletcher Roshi and David Scott Hoshi

Crosby Hall Education Trust, Church Lane
Little Crosby, nr Liverpool
24-30 August 2008

Booking not yet open - more details to follow. Watch this space!

Beeley Peak District Retreat UK
Led by Genshin Sensei

Dukes Barn, School Lane, Beeley, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 2NU
November 13 - November 17, 2008

This year the 2008 retreat in Beeley will be led by Genshin Sensei, who leads Kannon-ji zendo in Bilsborrow, Preston. The retreat will be held at Dukes Barn, an 18th century building with modern facilities. Quiet and warm in the winter, it is located in the small village of Beeley, on the Chatsworth estate in the Peak District National Park. Beeley village is close to Sheffield, Chesterfield, Matlock and Buxton.

The retreat begins Thursday November 13 at 7:00pm with and ends Monday November 17 by 12:00 noon. In the afternoons there will be time for rest or for walking in the beautiful local surroundings. Accommodation will be domitory style and bedding is available. For information on walks in the area visit www.cressbrook.co.uk/walks/index.htm.

Details: Full time Reg. £TBA Conc. £TBA, Daily £TBA/£TBA
To register within the UK, send a cheque of 50% deposit, payable to "White Plum Sheffield Zen " with your name, address, and phone number and s.a.e. or email for directions / confirmation to:

John Newdick
re: Kannon-ji
15 Brindley St
Hull HU9 3BD

For more information on sesshin and other enquiries, email John Newdick or kannonji@xs4all.nl, or telephone Bob Bowles on 0114 258 2729.



Regular Events...



Regular Zazen near you...

For regular meditation meetings in your area, please see the "UK Sitting Groups" page.

One Day of Zen

Hosted by Sarita Doveton and Manu Bazzano
Last Saturday of each month, 10am-4pm
Hampstead, London NW3

Zazen, vegetarian lunch, reading from a Dharma Talk, discussion and sharing. Time for a stroll on Hampstead Heath, 3 minutes from our place. Open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

Suggested donation: between £15 and £25, depending on your circumstances. No one will be turned away for lack of money.

Call: 020 7267 6147 or email: hazymoon@onetel.com for more information.

Zazenkai (Zen practice day)

Hosted by Liverpool Zen Group
Third Saturday of each month, 9.00am to 6.00pm
Blackburne Terrace, Liverpool

Zazenkai is an opportunity to deepen and intensify our practice in a way not available to us in our usual daily meditation schedule. It is a day-long retreat with extended zazen periods, kinhin, service, samu and a dharma discussion, reading or talk. For those who have not attended a sesshin, such a day is an excellent introduction to a retreat timetable.

Details: Cost of £15 (£10 concessios) including light vegetarian lunch.

Address: Liverpool Zen Group
          1 Blackburne Terrace
          Blackburne Place
          Liverpool L8 7PE

For more information and to book online, please go to www.liverpool-zen.org.uk/events-zkai.html.

A Day of Zen

Hosted by Kannon-ji, led by Genshin Sensei

Dates: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm on Saturday December 8 2007 & March 15, May 17, June 28, September 13 & December 6, 2008.
Location: Daracombe, Church Lane, Bilsborrow
Details: Cost by donation. Please bring some fingerfood to share for lunch

Special Event: July 26, 2008: “Zen Day in the Country” Children welcome

Address: Daracombe
          Church Lane
          Bilsborrow PR3 0RL

For more information, tel(0595) 435 039 or email kannonji@xs4all.nl



Crosby Hall Sesshin March 2005



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