A special practice weekend at Korinji with Dosho Port Roshi and Meido Roshi.

This event will include sitting, formal meals, dokusan, and extensive discussion. All practitioners welcome, including beginners who have received zazen instruction.

The branching lineages of Zen - also called the Buddha-Mind School, and the One Vehicle School of South India transmitted by Bodhidharma - have developed a diverse richness of teachings and practice methods. Yet they have always been unified in their fundamental approach, resting upon awakening as the gate and basis of the path : "Seeing one's nature, becoming Buddha."

Join us for a weekend of practice and discussion led by two Western Zen teachers: Dosho Port Roshi and Meido Moore Roshi. Encompassing approaches to practice rooted in both Soto and Rinzai lineages, our time together will affirm the broad perspective that all Zen is, indeed, One School. This is an extraordinary opportunity to practice together with teachers who together carry an uncommon wealth of experience.

First time visitors to Korinji, please see the retreat info doc and application. It tells you everything you will need to bring, including for sleeping at the monastery. (Regarding clothing, students from other Zen lineages please feel free to wear your usual style of practice garments). Return the application by email, as directed.

Returning guests: you need only RSVP (no application required).

Suggested donation for this retreat is $300. Please donate by PayPal here. No one will be turned away for inability to donate the full amount: please make arrangements with us as needed before you arrive.

About the Teachers:

Dōshō Port Rōshi began practice in 1977 with the Zen pioneer, Dainin Katagiri Rōshi. Dōshō received dharma transmission from Katagiri Rōshi following thirteen years of rigorous training. After Katagiri Rōshi's death in 1990, Dōshō went on to study with twenty Zen teachers in Europe, Japan, and the US, receiving inka shōmei from James Myōun Ford Rōshi in the Harada-Yasutani lineage in 2015.

Dōshō co-teaches with Tetsugan Sensei through Vine of Obstacles Zen. He is the author of Keep Me In Your Heart a While: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri; The Record of Empty Hall: One Hundred Classic Koans; and Going Through the Mystery's One Hundred Questions. Dōshō's recent writing can be found on Ghost and Substack. His most recent contribution to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, We Are All This Luminous Mind: The Possibility and Importance of Awakening, can be found here.

Meido Moore Roshi's bio may be found here.

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