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Schedule for Experiences
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Schedule for July, August, September and October 2025

July 16, 2025

Experience Zen Like Never Before: Kyoto’s Exclusive Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English Step into a world of unparalleled tranquility and refinement with our Zen Meditation Program, crafted for discerning travelers seeking an exclusive journey

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Schedule for July, August and September 2025

June 29, 2025

Experience Zen Like Never Before: Kyoto’s Exclusive Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English Step into a world of unparalleled tranquility and refinement with our Zen Meditation Program, crafted for discerning travelers seeking an exclusive journey

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Schedule for June, July, August 2025

May 29, 2025

Experience Zen Like Never Before: Kyoto’s Exclusive Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English Step into a world of unparalleled tranquility and refinement with our Zen Meditation Program, crafted for discerning travelers seeking an exclusive journey

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Schedule for February, March and April, 2025

January 30, 2025

Experience Zen Like Never Before: Kyoto’s Exclusive Kissako Zen and Tea Experience in English 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 t

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Schedule for January, February, March and April 2025

December 18, 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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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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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

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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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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

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