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  • End of the Year Retreat with Genpo Roshi

    • 27 Dec 2024
    • 8:00 AM
    • 31 Dec 2024
    • 11:00 AM
    • Virtual Zoom Retreat
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    End the year with a special Big Heart Virtual Retreat with Genpo Roshi

    For many people, Big Heart Retreats have proven to be the most amazing experience of their lives. Participants have claimed that by lunchtime the first day they have gotten more than the value of their donation. 

    Big Heart Retreats have replaced what used to be called the ‘5-5-50's’, attended by five people for five days with Roshi, five hours of teaching a day, for a $50,000 Dana (donation). These Retreats are the principal means of raising funds to support the Kanzeon Sangha and its work to awaken the planet. We don’t do any other fund-raising.  

    This Big Heart Virtual Retreat is limited to a maximum of eight participants who wish to go deeper into their practice than they have ever been.

    Don’t miss this remarkable opportunity!

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  • Loss and Grief -- and Zen, Reunion

    • 28 Dec 2024
    • 11 Jan 2025
    • 3 sessions
    • Virtual Zoom Meeting
    • 4
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    This is an opportunity to continue to share and explore our experiences of loss and grief and their relation to our Zen practice.

    Rather than a course about an abstract or impersonal subject, it comes from my personal experience and the questions that have arisen from it — questions which I believe many if not all of us Zen practitioners have faced or are facing in our own lives. 

    Join Mark Kanchi Esterman Roshi for three consecutive Zoom Meetings on Saturdays, December 28, January 4 & 11 at 9:00 am - 10:00 am (MST), a time which should be manageable for people in both Europe and the U.S., and also not conflict with any events of Genpo Roshi’s. 

    Participation will be limited to 12 persons.

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  • Awakening To Our Shadow Sunday Public Meeting with Genpo Roshi

    • 5 Jan 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Zoom Video Conference (Times are Hawaii Time)
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    Now is the time for us to awaken together. This moment offers us the chance to recognize our shadows, realizing that true liberation and understanding are not found in isolation but in the wholeness of our experience. We come to see that there is no hope or enlightenment without embracing every facet of our shared being, empowering all sentient life both internally and externally. 

    Given the challenges we’re facing now I want to be available to address your questions during these public Sunday talks, which are open to everyone. I invite you to share your appreciation through making a donation based on your personal capacity, and to share this opportunity with your friends.

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  • Big Heart Retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii with Genpo Roshi

    • 3 Mar 2025
    • 7 Mar 2025
    • Captain Cook, Hawaii
    • 8
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    Join Genpo Roshi on the Big Island of Hawaii 

    Manini Beach Sunset

    For many people, Big Heart Retreats have proven to be the most amazing experience of their lives. Participants have claimed that by lunchtime the first day they have gotten more than the value of their donation. 

    Big Heart Retreats have replaced what used to be called the ‘5-5-50's’, attended by five people for five days with Roshi, five hours of teaching a day, for a $50,000 Dana (donation).  These Retreats are the principal means of raising funds to support the Kanzeon Sangha and its work to awaken the planet. We don’t do any other fund-raising. 

    This Big Heart Retreat is limited to a maximum of eight participants who wish to dive deeper into their practice than they have ever been.

    The retreat begins each morning at 10:00 AM and ends at 1:00 PM. The rest of day you are free to explore the Big Island of Hawaii. It takes place at one of the most remarkable spots on earth, Captain Cook in Roshi’s home It sits on the largest active volcano’s in the world. The energy of this very spot is one of  the ten chakra points of the planet. 

    Don’t miss this remarkable opportunity!

    Your contribution to these Big Heart Retreats allows the teaching to be experienced by everyone regardless of their financial means.  It also supports resources like the Big Mind Zen Media Archive, and ensures the continued sustainability of our organization and the Kanzeon Sangha. Big Heart events are our way of giving back to those who so generously sponsor our efforts. Your donation is essential to carrying on this work.


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  • Points to Watch in Practicing the Way

    • 26 Apr 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • 30 Apr 2025
    • 11:30 AM
    • Zoom Video Conference (Times are Hawaii Time)

    Points to Watch in Practicing the Way

    April 26-30, 2025

    Zoom Retreat with Genpo Roshi


    This virtual Zoom retreat is the first of three retreats for participants of the Western Zen Path.


    This retreat is also open to the public.


    More information coming soon

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  • Only Buddha and Buddha

    • 25 Aug 2025
    • 29 Aug 2025
    • Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Only Buddha and Buddha Retreat

    August 25-29, 2025

    Amsterdam Zen Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


    This in-person retreat is the second of three retreats for participants of the Western Zen Path.


    This retreat is also open to the public.


    More information coming soon!

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  • The Four Benevolent Ways of the Bodhisattva: Rohatsu Retreat

    • 1 Dec 2025
    • 8 Dec 2025
    • Oregon, USA and Virtual Zoom Retreat

    The Four Benevolent Ways of the Bodhisattva: Rohatsu Retreat

    December 1 - 8, 2025

    Oregon, In-Person Retreat

    This in-person retreat is the last of the three retreats for participants of the Western Zen Path.


    This retreat is also open to the public.


    More information coming soon!

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