Egely Kloster - TaikyoJi

Program for Egely Monastery - Taikyoji for 2010

Unless there is sesshin the monastery will be open for zazen every Tuesday & Thursday at 19:15-20:45 and every Tuesday at 9-10:30 as well as Saturday mornings 9-12 for Service, zazen, dharma talk/discussion and tea!

February 13: Parinirvana all day zazen.
February 14: RZBS annual general meeting.

Marts 19-21: Tendai/Zen joint retreat. If it should be cancelled there will be intro weekend instead.

April 3-11: Sesshin, incl Buddha's birthday & Rinzai day

April 30 - May 23: Open monastery period

April 30 - May 2: Intro-weekend

June 28 - August 3: Kessei

July 1-4: Sesshin

July 17-18: Intro-weekend

July 24-31: Sesshin

Fall program to be determined later.
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Zazen meetings
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 19:15 - 20:45 and every Tuesday at 9-10:30 we conduct zazen (meditation) meeting in Egely Monastery, Egely, Glappevej 12, Østermarie.

Tea, Dharma Talk and zazen
Every Saturday 9-12 AM (with the exception of Saturdays during sesshin or intro-courses) there will be one period of zazen followed by Dharma Talk and informal tea. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the start of zazen.

Kessei
Kessei at Egely Kloster Taikyoji offers you a unique chance for you to deepen your practice every single moment of your life and, through this, to realize your innate wisdom and experience the maturation of compassion. In order to get the most out of this intensive training, you must commit fully to the process, fully open and aware.

You will be expected to participate in all activities: meditation periods, ceremonies, work periods, formal meals, and dokusan. These activities form the framework in which we intensely and undisturbed can examine reality. Two sesshins are scheduled within kessei, and these give us also an opportunity to test the depth and clarity of our practice.

Daily program during kessei is:
Wednesday-Saturday
5:00 wakeup
5:30 morning service
6:30 zazen, dokusan
7:30 breakfast, morning meeting
8:45-12:00 samu
12:00 lunch
13:30-16:30 samu
17:00 dinner
18:30-21 evening ceremony zazen, dokusan
Sunday ends with informal lunch at 13
Monday is free
Tuesday is late wakeup (6:45)

Included in kessei are a 7-day sesshin and a shorter sesshin.

2010 kessei in Egely Monastery is held from June 28 until August 3.
Please fill out the application no later than June 10 2010.

Please contakt us for more information.

Sesshin
Here is a unique opportunity for deepening your zen practice with among other things daily dokusan with a recognized Rinzai zen master, Teisho, many hours of zazen.

Sesshins in 2010: