KAISANJI SESSHINS MARCH – MAY -OCTOBER 2025, SERIFOS
ZEN MEDITATION RETREAT IN GREECE 2025
KAISANJI SESSHINS, KALO AMPELI SERIFOS, GREECE
- 1 – 5 MARCH 2025
- 10 – 14 MAY 2025 WITH THE PRESENCE OF KOTEN ROSHI
- 1 – 5 OCTOBER 2025
Dear members of Zen Center Athens,
We invite you to participate in the Kaisanji Sesshins of 2025.
During the sesshin we follow the Hosshinji monastery’s program. The sesshin is done in silence, without cell phones, computers and books. Meals are done in the traditional monastic way using oryoki.
Sesshin is a form of group intensive zazen practice and is therefore not recommended for beginner level practitioners but for those who are experienced and wish to deepen.
The participation fee is 250 euros and covers the 5 days of meals and a minimum contribution towards Kaisanji. Please note that the contribution for the sesshin with Koten Roshi is 300 euros. Please also note that you need to take into account the additional cost for the ferry ticket.
Please let us know in time if you are interested to participate via email: [email protected]
KAISANJI SERIFOS
Kaisanji, the temple (ji) of the mountain (san) and the sea (kai), is located in Serifos, near Kalo Ambeli beach. There, in an ideal location for the installation of a Zen Monastery, Zen meditation teaching and practice spaces are under construction such as Zendo, Hato (the open space of the bell) as well as accommodation rooms for monks (cells) and places for visitors.
The main goal is for Kaisanji to become an autonomous and self-sufficient center-monastery while operating as a summer resort in order to cover its operating costs. We invite you to actively participate in our vision, which focuses on the dissemination and practice of Zen Meditation in Greece and the continuous presence of the Zen Center Athens and the monastery, Kaisanji.
DAILY SCHEDULE
04:00 Wake up Bell
04:30-05:00 Zazen
05:00-05:05 Kinhin
05:20-05:55 Zazen
05:55 Takkesa no ge (Robe Verse)
Choka (Morning Service)
Sanpai (Three Prostrations)
Hannya shingyo (Heart Sutra)
Shari raimon
Fueko
Ryaku Sambo
Shigu seigan mon x3
Sanpai
06:30 Shuku (Breakfast)
Gokan no ge
Sho Sekai Bon no ge
Free Sitting 1:20h
08:00-08:45 Samu
or
08:20-09:00 Zazen – Docusan
09:00-09:05 Kinhin
09:20-10:00 Zazen
10:00-10:05 Kinhin
10:20-11:00 Zazen
11:00 Lunch :
Gokan no ge
Sho Sekai Bon no ge
free Sitting 1:20h
13:20-14:00 Zazen
14:20-15:00 Teisho – Keikyo ge
15:20-16:00 Zazen
16:00 Banka (Evening Service)
Daihi shu (Great Compassion Dharani)
Shari raimon
Fueko
Ryaku Sambo
16:15 Dinner
Free Sitting 1:20h
18:20-19:00 Zazen – Docusan
19:00-19:05 Kinhin
19:20-20:00 Zazen
20:00-20:05 Kinhin
20:20-20:55 Zazen
20:55 Prostrations :
Shigu seigan mon x3
Sanpai
21:30 Lights Out
