Autumn Zen Sesshin with Susan Murphy Roshi
Autumn Zen Sesshin with Susan Murphy Roshi
30 March – 6 April 2012, Casa Pallotti (near Millgrove, Yarra Valley)
‘Sesshin’ means ‘to touch, settle, and actualize the heart-mind’. The heart-mind is inseparable from reality itself, radiant and full, with no loss and no gain. Sesshin is a thousand year old Zen residential retreat form that invites your mind to come to rest and begin to break through the small sense of self to discover who you really are. The Melbourne Zen Group Easter Sesshin takes place in a beautiful bush and rural setting and is a rare opportunity to practice with a Zen teacher in the company of dedicated and supportive fellow practitioners.The schedule includes extended periods of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), dokusan (interviews with the teacher), and work and rest periods. Susan Murphy Roshi trained with John Tarrant Roshi, in the lineage of Pacific Zen, and with his Dharma heir Ross Bolleter Roshi, in the lineage of the Diamond Sangha established by Robert Aitken Roshi, receiving transmission in 2001 in both lines from each of her primary teachers. She is the founding teacher of Zen Open Circle in Sydney as well as teacher for the Melbourne Zen Group.
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