Autumn Sesshin

Teacher: Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Category: ,

Friday 19th to Friday 26th April –  including Good Friday, April 19 and Easter Monday, April 22. This sesshin will be led by Subhana Barzaghi, roshi and Maggie Gluek, roshi.

Sesshin affords a unique opportunity to deepen and broaden practice. It’s an adventure too! Who ever knows what will manifest in the Dharma realms? Having said that, we can know that there’ll be lots of zazen (“the dharma gate of great ease and joy” as memorably described by Dogen), that feet will walk inside and outside the dojo, that meals will be savoured with focussed attention, that regular interviews and teisho will be on offer, that the beauty and power of Kodoji will hold and inspire us all.

Application form here

Please plan to arrive at Kodoji by 2pm, or earlier! There’s plenty to be done in the way of setting up, putting food away, preparing for supper and organising one’s own tent or sleeping situation.

Note too that Good Friday traffic can be challenging, with (sometimes) long waits for the ferry. So, please allow plenty of time for the journey.


Contact: Jane Andino janeandino@yahoo.com.au

 

SZC will also hold other sesshins during 2019:

Winter Sesshin at Annandale, led by Paul Maloney and Jane Andino (non-residential)
Saturday June 8 – Wednesday June 12 (incl. Queens Birthday June 10) Contact: Julie Robinson julesandco@live.com.au

Spring sesshin at Kodoji, led by Gillian Coote
Saturday October 5 – Saturday October l2 (includes Labour Day Oct 7) Contact: Janet Selby janetselby@bigpond.com

Rohatsu sesshin at Annandale, led by Jane Andino (non-residential)
Wednesday December 4 to Sunday December 8   Contact: Diana Levy diana.r.levy@gmail.com

Timetable

  Open Time Close Time Teacher Address
19/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
19/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
20/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
21/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
22/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
23/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
24/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
25/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
26/04/2019 5:00 AM 9:00 PM Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
19/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
19/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
20/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
21/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
22/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
23/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
24/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
25/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley
26/04/2019
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM - with Maggie Gluek – Friends Dojo, Subhana Barzaghi - at Kodoji, Gorricks Run, Upper MacDonald Valley

Maggie Gluek received Dharma transmission from Subhana Barzaghi roshi in April 2015 . She has been an apprentice teacher in the Diamond Sangha from 2003 and has been part of the collegial teaching team at the Sydney Zen Centre for many years. She has co-taught sesshin with Subhana and Gillian Coote, offers dokusan at Annandale when the opportunity presents itself and gives dharma talks at zazenkai, including with the Canberra Zen Group. She began Zen practise in 1983 at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Centre, while on leave in her home town. Upon returning to Australia, she found the Sydney Zen Centre and took up formal koan study with Robert Aitken Roshi. She continued her study with John Tarrant and completed it with Subhana Barzaghi. She has long experience of leadership in the sangha. Maggie has degrees in literature and psychology. Currently she works as a bush regenerator. She is married with two adult children and several grandchildren.

Subhana Barzaghi, a senior resident teacher of SZC the Sydney Zen Centre, has been practising meditation for over 40 years. She has studied in Australia and California with John Tarrant, in Japan with Yamada Koun Roshi, and in Australia and Hawaii with Robert Aitken Roshi, the founder of the Diamond Sangha. Subhana received Dharma transmission from Aitken Roshi and John Tarrant in 1996 at the Gorrick's Run Zendo. Subhana Barzaghi is a qualified and experienced psychotherapist, a mother of two children, and a grandmother. She was a founding member of the 'Bodhi Farm' community in the Northern Rivers, where she lived for 20 years. She was also the founder of the Kuan Yin Zen Centre in Lismore. Subhana presently lives in Sydney. Subhana is a Registered Religious Marriage Celebrant, and also teaches in the Vipassana Insight Meditation tradition. She leads workshops, Zen sesshins and Vipassana retreats at a variety of centres in Australia, New Zealand. Subhana has mentored and appointed eight Apprentice Teachers in the Diamond Sangha tradition.