Madison Rinzai Zen - Ryugenji 龍源寺

04/20/2026

04/20/2026

This morning we completed our spring Zen Life Retreat at Korinji, a weekend beginner's event requiring no prior experience. Detailed meditation instruction was given and practiced, and the participants had a taste of monastery life. The focus throughout was not only the Zen life at Korinji, though; it was how to take the principles of this training into the world, as a true Zen life.

What a remarkable group of sincere people! A few additional participants could not make it last minute due to the storms we had Friday night. But we will offer another Zen Life Retreat in the fall, so we hope to see them - and you! - then.

04/17/2026

We're looking forward to a full house for our Zen Life Retreat this weekend, a beginner's retreat requiring no prior experience. Meditation instruction is given, and participants get a taste of not only Zen practice but also temple life. We will conduct this retreat twice this year (stay tuned for the next dates in the fall: event dates can always be seen at korinji.org/calendar

Tonight the introductory zazen instruction will be filmed, and we will post that on our Patreon shortly for those of you who are beginning to practice at home: patreon.com/korinji

The instruction will generally follow that given in The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice. So please use that in the future as a reference if it's helpful: https://www.shambhala.com/the-rinzai-zen-way-15201.html

04/17/2026

Korinji's annual Zen Life Retreat, a beginner's meditation retreat led by Meido Roshi at our monastery in Wisconsin. You will learn to meditate, have a taste of monastery life, and receive direct guid…

04/15/2026

Today Is the beginning of Ge-ango, the spring/summer Zen monastic practice period at Korinji. For 3 months these resident trainees will observe a full monastic schedule 7 days a week, including monthly Dai-sesshin and many other events. They will also train in budo, sado, and calligraphy. Their days start at 4:30, and end at midnight.

These three are here now, and one additional student is coming in June for the second half of ango. We wish them all strength and success in their training!

04/15/2026