Sōtō lineage · Garden design
Shunmyō Masuno
Chief priest of Kenkō-ji temple in the Sōtō Zen tradition and one of Japan's leading Zen garden designers, teaching the connection between garden-making and Zen practice.
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Sunday Zazenkai at Kenkō-ji
The weekly zazenkai at Kenkō-ji, the Sōtō Zen temple in Yokohama where Shunmyō Masuno is the eighteenth head priest, every Sunday from 7 to 8 in the morning in the main hall. The temple opens at 6.30 for anyone who wants to help with the cleaning first. Newcomers are welcome and are given instruction beforehand; a first visit is arranged through the temple's own website. The sitting has run since about 1973.
“The garden is simply a reflection of who I am at this moment, shaped by my years of training. It is my alternate persona, a mirror that reflects my heart.”Shunmyō Masuno
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Zazen & everyday awareness
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Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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Yokohama, Japan
Kenkō-ji
Yokohama, Japan