3-Day
Zazen Retreat in Shizuoka
- May 1 to 3, 2010 -
We hold a
three-day Zazen Retreat at Tokei-in temple in Shizuoka City in
May each year. Instructions and lectures at the retreat are given in
English. Anyone interested is invited to attend and participate in the
full, but not exhausting, schedule of Zazen practice, lectures, and
meals taken in the traditional style. Beginners are welcome. The quiet,
tea-covered
hills
surrounding
the
temple
provide
a
pleasant
setting
for
a brief taste of Buddhist life.
Dates:
From Saturday, May 1 at 1 p.m. to Monday, May 3, at 2 p.m.
Place: Tokei-in (a Soto school temple)
Address: 1840 Hatori, Shizuoka City, 421-12. (Google
map)
Phone: 0542-78-9724
Schedule: click here
Lectures: The
four lectures during the retreat will focus on the teachings of Zen
Master Dogen, who introduced Buddhism to Japan from China in the 13th
century.
Cost: 10,000 yen
excluding transportation fare.
Clothes:
Comfortable clothing are recommended for practicing Zazen.
Deadline:
Registration will be accepted by email up to Thursday
April 22rd, 2010.
Transportation and directions to the temple:
Shizuoka
is
about
180
km
west
of
Tokyo,
1
hour or so from Tokyo by Tokaido
Shinkansen (bullet train). A single one-way ticket costs about 5,700
yen.
The easiest way to reach the temple is by taxi from the north exit of
Shizuoka
station. Tell the driver "Hatori no Tokei-in." Participants should
plan to arrive by 12 o'clock.
Most of the participants will be travelling to Shizuoka together from
Tokyo.
We'll meet at 9.30 am on May 1 outside the outer ticket gate at the
Yaesu
Central Entrance (Yaesu-Chuo-Guchi) of JR Tokyo station, and then
travel
by the Tokaido-Shinkansen Hikari No. 467 train, leaving Tokyo station
at
10:03 and stopping at Shizuoka at 11:06. You're welcome to travel
with this group.
If you're going to Shizuoka station directly, you can meet with the
group
coming from Tokyo outside the ticket barrier at the North Entrance of
Shizuoka
station at around 11:10.
Anyone going directly to
the temple can click
here for the location of the temple on google maps.
For further
information and/or to sign up to attend, please email me at procca@gol.com
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