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Additional practice opportunities during Temp/Short-term residencies
From Friday, Aug 25 through Friday, Sept 15, Jakusho Pignatiello from Venezuela will be living and practicing at Sanshin as a short-term resident. During this time, in addition to the regular practice schedule listed at right, the sangha is invited to participate with him in the following practice activities as your lives permit. If you wish to join for a meal, please plan to bring your own food, unless you have made prior arrangements to share. Note that during sesshin (Aug 31 - Sept 3), these activities will not be held:
Weekdays* (except Friday mornings - see below)
9 am Breakfast
10:00 Individual dharma study
11:10 Light work/lunch prep or continued study
12 pm Lunch
1 pm Work period
3:30 pm End of day
*On Friday mornings, breakfast will be taken at 7:45 am using oryoki, as usual. From 9 - 10 am, we will be discussing the Gakudo-Yojinshu (Points to Watch in Practicing the Way) by Eihei Dogen Zenji, section by section following the schedule below. The text can be accessed as a free .pdf here (starting on page 5). There are also several copies available at Sanshin.
Aug 25: sections 1 - 4 (pg. 6 - 17)
Sept 8: sections 5 - 7 (pg. 18 - 29)
Sept 15: sections 8 - 10 (pg. 30 - 35)
9 am Breakfast
10:00 Individual dharma study
11:10 Light work/lunch prep or continued study
12 pm Lunch
1 pm Work period
3:30 pm End of day
*On Friday mornings, breakfast will be taken at 7:45 am using oryoki, as usual. From 9 - 10 am, we will be discussing the Gakudo-Yojinshu (Points to Watch in Practicing the Way) by Eihei Dogen Zenji, section by section following the schedule below. The text can be accessed as a free .pdf here (starting on page 5). There are also several copies available at Sanshin.
Aug 25: sections 1 - 4 (pg. 6 - 17)
Sept 8: sections 5 - 7 (pg. 18 - 29)
Sept 15: sections 8 - 10 (pg. 30 - 35)
Standby list for non-local practitioners
Do NOT assume you have a seat and plan to travel to Sanshin unless we contact you to confirm your registration.
Eshō Morimoto
Eshō Kikuko Morimoto was born in Kobe, Japan. She is an artist and a Japanese language teacher who has been practicing meditation since taking a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation course in 1995. Esho began practicing with the Brooklyn Zen Center sangha in 2011, where she eventually served as co-tenzo (head of kitchen) and as fukuten (assistant to the tenzo), and was lay-ordained by Soshin Teah Strozer in 2017. She also taught meditation classes at Brooklyn Zen Center and was a co-facilitator of the Brooklyn Zen Center BIPOC sangha. From 2019 until the spring of 2022, she lived and practiced at Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery in Millerton, NY, where she served as shika (guest manager) and tenzo (head of kitchen). She moved to Bloomington in the spring of 2022 to carry out an okesa sewing apprenticeship with Yuko Okumura and to practice with the Sanshin Zen Community. Eshō was ordained as a novice by Okumura Roshi in December 2023.
Eshō Kikuko Morimoto was born in Kobe, Japan. She is an artist and a Japanese language teacher who has been practicing meditation since taking a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation course in 1995. Esho began practicing with the Brooklyn Zen Center sangha in 2011, where she eventually served as co-tenzo (head of kitchen) and as fukuten (assistant to the tenzo), and was lay-ordained by Soshin Teah Strozer in 2017. She also taught meditation classes at Brooklyn Zen Center and was a co-facilitator of the Brooklyn Zen Center BIPOC sangha. From 2019 until the spring of 2022, she lived and practiced at Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery in Millerton, NY, where she served as shika (guest manager) and tenzo (head of kitchen). She moved to Bloomington in the spring of 2022 to carry out an okesa sewing apprenticeship with Yuko Okumura and to practice with the Sanshin Zen Community. Eshō was ordained as a novice by Okumura Roshi in December 2023.
Weekday mornings: Zazen (5:00 & 6:10 am) followed by service and soji (temple cleaning)
Weekday evenings: Zazen (6:30 - 7:20 pm)
Wed, June 21: Book discussion -- "Bodaisatta Shishobo" & commentary by Dainin Katagiri Roshi (7:00 - 8:00 pm)
Fri, Apr 28: Oryoki breakfast (7:45 am) - sign up here by Wednesday evening; Eihei Shingi study discussion with residents (9:00 - 10:00 am)
Sun, Apr 30: Zazen (9:10 am); dharma talk (10:10 am) by Shinko Hagn on dhatus and vijnanas; followed by work afternoon (lunch provided)
Weekday evenings: Zazen (6:30 - 7:20 pm)
Wed, June 21: Book discussion -- "Bodaisatta Shishobo" & commentary by Dainin Katagiri Roshi (7:00 - 8:00 pm)
Fri, Apr 28: Oryoki breakfast (7:45 am) - sign up here by Wednesday evening; Eihei Shingi study discussion with residents (9:00 - 10:00 am)
Sun, Apr 30: Zazen (9:10 am); dharma talk (10:10 am) by Shinko Hagn on dhatus and vijnanas; followed by work afternoon (lunch provided)
If you're interested in receiving the precepts, please fill out and submit the request form below to begin this process. We'll close applications here when the limit is reached or sufficient lead time no longer remains.
February and August
No evening activities except Wednesday evening open door zazen (arrive between 6:30 - 7pm) and discussion group (7 - 8pm)
No evening activities except Wednesday evening open door zazen (arrive between 6:30 - 7pm) and discussion group (7 - 8pm)
February and August
weekday mornings
Please put on okesa or rakusu before zazen.
5:10 am Zazen
6:00 am Kinhin
6:10 am Zazen
7:00 am Announcements and
soji (cleanup)
7:20 am Bow out
weekday mornings
Please put on okesa or rakusu before zazen.
5:10 am Zazen
6:00 am Kinhin
6:10 am Zazen
7:00 am Announcements and
soji (cleanup)
7:20 am Bow out
Policies and guidelines
February and August
Weekday mornings
Please put on okesa or rakusu before zazen.
5:10 am Zazen
6:00 am Kinhin
6:10 am Zazen
7:00 am Reading from Shobogenzo Zuimonki, announcements,
soji (cleanup)
7:20 am Bow out
click here to join
Weekday mornings
Please put on okesa or rakusu before zazen.
5:10 am Zazen
6:00 am Kinhin
6:10 am Zazen
7:00 am Reading from Shobogenzo Zuimonki, announcements,
soji (cleanup)
7:20 am Bow out
click here to join
February and August
No evening activities
No evening activities
Alternatives from our friends:
Gyobutsuji
Monday evening zazen 6 pm and informal discussion 6:40 pm Central. Email for Zoom info.
Cedar Rapids Zen Center
Monday evening book discussion, 7 pm Central:
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. Join here; PW 268184
Gyobutsuji
Monday evening zazen 6 pm and informal discussion 6:40 pm Central. Email for Zoom info.
Cedar Rapids Zen Center
Monday evening book discussion, 7 pm Central:
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. Join here; PW 268184
Standby list for non-local practitioners
Do NOT assume you have a seat and plan to travel to Sanshin unless we contact you to confirm your registration.
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