RETREATS 
... deepening our practice ...
Staverley, Canterbury
14-22 April 2022
Led by Mary Jaksch Roshi and Arthur Wells Roshi
Onekaka, Golden Bay
4-7 June 2021
Led by Sean Weaver Sensei
Kumara, West Coast
22-25 October 2021
Led by Sean Weaver Sensei
St Martin's Island, Dunedin
Date to be advised
Led by Glenn Wallis Roshi

OUR LINEAGE

Robert Aitken Roshi and his wife Anne founded the Diamond Sangha in 1959 in Hawaii. This lineage now has 37 teachers world wide including Ross Bolleter Roshi in Perth, Australia; Mary Jaksch Roshi, Glenn Wallis Roshi, Arthur Wells Roshi, and Sean Weaver Sensei in New Zealand.

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

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

Diamond Sangha Aotearoa/New Zealand is the New Zealand Branck 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 challenges of everyday life: the "great monastery without walls".

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