Event Time:
5.30am to 9pm – 4 blocks of sitting – on and off line

This sesshin commemorates the Buddha’s realisation. We practice the Buddha Way together – sitting in our homes while being connected online. This gives us a wonderful opportunity to bring our practice into our daily lives.

This online sesshin is held via Zoom and led by Jane Andino, apprentice teacher, and Peter Bursky, apprentice teacher. Jane has been a student of Paul Maloney Roshi for many years, and was invited to be an apprentice teacher in 2018. She is a leader in the Blue Mountains Zen group, and also works as a musician. Peter has studied primarily with Subhana Baraghi Rōshi and Allan Marett Rōshi having originally come to meditation practice through Tibetan and Insight traditions. He found his true home with the Sydney Zen Centre in 2010 and was invited to become an apprentice teacher earlier this year. He is also a musician and student in the Ueda Sōko-ryū tradition of Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony).

Yamada Roshi once said, “the basis and central focus of Buddhism is the enlightenment experience of Shakyamuni Buddha.” Rohatsu (8 December) is normally the day on which we, together with Zen communities throughout the world, celebrate the Buddha’s realisation.

Rohatsu sesshin begins on Friday evening and closes at midday on Tuesday. There are four blocks of zazen per day: Early morning, Late morning, Afternoon and Evening. Participants can sign up for any blocks, but are urged to take advantage of the weekend and sign up for the full Saturday and Sunday sittings.

Attending the opening of sesshin on the Friday evening is mandatory unless there are exceptional reasons not to. This may be your first online sesshin so we want to ensure that you understand how the schedule will work, and can ask any questions about technical aspects before the sesshin begins.

The schedule will include online zazen, walking meditation, sutra recitation, optional daily yoga session, dokusan and a teisho every evening, all from the comfort of your own home. Please set up a quiet place in your home, so you can sit comfortably and without distraction.

Attending sesshin at home is a wonderful opportunity to integrate your zazen and work/home practice: we find how to be unbusy in all our activities.

Our Rohatsu sesshin is an opportunity for us to honour and realise for ourselves the Buddha’s path of liberation.

COST
Full Time: SZC member $150, Non-member $220
Part time: SZC member $10 per block, Non-member $15 per block
Enquiries and bookings: Diana Levy diana.r.levy@gmail.com

http://szc.org.au/classes/rohatsu-sesshin/