RETREATS 
... deepening our practice ...
Christchurch
Thurs 9th to Wed 15th Apr 2020
Easter Sesshin
Staveley
Inland Canterbury
Lead by Arthur Wells Roshi and Mary Jaksch Roshi
When: 6pm Thursday 9th April to 2pm Wednesday 15th April 2020
Registration form and further information available here.
Golden Bay
date to be advised
Ekodo Retreat
Shambala
Golden Bay
Lead by Sean Weaver, Arthur Wells and Jo Campbell
When: 23rd to 27 April 2020

Registration and further information available here.
Dunedin
Fri 22nd to Fri 29th Nov 2019
Rohatsu Sesshin
St Martin's Island
Dunedin
Lead by Glenn Wallis Roshi
.When:  22nd to 29th November 2019 or weekend option from  22nd - 24th November
Registration form and further information found here.
Wellington
Fri  13th to Tues 17th Dec 2019
Otaki Sesshin
Strathean House
North of Wellington
Lead by Mary Jaksch Roshi
When: 13 - 17 December 2019.
Registration Form  and more information can be found here

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'.
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