Spring Sesshin 2024 (ONLINE)

A message from Susan Murphy Roshi about Sesshin

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Every  sesshin is special, but our Spring Sesshin this year (September 22-29)  will be particularly so, as it will be a Transmission Sesshin for Kynan  Sutherland, culminating on Saturday September 30 in the profound Zen  ceremony of Dharma Transmission that marks my formal recognition of his  full authorization as a dedicated Zen teacher in his own right.

The  apprenticeship stage of Kynan’s five-year walk towards this moment has  been a thoroughly joyous one:  I think it is by now plain to everyone  that Kynan is unmistakeably a true person of the Way – clear of eye,  warm of heart, with great powers of creative expression and insight into  Dharma that can meet and touch people just where they are, in the most  direct and human way.  As with a wedding, it is time to confirm and  formalise what is already long…