Sewanee Zen will open for the first time on April 2, 2023, with an Introduction to Zen Practice at the new Stone Nest Dojo at 3818 Sherwood Road in Sewanee, Tennessee.
The three-hour workshop will provide the basics of Zen practice: zazen (sitting concentration), kinhin (walking concentration), and dojo etiquette. Background on Zen Buddhism and bodhisattva practice-enlightenment will be discussed.
A regular schedule of zazen, with several sittings per week, as well as periodic zazenkai (half-day and daylong retreats) and sesshin (longer retreats) will be offered.
The introduction will be led by Richard Collins, Abbot of the New Orleans Zen Temple and Sewanee Zen, and assisted by Shawn Mitzel, monk, who leads our Blue Ridge, Georgia sitting group.
For information and registration, please contact us at nozentemple@gmail.com or 318-451-3418.
View from Stone Nest Dojo