Summer 2024 Newsletter: Summer Sesshin

Our recent dai-sesshin was well attended with 15 participants. We were led by returning jiki Andrew Ching and the group included four first time participants who all showed up strong.

In addition to the normal long hours of zazen and budo, this sesshin included Katy Luo practicing Haydn’s sonatas for piano in the Kyudo Dojo in the afternoon and evening in preparation for her ground-breaking endeavor in October.

Sayama Roshi delivered an inspiring teisho about Hakuin and we completed a project spreading eight tons of gravel in the back by the ceramics area.