2024 STO/ASZC Annual Fall Retreat
“Celebrating the Legacy of the Kodo Sawaki, Kosho Uchiyama & Shohaku Okumura Lineage”
Our STO/ASZC Fall Retreat is from October 9 (6pm ET) to October 13 (Noon). This retreat will be hosted at ASZC and will also welcome Zoom participation. Each year during our 5-day Fall retreat we come together to support each other in our Soto Zen Practice. This year our Dharma Talks will honor the legacy and wisdom of our Okumura Roshi Lineage. Shohaku Okumura Roshi and other guest speakers will join us for this special retreat. Please register for this retreat and join us.
Contact Zenku at email [email protected] or text/call at (847) 721-0665 for further information.
Everyone is Welcome.
STO/ASZC FALL RETREAT is an annual retreat emphasizing Zen meditation along with a series of daily talks about our Sawaki/Uchiyama/Okumura Lineage. The schedule wraps around all regular ASZC programs such as Newcomer Workshop (Wed 7:30-8:30pm); ASZC Music Program (Thu evening); Just Sit Saturday (9:00am-Noon); Morning Meditation (M-F 6:00-7:00am); as well as Sunday Morning Meditation and Heart Sutra Service (9:00am-Noon); so as not to disrupt regular attendance.
2024 marks the 13th anniversary of our annual retreat, believe it or not! Everyone is welcome to attend online, as well as in person where possible. Please take this yearly opportunity to join with other members of our far-flung Affiliates and members at large, in an intensive retreat (sesshin).
The Silent Thunder Order (STO, Inc. 2011) is comprised of disciples and priests trained under our guiding teacher, Zenkai Taiun Elliston Roshi, in the STO/Mokurai tradition established by Matsuoka Roshi. The Atlanta Soto Zen Center (ASZC, Inc. 1977) constitutes our Training Center and Headquarters. Both exist to support the needs of our Practice Leaders and to serve their communities (sanghas), a network of independent Affiliated Zen groups and centers.
We look forward to gathering with you for this annual retreat. It represents a precious opportunity, not to be missed, to revitalize your own Zen practice.
Please join us for zazen, engaging in dialog with members of our thirteen affiliate sanghas, as well as listening to, and deepening our understanding of, the Dharma. Please watch for future notices of more details on speakers.
Click Here for the Daily Schedule
Speaker Roster/Schedule
Suggested Fees: $75 per day or $250 for the entire retreat (3.5 days). Or pay what you can afford if you are a student or are under other financial constraints (fees are also waived for certain in-kind donations). You are welcome to attend any part or all of the retreat, determining your own fee on the honor system.
Zoom Meeting Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85324595201?pwd=JbHJ2jWWgYfW6riZClPDHBbJgna6Ie.1
For more information, you can also contact our Abbot @ [email protected]
