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PRACTICE PERIOD (ANGO)
April 8 - July 8

Okumura Roshi has appointed Mokusho Depreay to serve as shuso, or head practitioner, for the term of the ango as an opportunity for leadership development in his training as clergy.  He will take as his theme the Shin Jin Mei and will give Sunday dharma talks, officiate at the monthly World Peace ceremony, serve as the ino for the monthly Ryaku Fusatsu, and will develop and lead a one-day workshop.  READ MORE
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​   Workshop: STARTING TO READ THE SHIN JIN MEI
​May 18  9 am - 6:30 pm 
  • Do you have preferences to which you are really attached?
  • What are the consequences for following one’s preferences for ourselves and others?
  • Do you have the feeling that your life is being shaped by (some) preferences?
  • Have some of those preferences been harmful in the past? In the present?
  • What's the impact of preferences related to right speech and right action?
  • What do you experience when you try to let go of preferences?

Using the Shin Jin Mei as a springboard, we'll investigate questions like these with body and mind.  The day will include talks, discussion and group activities as well as a yoga session and silent lunch.  READ MORE
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WORLD PEACE CEREMONY 
Sunday, May 19

On the third Sunday of the month, following the dharma talk we chant the Heart Sutra and recall both those who perpetrate suffering in the world and those who provide rescue and refuge from disaster.
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WORK DAY
June 9

We begin with a period of zazen and then move into work assignments. There's always plenty to do to take care of the temple and grounds that support our practice and make it possible. Both skilled and unskilled labor is needed and welcomed. Work practice is a good opportunity to engage in mindful activity, connect and reconnect with sangha members, and offer something to the practice community. Lunch is provided, so please e-mail us to let us know you plan to attend. These activities will replace the usual Sunday practice.
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FILMS ON LOCATION
Filmmaker Yoko Okumura has produced two short films shot on location at Sanshin.  She talks about SIT here.
Okumura Roshi has participated in a Bloomington-based web project called Interior Mythos Journeys.
DHARMA SUPPLIES AND CRAFTS
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Click the logo, and see also Ichiyo's display of items for sale in our common room.
SUNDAY MORNING DHARMA SPEAKERS
Zazen 9:10; dharma talk 10:10​ 
Free and open to the public.
May 19:
Mokusho Depreay: Shin Jin Mei (Faith in Mind)
May 26:
Mokusho Depreay: Shin Jin Mei (Faith in Mind)
June 2:
Sesshin: No dharma talk
NEW TO SANSHIN?
Welcome!  
We offer a (free) intro session,
Getting Started
in Zen Practice,
 most Tuesday evenings 
​Click here to learn more.
​Next session:
May 21, 2019 7:15 pm
1726 S Olive St, B-ton
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SANSHIN T-SHIRT
Features our logo and a design by artist Carol Corey exclusively for Sanshin.  Get yours here.
SANSHIN BOOKS
Perspectives on the bodhisattva vows in the 21st century, written by Okumura Roshi and ten of his disciples: available here.
A new edition of the book of Uchiyama Roshi's poems that we produced for our 10th anniversary: available here.