Shantigar Foundation
in Western Massachusetts
Creativity
Meditation and Engagement with Nature
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Jean-Claude van Itallie, Founder
1936 - 2021
zazenkai
a day of meditation in nature at Shantigar
with
Eishin Ikeda - Roshi
Tentatively Scheduled for
august 22
chopped, split, and stacked—all from one tree—by Ikeda-Roshi and Peter Columbus
Meet Charlemont Valley Zendo Zen Master Eishin Ikeda-Roshi.
A day of sitting and walking meditation.
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Zazenkai: “to congregate for meditation.” No end goal. Abandon seeking mind. Meditate for its own sake. Don't try to gain or make anything go away.
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Join us for some or all of the day. Limit: 20 people.
No charge for Zazenkai. Donations to Valley Zendo and Shantigar gratefully accepted.
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8:30 AM—Beginners, please arrive by for preliminary instruction. 9:00 AM—Meditation starts.
Mid morning—Ikeda-Roshi gives Dharma talk.
12:00 – 1:00 PM—Lunch. Please bring your own.
1:00 – 5:00 PM—Meditation.
Mid-afternoon—Jean-Claude van Itallie (Shantigar's founder) leads meditation walk in the woods.
5:00 PM—Tea and conversation with Ikeda-Roshi.
Eishin Ikeda is resident teacher at Valley Zendo in Charlemont Massachusetts, a couple of miles through the woods from Shantigar. Eishin-Roshi took monastic vows with Kosho Uchiyama-Roshi at Antaiji monastery in 1972, and received Dharma transmission from Koho Watanabe-Roshi in 1975. He co-founded Valley Zendo in 1976, and guided the BeanTown Sangha in Boston from 1990 to 2006.
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