News
Updated February 27, 2010
Shusohossenshiki Ceremony
February 27, 2010
Group photo after the ceremony.
Ranka carries the Case to the shuso.
The shuso receives the shippei after the Dharma talk.
"This is a three foot long black snake.."
Dharma Combat
Returning the Shippei to Roshi
Robert played the premiere of Jan van Zalms piece "Spiegel, geen Spiegel" (Mirror, no Mirror)
After lunch...
...the final Kitchen Clean up!
Jifu & Tenkei Roshi
Tea Ceremony
February 26, 2010
Serving tea in the zendo
Servers
Zen River Birds
Many birds flock to the bird feeders on this cold February morning!
Ango Closing Sesshin underway
Last sesshin of this Ango began Saturday. The shuso must now start rehearsals for the final ceremony on Saturday morning!
Oryoki
Meanwhile, in the kitchen....
Anjo, the Head Server
Serving
Zendo Placing
Tenkei Roshi studies the spacing for the zendo plans: Left a bit? Right a bit? There are many questions!
Ameland & the Great Sangha Gathering
Unloading the van upon arrival
280 plus people joined the Great Sangha Gathering this year
Tokudo ceremony
Ceremonies & Big Mind in the evenings
Kitchen prep.
Panel discussions & dharma talks at noon by the teachers
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Ameland Prep
Getting everything into the van for the zendo and kitchen set-up
Shukke Tokudo Ceremony
Ingrid Ranka de Hullu received Shukke Tokudo from Tenkei Roshi on Saturday Jan 9th. Congratulations! We were very happy that Musai Roshi were there to attend.
January 3: New Year begins, the snow continues to fall.
Winter Morning in the Snow
December 19: Morning Sunshine in the back garden at Zen River. The garden crew have had much shoveling to do to keep the paths open!
Winter Storm
Today it snowed...
Ango Samu Activities
Sam & Jifu ironing
Roshi & Ryushin organise the tool shed
Gakudo installs a new cupboard
Doin in the reception
Atelier crew: Saskia, Renate, Koren & Ranka
Gerry making new Ihai
Senko & Jort in the garden
Ango & Shuso Entering Ceremony
After everyone has made bows and offered incence, the shuso can enter...
...to receive permission from the Abbot to undertake this position for the next 3 months.
Nice meeting with Hojosan for final farewell
After the workshop in Den Haag, Roshi and Sensei met with Hojosan, Shugetsu and Lida at the airport before Hojosan boarded his flight for Tokyo!
Plant Donations
Bushes and plants from on of Janna de Vries's neighbour were kindly donated to Zen River garden.
Manuel, Floris and Dirk get ready to plant!
Visit members of Zen River Hoorn group
Dirk Horai Beemster and members of the Zen River Hoorn group visited over the weekend. Welcome!
Fall Newsletter & Fundraising letter, 2009
The bi-annual Zen River Newsletter is now avaiable online as a .pdf file. Please click on the icon to open it. Enjoy!
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Visit Dr Johan Witteveen
November 7, 2009
Tenkei Roshi and Dr Witteveen with members of the sufi community.
Service before lunch
Welcoming Dr Witteveen at the start of his lecture.
Answering questions
Sufi service, with a reading and few moments of silence. before supper
Visit Hojosan
November 3, 2009
Hojosan and Shugetsu arrived Wednesday for an overnight visit before heading off to Brazil to attend a zendo opening ceremony. Everyone enjoyed a Welcome Party.
After dinner there was a wonderful recital. Tina, on piano, accompanied Aidan on the viola
Hojosan thoroughly enjoyed a visit to the Antiek boerderij in Uithuizen (Antique farm)
Myoho, Tenkei and Hojosan deciding what presents to buy, with the help of a little coffee..
Hojosan writes a poem on Hydrangeas written by his father
Working on a last minute visa for Brazil...
Rev. Kikoku Terae & Rev. Jiso Forzani visit Zen River
Rev. Jiso Forzani, Mr. Kikoku Terae with Tenkei Roshi, Myoho Sensei & the Zen River monastics.
On Thursday, Zen River was happy to welcome Rev. Kikoku Terae, the current chief of the international division of the Soto School in Japan, together with Rev. Jiso Forzani, originally from Italy. They stayed for a brief tour with lunch and met with Tenkei Roshi before returning to the airport. From there they travelled to La Gendronnière for a Soto weekend seminar that Tenkei Roshi also attended. One of the main topics of the meeting was the official registration (Tokubetsu jiin) and the certification of Ango and Hossenshiki of temples like Zen River.
German Sangha Visit
Friederike Boissevain brought members of the Wind & Wolken Sangha, Germany, for a weekend of practice at Zen River. Welcome!
In Memoriam
John Daido Loori, Roshi (1931 - 2009)
We are sad to announce that Daido Loori Roshi, the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, has passed away on Friday October 9 at 7:30 am (E.T). Please hold him and his family and sangha in your prayers as we do here at Zen River. Daido Roshi, one of Maezumi Roshi's direct successors, has been a highly influential Zen master who established a thriving monastery and set up a model of training that cuts a creative balance between monastic and lay practice. He produced three successors, Sensei's Myotai Treace, Shugen Arnold and Ryushin Marchaj. The latter two will take over the responsibility for the monastery and its affiliate temple in New York City. For more information, please visit the website Zen Mountain Monastery
(As an intimate detail, some twelve years ago Daido Roshi and Myotai Sensei generously offered to publish the first manuscript Tenkei Roshi had made based on Maezumi Roshi's teisho delivered in Europe. Concequently, in 1998 Dharma Publications brought out a small booklet under the title "The Echoless Valley" adorned with photographs by Daido Roshi. Later this collection was included in "Teaching of the Great Mountain" published in 2001 by Tuttle.)
Muge Daido Daiosho
One true man
Eight dharma gates
Farewell
And see you again
In the ten directions
(Tenkei Roshi's poem recited during morning service at Zen River on Saturday October 10)
Changes to Zen River Email Update subscription
As of October 1st 2009 a new Telecommunications Law in the Netherlands requires all organisations and companies to prove that members officially requested to be on their email list. To comply with this new law, Zen River sent an email to its current list with a link to refresh their subscription.
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Weekend visit from members of Venwoude
September 19
Over the weekend of September 19/20, a group of members from tthe Venwoude community came to join the weekend programme. Welcome!
Shuso hossenshiki, August 29, 2009
for Robert Doin van de Roer
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Serving tea & cookies in the zendo the evening before
Jisha carries the Case to the Shuso
Dharma talk begins
Returning the Case to Tenkei Roshi
Receiving the shippei for the dharma combat
Dharma Combat!
A new rakusu was presented to Doin by Roshi...
...and the sangha gave a small gift before dessert!
Wish List
Over the past 6 years, many have contributed to the center with a great variety of goods. Zen River is really an assembly of donations; from Buddha and Kanzeon statues to calligraphy scrolls, mokugyo, bells, densho, inkins, han, altar sets, incense boxes, sambo's, oryoki tables, zafu's and zabutons; from artwork to paint, furniture, bedding, curtains and shades; from books, plants and flower bulbs to tools, bikes, bar bells and the Zen River sign. But of course there are still plenty of things great & small that are needed and you can view this list to see what is required as well as what has been given and completed. Click here
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