ISSAN TO SPEAK ON nOVEMBER 1

Issan Koyama is a Japanese disciple of Shohaku Okumura Roshi, and divides his time between USA and Japan.  He came back from his most recent trip to Japan bringing Dogen-related rare gifts to Sanshinji, such as a thread from Dogen's own okesa.  Issan will share these items with the sangha, for the first time in America, including some fun anecdotes of daily monastic life in the senmon sodo (training temple).  His Sunday talk will clarify the map of the authentic "Dogen teachers" in Japan, and point out the uniquely important place Sanshin Zen Community takes up, not only in the USA, but in the global community of Zen Buddhism.

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