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We will contact you by email you send with form or by phone number or telegram.
For any questions, please contact the organizer:
Ekaterina
+995599697819
Telegram: @belinskaia_k
We recommend to visit at least one meditation practice in our Zen center to master the position. If you haven't this opportunity you may try to practice by yourself with guide. https://zengeorgia.com/how_to_do_zazen_meditation
For any questions, please contact the organizer:
Ekaterina
+995599697819
Telegram: @belinskaia_k
We recommend to visit at least one meditation practice in our Zen center to master the position. If you haven't this opportunity you may try to practice by yourself with guide. https://zengeorgia.com/how_to_do_zazen_meditation
3 days of house sharing and daily meditation practice. We will alternate zazen with daily activities such as cleaning, eating, and even parties.
We will turn off cell phones and avoid idle conversation and action to immerse ourselves in the spirit of Zen as much as possible.
We will turn off cell phones and avoid idle conversation and action to immerse ourselves in the spirit of Zen as much as possible.
The retreat will take place in a private house in Tsikhisdziri.
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- futon (meditation mat)
- three food bowls, a spoon, a fork.
- a cloth to wrap them in
- meditation clothes (dark colors)
- work clothes
- warm clothes (just in case)
- slippers
- towel, personal hygiene items
If something is missing, please inform the organizer @belinskaia_k.
- futon (meditation mat)
- three food bowls, a spoon, a fork.
- a cloth to wrap them in
- meditation clothes (dark colors)
- work clothes
- warm clothes (just in case)
- slippers
- towel, personal hygiene items
If something is missing, please inform the organizer @belinskaia_k.
The organisational fee is 400 GEL*
*The offering can be divided into 2 parts: 200 GEL till April 27 and 200 GEL on retreat. All the money will be used for accommodation, food and support of the Zen Center in Batumi. No one makes money from our Sangha's events.
Our goal is to create favorable conditions for joint practice of Zazen.
*The offering can be divided into 2 parts: 200 GEL till April 27 and 200 GEL on retreat. All the money will be used for accommodation, food and support of the Zen Center in Batumi. No one makes money from our Sangha's events.
Our goal is to create favorable conditions for joint practice of Zazen.
Before April 24, please make an advance prepayment 200 GEL. We will send you IBAN account to email you note in registration form.
Ekaterina
Telegram: @belinskaia_k
+995599697819
IMPORTANT: If you have paid for the retreat but could not attend, payment is not refundable.
Ekaterina
Telegram: @belinskaia_k
+995599697819
IMPORTANT: If you have paid for the retreat but could not attend, payment is not refundable.
What should you keep in mind when going to sesshin?
- Sesshin is a collective Zen practice designed to help everyone realize Master Dogen's words, "To know oneself is to forget oneself." In terms of concrete action, this means that on retreat we put aside our personal "wants" and "don'ts" and act together with everyone else.
- On a sesshin, there is a schedule that must be followed.
- Sesshin has a beginning and an end, and unless specifically stated, a retreat cannot be joined after it has begun and left before it has ended
- We understand that the atmosphere of the retreat is created by everyone's practice, and we take every action responsibly, recognizing that it affects the people around us.
- If we are given a job to do, we do it as carefully as possible, as the most important thing in life, done for the sake of ourselves and the good of all beings.
- We naturally begin to see many opportunities to help others right now. (Pass the gravy to your table neighbor, help with work, clean up after yourself, don't stomp your feet in the hallways after lights out, just smile and be friendly). If you don't see these opportunities, you are definitely not here and now.
- The key to practicing Zen is attention, and sesshin is the time to try to be constantly attentive from moment to moment. This means that:
- In sesshin, our focus is not on producing judgments and opinions, but on following the process of how they arise. Simply put, we are more silent than speaking, agreeing more and arguing less.
We regularly hold introductions to beginner practices, Zen retreats and Zen Days in Georgia. We publish announcements in our Facebook:
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