EVENTS & NEWS
News from Shunkoin & thoughts from Rev.
Takafumi
Kawakami
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
Schedule for October, 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
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
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
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
Schedule for September 2023
September 3, 2023
Kissako Zen and Tea Experience Sept. 7th at 10:00 https://kissako-en-sept7th.peatix.com/ Sept. 8th at 14:00 https://kissako-en-sept8th.peatix.com/ Sept. 11th at 10:00 https://kissako-en-sept11th.peatix.com/ Sept. 15th at 14:00 https://kissako-en-sept15th.peatix.com/ Sept. 18th at 10
Schedule of Kissako Zen and Tea Experience and One-Day Retreat in May
April 19, 2023
Kissako Zen and Tea Experience May 2nd: https://kissako-en-may2nd.peatix.com/ May 3rd: https://kissako-en-may3rd.peatix.com/ May 6th: https://kissako-en-may6th.peatix.com/ May 8th: https://kissako-en-may8th.peatix.com/ May 9th: https://kissako-en-may9th.peatix.com/ May 10th: http
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
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
Online Zen Meditation Session in English: Topic for This Weekend “Now” Sept. 4th/5th
August 31, 2021
Topic of this Weekend: Now Thank you so much for joining our session last weekend. The theme was "Let's talk about Zen as a whole again". We've been discussing about various topics, like Buddhist notions of liberty, freedom, well-being, etc. But like Aristotle said, "the