"To study the way is to study the self; to study the self is to forget the self; to forget the self is to be enlightened by the 10,000 things."
~Dogen Zenji, Founder of Japanese Soto Zen
Stone Water Zen Sheffield provides a place for those who want to train in the Zen Buddhist Tradition. We offer a friendly place to sit, study and make new friends.
The group is part of the international White Plum Asanga founded by the late Japanese Zen Master, Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995). Maezumi Roshi was a Dharma successor in three lines of Zen Buddhism from three different masters. We therefore have practices from both the Soto and Rinzai schools, zazen sitting meditation and koan study (practiced with a qualified teacher).
The practice was brought to the UK by Maezumi himself and his Dharma successor, Dennis Genpo Merzel (no longer part of the White Plum Asanga). Genpo Merzel's sucessors have also been influential, Catherine Genno Pages Roshi and Anton Tenkei Coppens Roshi, and another of Maezumi Roshi's successors, Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi, visits the UK every year to conduct retreats.
Stone Water Zen Sheffield takes advice and guidance from David Keizan Scott Sensei teacher to Stone Water Zen UK.
To find out more about the White Plum Lineage go to the following links:
www.zenbuddhism.co.uk
www.zmc.org
www.danasangha.org
www.zenriver.nl
www.myspace.com/genshinsensei
www.stonewaterzen.org
