RETREATS 
... deepening our practice ...
Christchurch
Thurs 18th to Wed 24th Apr 2019
Easter Sesshin
Staveley
Inland Canterbury
Lead by Arthur Wells Roshi and Mary Jaksch Roshi
When: 6pm Thursday 18th April to 2pm Wednesday 24th April 2019
Golden Bay
date to be advised
Ekodo Retreat
Shambala
Golden Bay
Dunedin
date to be advised
Rohatsu Sesshin
St Martin's Island
Dunedin
Lead by Glenn Wallis Roshi
When:  November / December 2019
Wellington
date to be advised
Otaki Sesshin
Strathean House
North of Wellington
Lead by Mary Jaksch Roshi
When: December 2019.

OUR LINEAGE
Robert Aitken Roshi and his wife Anne founded the Diamond Sangha in 1959 in Hawaii. This lineage now has thirty-seven teachers world-wide including Ross Bolleter Roshi in Perth; Mary Jaksch Roshi, Glenn Wallis Roshi, Arthur Wells Roshi and Sean Weaver Sensei in New Zealand.

Diamond Sangha teachers lead sitting groups and retreats in the USA, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, England and Germany.

As the lineage has roots in both the Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen, Diamond Sangha teachers offer both Koan study, and Shikantaza ('just sitting').

Diamond Sangha Aotearoa/New Zealand is the New Zealand branch of the Diamond Sangha Zen lineage. The Diamond Sangha is a lay lineage, not a monastic lineage, with the ideal of bringing to our practice the joy and pain of everyday life: the great 'monastery without walls'.
OUR PRACTICE

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