Session Great Sangha

Each year, the Great Sangha Session brings together practitioners from all over Europe. It offers the opportunity to practice a sesshin together, as well as to meet and exchange with one another.

This four-day sesshin will begin with a Hossen Shiki ceremony, or “Dharma combat.” The second day (afternoon) will be devoted to the AZI’s annual General Assembly, a time for discussion and reflection on the association’s directions.

The Great Sangha Session will conclude with a ceremony marking the anniversary of Master Deshimaru’s passing, in remembrance of his teaching.

PROGRAMME

Arrival takes place on Wednesday, April 29.

Thursday, April 30

Morning:
07:00 Zazen / 10:30 Hossenshiki

Afternoon:
14:30 Samu / 16:30 Zazen / 20:30 Zazen

Friday, May 1

Morning:
07:00 Zazen / 11:00 Zazen

Afternoon:
14:30 AZI General Assembly / 20:30 Zazen

Saturday, May 2

Classic sesshin day.

Sunday, May 3

07:00 Zazen
10:30 Ceremony in Tribute to Taisen Deshimaru

Departure after lunch.

TEACHING

Raphaël Doko Triet is the abbot of the Seikyuji temple in Spain (Andalusia). At the age of twenty-one, he began practising zazen. Master Taisen Deshimaru ordained him as a monk in 1973. He was in charge of the dojo in Paris from 1990 to 1997 and of the International Zen Association (AZI) from 2004 to 2013. In 1997, he received the Dharma transmission from Master Yuko Okamoto, a friend of Master Deshimaru. In the same year, he founded the dojo in Lisbon.

Raphaël leads sesshin (Zen retreats) in many countries, including Spain, Portugal, France, Quebec and Sweden, as well as in the Seikyuji temples (of which he is the abbot).

He served as abbot of the Gendronnière temple from August 2012 to August 2015.

RATES

• Dormitory – standard rate: €250
• Dormitory – reduced rate: €175
• Room 3/4 persons : €288
• Double room : €313
• Single room : €400 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

To find out : 

• What to bring
• Information on what to wear
• Accommodation
• Access to La Gendronnière temple

Please read the PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE

REGISTRATION

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