The usual zendo timetable has resumed after the summer break
Sangha Posts
Interview with Roshi in the Liverpool Echo
This week Roshi has been featured in the Liverpool Echo with this interview. The founder of one of Liverpool’s most fabled bars is sending... New book by Tim Zenki Steel
Awakenings is a non-fiction hands-on look at the human condition, the causes of suffering, what can be done about them and how to take... Musings of a Second-Generation Mystic – Emily Koshin Oliver
I use that word without fully understanding what it means. A seeker? Spiritual quester? Searcher of Truth – and finder of it too? My... At Home Everywhere – Manu Myōshin Bazzano
Witnessing a tokudo ceremony gets me every time. At the Spring sesshin this year I heard Roshi say that receiving the homeless vows implies,... Beauty and Doubt in Thailand – Emily Koshin Oliver
This time last year I was in Thailand, embarking on a two-month stint that became everything I didn’t know I was looking for. I... Book Review by Clive Tenryu Lindley-Jones of Matthieu Ricard’s Notebooks of a Wandering Monk
Notebooks of a Wandering Monk by Matthieu Ricard, (Translated by Jesse Browner. 2023. 702pp. Hardback £28.00) This is a giant, magnificent book in weight... This is where we invite you, the Sangha members, to contribute your short articles on your experiences, ideas or readings that you feel will interest others. Send these direct to Sarah Thwaites or via the contact page. Posts will be linked and publicised in general mailings, Facebook and Twitter. Comments may be made on the Stonewater Zen Facebook page or via Sarah Thwaites if you don't use social media.
We are a Zen Buddhist organisation in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. StoneWater Zen Sangha has a traditional, authentic lineage and has been established in Liverpool for over fifteen years. The Sangha is growing and there are now groups across the UK.
The group is led by Dr David Keizan Scott Roshi and is affiliated to the White Plum Asanga.
We provide the facilities for traditional Zen training throughout the week. See our Liverpool schedule for details.
Every year we have two sesshin at Crosby Hall and regular retreats at our zendo in the Lake District. See our events page for details.
We are a warm and friendly group and beginners are always very welcome.
Mission Statement
StoneWater Zen Sangha is founded on the teachings of the Soto Zen tradition. Its aim is to promote and develop the practice and transmission of Zen Buddhism through meditation, study, precepts, Buddhist psychology and stewardship of meditation centres that are open to all regardless of gender, race or sexuality.
Our teachers and senior monks offer a regular weekly meditation schedule, several intensive retreats annually, and maintain city centre and rural training centres locally and nationally.
“It is our wish to promote compassion and understanding for life as it is.
May penetrating light dispel the darkness of ignorance.
May we realise the Buddha Way together.”
StoneWater Zen Centre Liverpool
We are located in Hope Street in the centre of Liverpool where we run a regular schedule of meditation and talks. Please click here for further details.