On becoming a monk… The Easter retreat at Crosby will see three new monks being ordained. Suzanne Tsuko Adey, Keith Shingo Parr and Sue Eido King will all receive Shukke Tokudo from Sensei on Thursday 16 April. In the blog pieces that follow I have asked the three new monks to say a little more […]
Read more…Some of you may remember ‘Max’, Candide Massocki, in Liverpool. He is now back in Cameroon and has set up the Pan African Institute of Zen Buddhism (PAIZB). Sensei has just shared news about Massocki with teachers from the White Plum Asanga in the piece below. SWZ has already supported him with a donation, and […]
Read more…By coincidence, I came across the following sermon by Dogen Zenji, in Taigen Dan Leighton’s translation of Dogen’s Eihei Koroku, having just put down A Blind Man in the Land of Zen, which is newly published by fellow Sangha-member Steve Hobson: Hyakujo received a shout from Baso, whereupon he became deaf for three days. All people in […]
Read more…A new series featuring members of Stonewater Zen Sangha.
Read more…I felt so sad tonight that my Dharma and monk brother Alisdair is actually going…
Read more…A short message from Ken…
Read more…Farewell to Massocki from Cameroon who trained regularly with us at the StoneWater Zendo, Liverpool. Sadly, he has now returned home. We will miss him a lot and wish him all the best for the future. We can now look forward to StoneWater Zen, Cameroon! Keizan Sensei
Read more…Keizan Sensei describes some of his experiences while training on Okinawa with Sensei Kanei Uechi in 1975. See also pictures added to album section.
Read more…Dear Sangha members, very best wishes for 2012. I do hope we each have a fruitful and enriching year ahead. I look forward to seeing you in Liverpool (please check out our personalised mini retreat opportunity), Crosby or up in the Lakes. We have an all year round Wednesday to Saturday schedule in Liverpool and […]
Read more…Simon Heale, who many of us will know only as a fantastic Tenzo from many of our retreats, was also a friend of John Crook, a successor in the Ch’an tradition to Master Sheng Yen. Dr Crook recently passed away, and Simon shares some recollections of this remarkable figure in British Buddhism.
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