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  • The Sokanbu seminar and Conference for 2022 - 6th to 9th Oct
  • Two films on Soto Zen in Europe
  • Office Closing 10th August - 20th August

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  • Seminar 2021 (9th - 10th Oct 2021)
  • Seminar 2019 (10th - 11th Oct 2019)
  • English translation of Denkōroku

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I would like to talk about the true meaning of the word “teacher” in the tradition of Soto-shu.”
This is because I have once received a proposal that “I would like to become a teacher of Zen but not a religious.” I was surprised by these words.  Because there is a quite different meaning for “teacher” between our tradition and the normal school. The word “teacher” is often used in many translations of books written by Dogen Zenji. For example, Shohaku OKUMURA Roshi at Sanshin-Ji in the Indiana State ...

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