EVENTS
Red Pine: Dancing With the Dead (Online)
Wandering Ox’s Dancing with the Dead invites us into the world of renowned translator, poet, and wanderer Red Pine, whose work over the past fifty years has brought the voices of China's great poets and Chan hermits to contemporary readers. Red Pine will join for the opening session.
Fall Sesshin (UK)
We are holding an intensive 4-day training called sesshin in the UK. We welcome beginners and long-term students to join.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Communications Training
A series of 3 Communications Sessions. Each session will engage people in a facet of communications -- listening, story telling, or conflict -- and set up practices that people can continue for the week.
Fall Sesshin
Fall Sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 4-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is required.
Gathering of Elders
The Gathering of Elders offers Zen practitioners age 60 and older an opportunity to explore the realities and possibilities of this stage of life and how to continue Zen practice in a way that is both meaningful and sustainable. The program will include zazen, discussion, and movement exercises.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Somatics for Zen Training
This course is offered by Ellen McKenzie Sensei for Zen students and instructors who are interested in deepening and refining their embodied awareness through Somatics. It is also intended for those who would like to support others in our community by learning to guide Somatics practices at sesshin and other intensives.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Winter Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Jiki/Level 1 Instructor Training (online)
Chosei Zen Virtual Dojo is holding Level 1 Jiki/Instructor Training on how to run a sitting group or be a jiki in the Virtual dojo or IZL programs. This is an opportunity to hone your skills in leading Zen meditation.
Winter Zazenkai (Rhode Island)
This isn’t an all-day retreat, but a concentrated morning of seated meditation, chanting, calligraphy, and a short Zen talk. It’s a chance to ground yourself, and to step into your life with clarity rather than stress.
Fresh Talk: First, Generosity
In this Fresh Talk, Rebecca Yakumei Ryan Roshi will share what she's learned about generosity through her own training within a Buddhist context.
Winter Sesshin
Winter sesshin will be held at Daikozen-ji in Madison, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is required. If you aren't already training with us, please check in with us before registering.
Spring Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Shodo Intensive
In this in-person shodo intensive, led by Esteban Martinez Sensei, students will practice the basic forms and techniques of shodo relating to Zen training as a meditative activity. This intensive is appropriate for both new and experienced students.
Spring Sesshin (Vietnam)
In conjunction with our Institute for Zen Leadership partners in Vietnam, we are hosting spring sesshin in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Mar 25-28, led by Whitelaw Roshi.
Spring Sesshin
Spring Sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 4-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is required.
Spring Sesshin (UK)
We are holding an intensive 4-day training called sesshin in the UK. We welcome beginners and long-term students to join.
Summer Sesshin
Summer sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is required. If you aren't already training with us, please check in with us before registering.
Fall Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Fall Sesshin (UK)
We are holding an intensive 4-day training called sesshin in the UK. We welcome beginners and long-term students to join.
Fall Intensive Training
Fall Intensive training will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This intensive training will be unlike other sesshin in terms of schedule. Participants will get 3 meals/day and do just one thing for 20 hours a day: Kyudo, ceramics, okyo, shodo, hike, etc.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Fall Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Aloha and Zen, Talk by Norma Wong Roshi
Daikozen-ji welcomes Norma Ryuko Kawelokū Wong Roshi, a visiting Zen teacher from Hawaiʻi, for an evening exploring the connection between Aloha and Zen. All are welcome.
Introduction to Zen Training
Introduction to Zen Training is a three hour in-person session designed to introduce new students to the fundamentals of Zen training through the breath, body, and sensation of gravity.
Fresh Talk: Zen in the Bones
In this Fresh Talk, Gordon Hakuun Greene Roshi will share what he's learned about shugyo through years of disciplined training and we can practice shugyo in older or differently abled bodies.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Introduction to Zen Training
Introduction to Zen Training is a three hour in-person session designed to introduce new students to the fundamentals of Zen training through the breath, body, and sensation of gravity.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Summer Sesshin
Summer sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is required. If you aren't already training with us, please check in with us before registering.
Spring Green Dojo 20th Anniversary Potluck
Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Spring Green Dojo on June 14th, 2026.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Introduction to Zen Training: Zazen, Tai Chi, Shodo
Introduction to Zen Training is a three hour in-person session designed to introduce new students to the fundamentals of Zen training through the breath, body, and sensation of gravity.
Zazenkai (online)
This is a one-day intensive training lasting 7am-12pm CST (2pm-7pm CET in Europe) designed to prepare students to participate in keishin. It will be run by senior students. Students will train separately at home, tethered together through the Zoom. It’s a great opportunity for boosting your training.
Who We Are Becoming Matters: Conversation With Norma Kaweloku Wong Roshi
Part visionary framework, part story-poem-instruction manual, Who We Are Becoming Matters invites readers into a deeper examination of how we grow, relate, and lead in times of uncertainty. Norma Wong Roshi’s teachings challenge us to release the logic of othering and splintering, to root ourselves in the mutual responsibilities of aloha and kuleana, and to step into the messy work asked of us in a timeplace of collapse.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Spring Sesshin (UK)
We are holding an intensive 4-day training called sesshin in the UK. We welcome beginners and long-term students to join.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Kiln Firing
Join us for the spring firing of our Anagama ceramics kiln in Spring Green. There will be shifts for feeding the kiln starting on Friday evening and going continuously until Sunday morning.
Spring Sesshin
Spring Sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 4-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is required.
Fresh Talks: How can we train to get out of our heads?
In this Fresh Talk, Heather Scobie Roshi will share what she's learned about mushin (no-mind) through her own training and through working with students, and how we can train mushin right now, in this very moment.
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.
Intro to Zazen (Online)
Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.
Shodo Intensive
In this in-person shodo intensive, led by Esteban Martinez Sensei, students will practice the basic forms and techniques of shodo relating to Zen training as a meditative activity. This intensive is appropriate for both new and experienced students.
Spring Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Virtual Tea Gathering
In a physical dojo, we gather in the kitchen after training for tea and conversation. We're bringing this tradition to our online community to strengthen our practice and strengthen one another in this time.