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News from Shunkoin & thoughts from Rev.
Takafumi
Kawakami

In 2013, a new attraction was added to the temple — the Guest House “Tetsuryu-Kutsu.” The building is newly built and equipped with modern amenities. Stay in the Shunko-in Temple guesthouse and have an unforgettable experience.

Schedule for December, 2024 and January, 2025

November 17, 2024

Satisfy your intellectual thirst here and solve the issues about modern well-being and meditation (& mindfulness) interventions! NOTE: If you are U.S. residents, please check the following. So, you will be able to register for these experiences through Peatix.  Starting July 26, 2024,

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Overnight Retreat Schedule for October, and November 2024

August 13, 2024

"Explore the Various Notions of "Self" Needed to Live in an Uncertain and Volatile World" Shunkoin Temple offers one-day Zen temple retreat programs in English. Today, most of us live with the notion of an individual "self." However, this notion is actually quite new in human history. As we ha

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Schedule for November and December 2024

August 10, 2024

NOTE: If you are U.S. residents, please check the following. So, you will be able to register for these experiences through Peatix.  Starting July 26, 2024, if you set your country of residence to the United States in your account settings, you will see the US-specific Peatix page. Users

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Schedule for August 2024

July 10, 2024

NOTE: If you are U.S. residents, please check the following. So, you will be able to register for these experiences through Peatix.  Starting July 26, 2024, if you set your country of residence to the United States in your account settings, you will see the US-specific Peatix page. Users

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Schedule for June and July, 2024

June 3, 2024

Kissako Zen and Tea Experience June 4th: https://kissako-en-june4th2024.peatix.com/ June 5th:  https://kissako-en-june5th2024.peatix.com/ June 7th: https://kissako-en-june7th2024.peatix.com/ June 10th: https://kissako-en-june10th2024.peatix.com/ June 11th: https://kissako-en-june11t

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Schedule of Zen Experiences/Retreat in May

April 16, 2024

Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English May 2nd: https://kissako-en-may2nd2024.peatix.com/ May 3rd: https://kissako-en-may3rd2024.peatix.com/ May 7th: https://kissako-en-may7th2024.peatix.com/ May 8th: https://kissako-en-may8th2024.peatix.com/ May 12th: https://kissako-en-may12th2

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Temple Schedule in December, 2023

December 3, 2023

Kissako Zen and Tea Experience Dec. 4th:   https://kissako-en-dec4th.peatix.com/ Dec. 5th:   https://kissako-en-dec5th.peatix.com/ Dec. 7th:   https://kissako-en-dec7th.peatix.com/ Dec. 14th: https://kissako-en-dec14th.peatix.com/ Dec. 18th: https://kissako-en-dec18th2023.peatix.com

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January Schedule of Kissako Zen and Tea Experience

January 12, 2023

Our Kissako Zen and Tea Experience is designed to understand the teaching of Zen with meditation, tea and traditional Kyoto crafts.  If you are experienced travelers or regular visitors to Kyoto, this is the experience that helps you to understand what Kyoto is all about. Our Kissako experience i

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The Weekend of Oct. 16th/17th: Happiness

October 6, 2021

Next Theme: Happiness Online Zen Meditation and Philosophy Session in English Thank you so much for joining the session last weekend. We discussed "akirameru=as is" with the participants. Akirameru is commonly translated as giving up or quitting. Gensho Setsumon R

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Sept. 11th/12th Responsibility and Free Will: Online Zen Meditation and Philosophy Session in English

September 10, 2021

The Topic for this Weekend: Responsibility and Free Will Thank you so much for joining the session last week. With the participants, we discussed about "Now". What is "now"? There are different concepts of "now" in different culture. Also, can we actually capture the moment c

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