There will be a Zazenkai at the Helsinki Zendo on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
If you are coming to sit, please register with Ilmari by March 3, 2025. This time we will start at 9:00.

Ismo Puhakka, a visitor from the Jyväskylä Zendo, will come to Helsinki to give a Dharma talk. There is an opportunity for Daisan at the Zazenkai. Daisan in this case is a short formal and personal conversation with an experienced practitioner.

Schedule
9:00 zazen 30 min, kinhin, zazen 30 min
10:10 zazen, dharma talk, zazen
11:50 Work period12:20 Lunch break (the lunch will be a potluck, i.e. everyone brings something)
13:10 zazen kinhin zazen 14:20 zazen 3x30 min
16:10 Zazenkai ends
16.10-17.00 Tea break and free chat

Please note the potluck lunch, meaning that everyone brings something to eat and we will share the food: let Ilmari know what you are bringing, and we will get a roughly complete meal for all participants, and we will also take into account the vegetarianism of the participants. During the lunch break, coffee & tea will also be available for those who wish.

Please arrive no later than 8:45. After the zazenkai, we will have a small shared tea time.

The zazenkai is free for members, 20/30€ for non-members depending on financial situation.

Zazenkai will be organized if at least two people register.

Zazenkai (座禅会) literally means “gathering together for meditation”. It is a Zen Buddhist practice that is usually less intense and shorter than sesshins. Does it feel like it is time to come and sit down?

Welcome!

Registrations and questions:
ilm.kor (at) hotmail.com