Myoju

Nothing can prepare you for India. You just have to experience it!” Those were the words of Ekai Sensei to me when I tried to prepare myself for our trip.

Many monks and teachers have brought Zen teachings and practices to Australia before, but Ekai Osho is the first Zen monk to come and stay, and to teach purely in the Soto tradition. Jikishoan is the beginning of an Australian branch on the Soto tree, a branch that is deeply nourished by the solid trunk and ancients roots of teachings and practices of the Buddhas and Patriarchs in this lineage, but a branch that is also already developing its own characteristic shape and perf