During this period of “Intelligent Lockdown” in force in The Netherlands, please feel welcome to participate in our Daily Practice on YouTube. The May Sesshin will also be live-streamed over the internet, and everyone is welcome to register and join from their homes.
In the meantime, please take good care of yourself and your loved ones.
Wintry Night at Zen River
24/12/2020

in front of the main building. As soon as we began doing
daily services there – because of coronavirus regulations –
reciting sutras while standing in a circle around it, the atmosphere
of that whole area shifted and it became sacred
ground. One day, I even had a rather odd, yet inspiring,
fantasy come up when looking at the slight elevation in the
middle. This little hill with the rows of hedges suddenly
gave me the impression of the top of a curly Buddha head
pushing itself up through the surface of the earth. I could
barely resist going over and stroking it.
-Tenkei Coppens, November 2020
The Book has Arrived!
18/12/2020




Timeless Calling, Timely Response
by Tenkei Roshi
08/12/2020

Newsletter & Fundraiser 2020-21
12/11/2020
The work will replace four or five of the windows and their frames, including replacing the wooden lintels with cement ones.
You can donate via Facebook or bank transfer

IBAN: NL33INGB0009233632;
BIC/SWIFT: INGBNL2A;
Account name: ‘Zen River’
Thank you!
Rohatsu Sesshin Nov 21–28
05/11/2020

In a few weeks, Rohatsu Sesshin will begin. As usual, there are limited places due to COVID secure guidelines, so please register early, or consider attending one of the Gyōji Weeks that take place in-between sesshins. Welcome!
Gyōji Weeks
29/10/2020

Sunrise
05/10/2020

Apples Galore
05/10/2020



September Weekend Sesshin
19/09/2020

Woody Woodpecker
18/09/2020


A New Season of Practice at Zen River
14/09/2020

Daishin Sensei does an Electrical Clean-Up!
12/09/2020

Monthly O-Membership Community Program
05/09/2020

Shusohossenshiki Ceremony
12/08/2020


- Shoryu and Tenkei Roshi.
Sesshin oryoki during Covid19
12/08/2020
Practising for the Shusohossenshiki Ceremony
08/08/2020

Stone Garden Rejuvenation
01/08/2020

Morning Service Outdoors
29/07/2020
On the last day of the first sesshin the sun came out during morning service.
Summer Monthlong Week 1
29/07/2020




Summer Monthlong
20/07/2020


Shuso Entering Ceremony
20/07/2020

Summer Monthlong O-sesshin
15/07/2020
The Summer Month-long O-sesshin is the annual silent retreat where members gather from the extended Zen River community. This year, due to current circumstances, we also welcome sesshin participants to join online with the Zen River virtual community.
We are also happy to announce that the Shuso (head monk) will be Peter Shoryu de Rooden during the Summer Ango. Shoryu and his wife Hogetsu were residents at Zen River for several years before moving to Eindhoven. The Shuso-hossen ceremony for Shoryu will be held on August 9th at 11:30 AM, where he will join dharma combat with all the dragons and elephants in the dharma O-hall. The ceremony will be livestreamed for online sesshin participants who can participate in the the Dharma Combat.
We always look forward to this month and look forward to seeing you!
Young Minds Art Project
09/07/2020
Young Minds Seminar
30/06/2020




The Voice of Raindrops
30/06/2020
A fifteen minute meditation.
This was a beautiful evening as the rain moved in and gently departed.
Zen River online daily practice.
Please feel free to subcribe to the Zen River channel to join us in daily zazen and services.
July 4-9
Young Minds Summer O-Seminar
24/06/2020
The Young Minds Summer O-seminar will be held both as an online event for as many young people who would like to join, and in-person for a limited number of five lucky participants! The seminar will take place at Zen River and on Zoom and a dedicated YouTube live stream. The program will be an interesting mix of zazen meditation and services, study classes with discussion, Dharma talks, and an art project with a Buddhist theme taught by Tenkei Roshi.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Robert at office@zenrivertemple.org
Outdoor Zazen on the Boterdiep
24/06/2020
Spring/Summer
Newsletter 2020
09/06/2020
The Heart Sutra
03/06/2020
Be Together Sutra Gathering – Heart Sutra.
A video project by The Soto School
“Hello, Dharma Friends Now a days, we are having difficult time due to COVID-19. A number of restrictions such as self-restraint and working from home continue. In such a struggle time, let’s chant a sutra with us at home. In this project, Soto Zen priests from all over the world pray for the well-being and health of all of you, and chant Hannyashingyo sutra remotely for you. In the future, we will add videos of the sutras received from all over the world and post it multiple times. The next post is scheduled for June 13th, Japan time. Anytime, Anyplace, We are Connected. Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra The “Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra,” it was said that a summary of the 600-volume “Prajna Paramita Sutra” (“The Sutra of Great Perfect Wisdom”), expounds the essence of the Mahayana Buddhist teaching. It expounds the idea of “emptiness.” This is the teaching that all phenomena do not have some permanent substance. It teaches that through deep wisdom we can be freed of all worries and suffering by giving up our attachments. It is a sutra that is chanted by various school of Buddhism. In Soto Zen, we chant this sutra every morning at temple and Zen center.
Special Thanks from, Rev. Gengo Akiba Director of Soto Zen Buddhism North America -Hawaii Rev. Shuji Komagata from Soto Mission of Aiea, Taiheiji, Aiea Rev. Shinsho Hata from Taishoji Soto Mission, Hilo -North America Rev. Ejo McMullen from Buddha Eye Temple, Oregon Rev. Koun Franz from Zen Nova Scosia from Nova Scotia Rev. Ryoko Miyazaki from Zenshuji Soto Mission, California Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama from Long Beach Buddhist Church, Long Beach, California -South America Rev. Ryoju Tahara from Comunidade Budista Soto Zenshu da América do Sul Templo Busshinji, Brazil Rev. Coen Souza from Comunidade Zen Budista Zendo, Brazil Rev. Mokugen Sobrinho from Templo Zen das Alterosas Kogakuzenji, Brazil Rev. Densho Quintero from Comunidad Soto Zen de Colombia Templo Daishinji,Colombia Rev. Joho Simazaki from Templo buddista Takuonji, Paraguay -Europe Rev. Myoho Gabrysch from Zen River, Zensenji, Netherlands Rev. Tenkei Coppens from Zen River, Zensenji, Netherlands Rev. Hojun Szpunar from Zengakuan, Poland”
Evening Falls during the Falling Flower Sessshin
26/05/2020
New Monthy Membership
05/05/2020

Hojosan E-Teisho
30/04/2020

Jukai Ceremony
30/04/2020

Apres-Zazen sunset
28/04/2020
E-Sesshin April 25-30
23/04/2020

Apres-Zazen Sunset
18/04/2020

Spring begins at Zen River
11/04/2020



Buddhas Birthday Ceremony
08/04/2020

To watch the service online, please visit the Zen River channel dedicated to daily practice on YouTube
Live-Stream Zazen and Services
24/03/2020
After some technical wizardry, Zen River is now sharing daily zazen and services online. Already, quite a few people joined us from their homes and expressed how much they appreciated the opportunity to connect. Of course, we are still in the process of finding out how this works. To join in please visit the playlist of past and upcoming events that are open to everyone
E-Sesshin March 28-30
29/03/2020

We decided to follow the same format for the April 25-30 sesshin. If you would like to attend, just contact the office to register, and the link will be sent to you just before sesshin starts. Contribution is €108.


Live Stream Zazen and Services
24/03/2020

Weekend Sesshin March 27-29
Live Stream
19/03/2020

Corona Virus
16/03/2020
As the coronavirus is spreading rapidly and globally, we would like to express our deep empathy to all those who are affected by it one way or another. We are clearly all in this together. Besides anxiety and sadness, love and compassion seem to arise naturally and it is heartening to see how many people are willing to help out those in need. And although in many cases we are physically separated, our minds seem to be more connected than usual. After an intense and inspiring Ango, we entered our spring interim period. This means that the training programme is a little less intense and allows us to focus more on urgent maintenance jobs. Yet, while the daily practice continues with the steady crew of residents, upcoming events have become uncertain due to the pandemic. For this reason, we will start live-streaming services and zazen online so that you can participate in our practice while staying at home. Please contact the office if you would like to join.
Damp-proofing the New Wing
03/03/2020

Shuso Hossenshiki Ceremony
22/02/2020


Zen River Cookbook on
Amazon Kindle
15/02/2020

Young Minds Weekend
04/02/2020


Zen River Madrid Visit
04/02/2020

New Pagoda
21/01/2020

Visit Rev. Fujo Asai
15/01/2020

New Years Sesshin & Jukai Ceremony
01/01/2020

Tenkei Roshi gave Jukai for Christiane Shokei 祥 形 (Auspicious Appearance) Franz, from Germany, and Karina Shigen 至 源 (Attending to the Source) Vanhoucke, from Belgium, on New Year’s Eve. Congratulations!
The Young Minds of Zen River got to together to sing a song at the New Year’s Eve party!
Tutti Cantano Sings at Zen River
22/12/2019

Rohatsu Sesshin 2019
02/12/2019






22/11/2019
Visit to Zen River Lima Group



18/11/2019
Rakusu Sewing Sesshin

04/11/2019
Newsletter Winter 2019-20

21/10/2019
Jukai Ceremony for Koto Ishiwa

Drain Drama
01/10/2019

Tenkei Roshi surveying the damage
Drain & Tree Crew
07/10/2019
Calligraphy Workshop with Kaz Tanahashi
07/10/2019
Madrid Conference
03/10/2019


Eva translating for Tenkei Roshi
At the location of the new zendo in El Escorial, Madrid. Marisa Emyo Gonzalez will begin giving classes there and at Zen River Madrid. Emyo received Hoshi from Tenkei Roshi during the Summer Ango. Paul Taian Davies and Eva Borreguero, who live in El Escorial, will organize activities.
Drain Drama
03/10/2019

Vist of Inter-religious Christian Monastics
24/09/2019

Gate Opening Ceremony and Purification
14/09/2019

October 4-6
Zen Brush Workshop with Kaz Tanahashi
11/09/2019

The Summer Month Long 2019
Zazen and Samu work period
26/07/2019
Shusohossenshiki Ceremony
07/07/2019


Summer Month Long 2019
30/07/2019
A Major Repair for the Summer Month Long!
31/07/2019

Young Minds Seminar
14/07/2019


Calligraphy and Graffiti painting
Morning Service
Sutra Reading Class with Doin Sensei


Summer Ango July 13 – August 24
Month Long Sesshin July 27 – August 24
4/07/2019
The upcoming Summer Ango training period will officially start on Saturday July 13, with the Shuso entering ceremony for head-monk Andreas Soshin Wisniewski at 4:30 pm. Soshin met Tenkei Roshi in England in
1996 during sesshin. Genpo Roshi became his main teacher and gave
him monastic ordination in 2005. However, he often attends sesshin at
Zen River, and has, together with his three sons participated in the annual Family Week since 2003. We wish Soshin all the best, and already look forward to his Hossenshiki on August 4th at 11: 00 AM. Everybody is welcome to attend, so feel free to invite family and friends!
Plus, everyone is looking forward to the Summer Month-Long sesshin that begins Saturday July 27 at noon. A great time for the whole sangha to come together to practice as an extended family. As always, the Month-Long includes three 5-day and one 7-day sesshins with some free time in between. Registration is open for the whole month, or for those wishing to join for one, two, or three weeks. Contact the office for more information and to register.
Maitreya Institute, Loenen
4/07/2019

Spring/Summer Newsletter
Garden & Maintenance
24/06/2019


Visit of Rev. Yuko Wakayama
& Yamada Roshi
16/06/2019

First Jukai Ceremony at the Zen Boat
14/06/2019

Opening Ceremonies at Keiryuji
Camprodon, Spain




Visit Junyu Kuroda Roshi & Yamamoto Roshi
29/05/2019


Shukke Tokudo Ceremony
22/05/2019

THE 16TH UNITED NATIONS DAY OF VESAK CELEBRATIONS 2019
14/05/2019

Shukke Tokudo Ceremony
12/05/2019

Young Rivers Article
12/05/2019

Jukai Ceremony
03/05/2019


Happy Buddha’s Birthday!
08/04/2019
Visit Japan
01/04/2019









Visit to Madrid
12/03/2019

Lecture by Yusho Sasaki Roshi
04/02/2019

Shusohossenshiki Ceremony
for Gyosei Overbeek
10/02/2019


Rev. Yusho Sasaski, the European Sokan, attended and witnessed the ceremony as Jokeshi.
Jukai Ceremony
04/02/2019

Young Minds Weekend Retreat
04/02/2019


Snowy Entrance
02/02/2019

Zen River Temple Gate
21/01/2019
The gate is almost finished. Just a few steps left.
Young Minds Zen Weekend
A monastic experience for anyone age 15-30
February 2-3, 2019
23/12/2018
Happy New Year!
04/01/2019

Strijdlustig en Vredelievend
Tutti Cantano Chamber Choir at Zen River
23/12/2018
Jukai Ceremony
22/12/2018

Zen River Annual Fundraising Appeal, 2018
30/11/2018
Fall / Winter 2018 Newsletter
06/12/2018
Gate Taking Shape
28/11/2018


Zen River Lima
26/11/2018


Farewell Seishi-san!
06/11/2018

Bernie Tetsugen Glassman, Roshi
January 18, 1939 – November 4, 2018
05/11/2018

Autumn Morning at Zen River
03/11/2018
Scaffolding Going Up
03/11/2018


Gate Foundation Complete
27/09/2018

At Fudenji, Italy
19/09/2018



Samu
15/09/2018


Inryo Windows
10/09/2018

Visit Rev. Koichi Isoda
10/09/2018


Jukai Ceremony
01/09/2018

Shusohossenshiki Ceremony
26/08/2018

Memorial Service for Koren Sensei
22/08/2018
Monthlong Memory
21/08/2018
Garden Shed Repairs
21/08/2018
Summer Monthlong Sesshin
14/08/2018

Gate Foundation
08/08/2018

Film project Shumucho
07/08/2018

Guest Speaker Han de Wit
06/08 2018

Gate Foundation
05/08/2018

Young Rivers Seminar
11/07/2018





Roof Repairs
11/07/2018

Thistle River
Spring 2005 – July 2, 2018
02/07/2018

Genpo Roshi Visit
28/06/2018





Spring/Summer Newsletter
22-06-2018

Open House
Sunday June 17
18-06-2018


United Nations Day of Vesak Celebration May 25-27
27-05-2018


Zen Boat Inauguration
13-05-2018


Jukai Ceremony, May 6
07-05-2018



Bell Repair
01-05-2018

Tenkei Roshi in Madrid
18-04-2018




Drain Pipe Dilemma
18-04-2018


Practice Weekend at Zen River
10-04-2018

Kitchen Prep
09-04-2018

Guest speaker Pablo d’Ors from Madrid
26-03-2018

Shukke Tokudo Ceremony for Tessa Gyosei Overbeek
19-03-2018

Thursday May 17 – Tuesday May 22, 2018
5 Day Sesshin
With special guests Rev. Junyu Kuroda and Yamamoto Roshi
10-03-2018

Zen Boat Groningen
10-03-2018

Shusohossenshiki for Timo Myogaku Bieber
26-02-2018

Lecture on Yogacara by Rev. Yusho Sasaki
26-02-2018

Saturday February 24 11:00 AM
Shusohossenshiki for Timo Myogaku Bieber
22-02-2018

Friday February 23 8:00 PM
Lecture by Rev. Yusho Sasaki
22-02-2018
