Each January and July the Mountains and Rivers Order in New Zealand offers a series of Zen events including
​week-long silent Zen meditation retreat (sesshin). ​In July the head of the MRO, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi visits Nelson to lead these events, and in January either Hojin Sensei or Hogen Sensei leads the Christchurch events.  ​Regional groups also offer regular Zen events throughout the year, including weekly group meditation sessions.

Zen Events 2020

Christchurch: Evening Talk – Introduction to Karma

By Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
This talk is the first of two teachings at the zendo on karma.
Feel encouraged to come to one or other, or both. Entry by koha.
Friday January 17, 7pm-8.30pm, at the Opawa Zendo, 4 Kennedy Place, Hillsborough, Chch.

Christchurch: Saturday workshop – Awakening to Karma

With Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
​Join us for these important teachings on karma and the alleviation of suffering.
Saturday January 18, 9am-4.30pm at the Opawa Zendo, 4 Kennedy Place, Hillsborough, Chch.

Sesshin – Silent Zen Meditation Retreat,
​mid-Canterbury

Led by Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
January 19-25, 2020.
This retreat can be joined in progress until Thursday evening.
Staveley Camp, 1.5 hours from Christchurch

Wellington Talk: Introduction to Karma

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Friday January 31, 6pm-7.30pm at St Andrew's Centre, 30 The Terrace.

Wellington Workshop: Awakening to Karma

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Saturday February 1, 9am-3pm at St Andrew's Centre, 30 The Terrace.

Rotorua Workshop: Introduction to Zen Meditation

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Saturday February 8, 9.30am-12.30pm. Venue to be confirmed.

Morning Zazen and Dharma Discussion at the Auckland Zen Centre

with Hogen and Cindy Green, Amala Sensei and Richard von Sturmer.
Sunday February 9, 8.30am-12pm.
Auckland Zen Centre, 50-52 Princes Street, Onehunga.
Enquiries to Cameron at zenzauckland@gmail.com

Evening talk and workshop Shugen Roshi, Nelson, July 10-11, 2020

Evening talk - Friday July 10 at Fairfield House.
Saturday workshop - July 11 at Fairfield House.

Shugen Roshi is the Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, the Zen Centre of New York City, and the head of the Mountains and Rivers Order.

Enquiries to the Southern Skies Zendo, nelson@zen.org.nz

Sesshin, Silent Meditation Retreat, Nelson region, July 2020

Sunday July 12 to Saturday July 18. This intensive meditation retreat can be joined in progress. A registration form will be made available closer to the date.

Enquiries to the Southern Skies Zendo, nelson@zen.org.nz