2025 STO/ASZC Annual Fall Retreat
AMERICAN ZEN PIONEER
Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Soyu Matsuoka Roshi coming to America
Our STO/ASZC Fall Retreat is from October 15 (6pm ET) to October 19 (Noon).
This year we will focus on the Wisdom, Warmth and Wit of our root teacher and lineage Founder, Soyu Matsuoka Roshi on this 85th Anniversary of his coming and bringing Zen to America. We will line-up a variety of speakers who had the good fortune to actually meet and practice with O-Sensei in person, and who will share his teachings and personal anecdotes of his compassionate spirit — including his insistence that “Zen is for everyone”; and his prediction that genuine Zen will find its rebirth in America.
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. 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.
2025 marks the 14th 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
Click Here for the Speaker Roster with Bio's
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/306596861?pwd=QlZzOElqeGlFMmRueTQ2OUlORlZmQT09
For more information, you can also contact our Abbot @ [email protected]
