Jewel Mirror Sesshin - 7 Day Zen Meditation Retreat

According to tradition, when Dogen Zenji returned from China, he wrote the Fukanzazengi, “Universal Recommendations for Zazen”. A few years thereafter he composed his first work in Japanese, Bendōwa, “Discourse on the Practice of the Way”. Framed as a series of 19 questions and answers, Bendōwa lays bare the themes he would spend a lifetime exploring in his magnum opus, Shobogenzo.

Come explore Dogen Zenji’s Bendōwa this Summer with three inspiring teachers of the Soto lineage: Rev. Dokai Georgesen (Hokyoji), Rev. Daigaku Rummé (Confluence ZC, St. Louis), and Rev. Reirin Gumbel (Milwaukee ZC)