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1726 S. Olive St., Bloomington, IN 47401

Virtual Practice from Around the Sanshin Network

For the most part, we're not holding events in person.  However, temples, centers and groups from around the Sanshin Network are offering virtual programming and are willing to include practitioners from outside their immediate sanghas.  English is spoken in all of the following locations, though it may not be the primary language.  All times given are local time in the location of the centers offering the practice.

In English

Hosted by Sanshin (IN, USA):
  • 3rd Tuesday evenings:  Getting Started in Home Zen Practice, 7:30 - 9 pm  More information is here.
  • Weekday mornings: Zazen, 6:10 am; liturgy 7 am.
  • Evenings: Zazen, 6:30 - 7 pm
  • Sundays:  Zazen, 9:10 am, Hoko's dharma talk, 10:10 am.
Please email here for information about how to participate.

Please note:  For the most part, Sanshin's virtual practice activities are not designed to accommodate a global audience across multiple time zones.  They are simply meant to allow participants to "look through the window" and join in while Sanshin carries out its regular practice schedule.  Practitioners from outside of Bloomington are welcome to participate, and they do, but they do so with the understanding that there is a time difference between Bloomington (Eastern time in the US) and their own locations.

​With Shodo Spring at Mountains and Waters Alliance (MN, USA): 
  • Mondays: Zazen,  6 am. 
Please visit the website above for information about how to participate.

With Issan Koyama at the New York Sangha (NY, USA):
  • Mornings: Zazen.  7:30 - 8:20 am 
  • Mondays: Study group on ancient Buddhism and early Mahayana Buddhism.  6 - 8 pm.  Now studying the  Mahaparinibbana Sutta from the Pali Canon. 
  • Thursdays: Dogen study group,  6 - 8 pm.  Now studying Shobogenzo Kesa Kudoku with a triligual version.
  • Monthly on a Sunday: All-day study intensive.  11 am - 5 pm with one hour lunch and 30-minute coffee break.  Now studying materials from the Monday and Thursday groups. 
  • Monthly: Full Moon Uposatha (Fusatsu) study intensive evening.  6 - 10:30 pm with one hour dinner break.  Now studying materials from the Monday and Thursday groups.
Please email here for information about how to participate.

With the Everett sitting group  (WA, USA):
  • Saturday mornings: Zazen and kinhin.  8 - 11 am.  Sit one or more 50-minute periods alternating with 10 minutes of kinhin.
Please email here for information about how to participate.

With Shoryu Bradley at Gyobutsuji  (AR, USA):
  • Heart Sutra Study, Jan 23 - Mar 10: The Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra is one of Buddhism's Pranja Paramita Sutras expounding the teachings of emptiness. Any thorough discussion of the Heart Sutra should include examining the basic teachings of Buddhism, so this class will include an overview of teachings such as the Four Noble Truths, the 12-fold Chain, the Eighteen Elements and the Two Truths. But at its core, the Heart Sutra is mirror for the study of the self, so this class is intended to help participants deepen their understanding of what it means to be a human being and support an aspiration to live an awakened life. Please email Shoryu for more details.

In French

With Mokusho DePreay at Centre Shikantaza (Mons, Belgium)
  • Zazen: Monday to Friday (7:30-8:10 am) 
  • Text study: 2nd Monday of the month, 7-8 pm
  • Council Circle: 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, 7-8 pm
Please email here for information about how to participate.

In Spanish

With Densho Quintero at Soto Zen Community of Columbia (Bogota, Columbia)
  • Weekdays: Zazen and chanting (morning);  6 am and 7 pm.  50-minute zazen period; in the mornings, chanting Hannya Shingyo and Daihishin Dharani.
  • Saturdays: Zazen and chanting;  7 am.
  • Sundays: Teisho or Q&A.  7 - 9 am.  
Please email here for information about how to participate.

In Italian

With Gyoetsu Epifania and Doryu Cappelli at Centro Zen Anshin (Rome, Italy)
  • Tuesdays and Fridays: Practice discussion and study of Shobogenzo Zenki and Shobogenzo Shoji. .  
Please email here for information about how to participate.​

In German

With Shinko Hagn at Daijihi (Vienna, Austria)

Daijihi is developing its virtual practice activities; visit its webpage for updates or email here.
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