13-20th of august - Sesshin at Stora Lugnet with Karen Terzano, Ordinary Mind
Welcome to a Sesshin at Stora Lugnet, Järbo, Sweden, with teacher Karen Terzano and Joakim Rzepka!
This will be a traditional 7-day Sesshin Ordinary Mind style. It starts on Saturday the 13th of august in the afternoon and ends on Saturday the 20th in the afternoon.
We wake early, we meditate in different forms (sitting and walking), work, eat and rest together in silence. We will serve simple vegetarian food.
Link for registration
https://forms.gle/uGHNkyy6woJkVHy17
Cost
For full time participation the cost is 2200 kr.
For part time participation the cost is 1500 kr.
A reduced fee is possible.
Please contact Joakim at joakrzep@gmail.com for an arrangement if you want to participate part time and/or wish for a reduced fee.
Send your payment to Joakim Rzepka, 9025.59.697.77. Mark the payment with "Stora Lugnet" and your name.
Where
The address to Stora Lugnet is: Gullsjövägen 47, 811 95 Järbo.
You can take the train to Sandviken and then bus 43 to Järbo busstation. A pick up from the bus station will be arranged. It is also possible to park your car at Stora Lugnet. Let Joakim know about your travel plans.
The teacher
Karen Terzano, (born 1950), is an American Zen Buddhist teacher in the Ordinary Mind School tradition, founded by Charlotte Joko Beck (1917-2011). Karen has worked as a research psychologist and university professor while maintaining an active psychotherapy practice. She holds a PhD in Physiological Comparative Psychology as well as one in Clinical Psychology, and specialized in Ethology for her Masters degree in Biology.
Karen began Zen practice in the late 1980’s, studying for several years during the 1990’s with Hwalson Sunim, a teacher within the Chogye Order of Korea, a Lin-chi (Rinzai) form of Zen. In1998 she moved to Costa Rica and there became a formal student of Sunyana Graef, a Dharma Heir of Phillip Kapleau. In 2005 Karen returned to the United States where she spent 2 years in residence at the Vermont Zen Center before leaving on what she calls her, “Walkabout” period, a series of solitary wilderness pilgrimages. In 2009 Karen retook her formal vows with her current teacher, Barry Magid of the Ordinary Mind School, and received Denkai from him in 2011. She is a current member of the Lay Zen Teachers Association. Karen received full teacher rights in a denbō ceremony at New York, in 2014.
In leading traditional retreats where invited, and by conducting pilgrimages of various types, Karen has worked for several years with an electronic sangha, composed of students from all over the world. Then, in 2012, with permission of her teacher, Karen established the Tavallinen Mieli Zendo in Tampere, Finland and now serves as its guiding teacher, spending several months in residence there each year.
Questions?
Questions regarding the sesshin, please contact Joakim at: joakrzep@gmail.com.
Questions regarding meditation practice, please contact Karen at: karenterzano@gmail.com
More information about Ordinary Mind can be found at:
Again, welcome to Sesshin! Hope to see you there!
