Zen Monastery
This 120-acre residential monastery and mindfulness practice center rests peacefully in Northwest Mississippi. It is a place to rest with the present moment and to live peacefully with the faithful friend, our breathing.
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It won’t always be this way
The monastery is maintained by The Korinji Foundation, a federally recognized not-for-profit charity, and funded by a grassroots network of donors from around the world. Korinji is the spiritual center of our larger Korinji Rinzai Zen Community. Korinji is one of only a few Rinzai training centers in the West carrying a full traditional. Tahoma-san Sōgen-ji Zen Monastery is a traditional Rinzai Zen Training Zen Monastery in North America. The monastery was founded in 1995 by Taigen Shōdō Harada Rōshi, the abbot of Sōgen-ji, a Rinzai Zen training monastery in Okayama, Japan, and Daichi Zenni, his senior student and translator.
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Update: Extending Temporary Closure of Magnolia Grove Monastery in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) until Further Notice.
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Calligraphy Exhibition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
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Day of Mindfulness Online (available only in Vietnamese)
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April 2021
Online Mindfulness Practice Session on Thursdays
Dear beloved friends, You are invited to join us on Zoom for our Online Mindfulness Practice Session on Thursdays with Magnolia Grove Monastics. Different monastics will facilitate the practice session. Format will vary each time. The program will be as follows (subject to change): – 5′ introduction – 15′ guided meditation, – 30′ Dharma talk – 45′ Questions and Answers / 'Gallery' Sharing / Sharing in breakout groups Newcomers welcome. No previous experience with meditation required. When: Thursday at 04:00PM…
Find out more »May 2021
A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors
Zen Monastery Hawaii
May We Gather. When someone is hurting, we come together as community. We gather because our lives are inexorably interlinked. We do not suffer alone, nor do we heal alone. Only when we gather as a sangha (community), can we truly support each other’s freedom. May we gather to repair. On May 4th, 2021, exactly seven weeks, or forty-nine days, will have passed since the Atlanta shootings. In many Buddhist traditions, forty-nine days after death marks an important transition for…
Find out more »Ngày Quán Niệm Online vào Chủ Nhật
Kính thưa quý vị Phật tử và thân hữu xa gần, Bắt đầu vào tháng 03, quý Thầy và quý Sư cô kính mời quý vị tham dự Ngày quán niệm online vào Chủ Nhật (tuần thứ nhất và thứ ba trong tháng) . Ngày quán niệm sẽ bắt đầu với pháp thoại vào 7:45 sáng (California), 8:45 sáng (Colorado), 9:45 sáng (Chicago), 10:45 sáng (New York), 10:45 tối (Việt Nam) và sau đó sẽ có tụng 14 Giới Tiếp…
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