Buddhism Indian Zen Buddhism Enlightenment Movement South India Abroad Schedule
Indozan Sogenji
Dear Dhamma friends ,
It is my pleasure to inform you that our beloved teacher Zen Master Shodo Harada Roshi entered his ripen age 70 .We follower of the Dhamma shall be very thankful to him that he let us study under him for many years and put lots of his energy and time for us with grand motherly compassion. because of him we knew the word Zen a little bit. there are so many people those who are benefited by his teaching all over the world.
To Celebrate his 70th birth anniversary we will have Osesshin .his birthday is on 26th of August. Every year in August he goes to India to have Sesshin in Indosan Sogenji, Bijapur, Karnataka state. so the year 2010 we are planning to have Sesshin to Celebrate his 70th birth anniversary and pay our respect to him and wish him long life so many people can be more benefited by his teaching. so we would like to invite all our Dhamma friends to participate IN THIS MEMORABLE OSESSHIN .
Indosan Sogenji Zen monastery is a place run by Bodhi Zenji
Now presently 22 boys of age 11 to22 are studying there.
*The sesshin will be from 19th to 23rd of august.
*Bijapur monastery has a big Hondo, kitchen, two halls .5rooms,6 toilets and 6 bathroom.
*Bijapur once upon a time was a Buddhist Place ,later it was ruled by a Muslim king and he changed it in a Islamic place.
*from Hyderabad (7 Hours journey by car and by Hyderabad to Gulbarga and Gulbarga to Bijapur ),
*fromBangalore10 hours Journey (Convenient by bus,night bus at 9oclock reaches to Bijapur in the morning 8oclock)
for further information please write to:
bodhidhamma@Yahoo.com