Zen in Ireland
Summer Camp 2010. There will be two week-long retreats on the beautiful island of Inis Mór on 11-17 and 19-25 July 2010. For more information, go to www.zeninthewest.org.
Retreats. We will be holding a three-day retreat in Roscommon on 19 - 21 March. There will be another retreat on 1 - 3 May. For more details go here
A Beginners' Course in Zen meditation will be starting in the Cork dojo on Monday 8 March.
The Irish Zen Group has been active since 1991 and has three practice centres (dojos), in Galway, Dublin and Cork.
We focus on the practice of zazen (sitting meditation), and we are open to everyone interested in taking up the practice of meditation.
We practice according to the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, as transmitted by Taisen Deshimaru, who brought Zen to Europe in 1967. Deshimaru was a disciple of Kodo Sawaki.
Alain Liebmann is the leader of our group. He is a Zen monk with 35 years experience of meditation, one of Deshimaru's original disciples.
Our group is affiliated to AZI ( Association Zen Internationale), a worldwide Zen organization based in Paris, France.
On this site you can:
Learn about the practice of Zen meditation.
Find a dojo where you can meditate.
Get information about upcoming retreats.
Browse resources for further study: websites, books, etc.
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