The Gyoten Zazen-kai and Green Shade Lecture are held at Kenninji Temple, the head temple of the Kenninji School of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, founded in the 2nd year of Kennin.
After preparing your mind through zazen, you can experience a memorable Dharma talk.
No membership fee or application is required.

July 7 (Fri.)-9 (Sun.)
6:30 - Zazen
7:10 - Green shade lecture
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Friday, July 7
Current Situation of Acceptance of Foreign Nationals: Toward Social Inclusion
Executive Director, International Cultural Exchange Association
Dr. Noriyo Arita

Saturday, July 8
Dreams come true if you don't give up - the way of thinking and acting common to all professionals.
nonfiction writer
Dr. Shigemi Komatsu

July 9 (Sunday)
Mumonkan advocacy, "Thirty Rules of Sokushin Sokubutsu."
Kenninji School
Master Taisan Kobori

The Gyoten Lecture is held at the main temple of Bukko-ji, the resting place of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu.

Thursday, July 13 - Saturday, July 15
6:30 - Morning service
7:00 - Dharma Talk
*The Dharma Talks arewebsiteScheduled to be live-streamed on
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Thursday, July 13
"Alive in the Wish."
　Shinshu Kosho-ha Counselor
Master Hokusen Daishi

Friday, July 14
"Three coats of blackness will open."
President, Otani University
Shin Ichiraku

Saturday, July 15
The Wisdom of Background."
President of Katsuyukai
Ken-taka Nakai, Master

Early in the morning of midsummer, the Gyoten Lecture invites prominent figures from various fields to give a lecture in the Mikado Hall. After the lecture, taro porridge is served.

[Friday, July 21, 2023 - Sunday, July 23, 2023
6:00 - 7:00
*Free of charge
*Please come by public transportation as there is not enough parking space in the mountain.
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Friday, July 21
The Dawn of the Age of Culture: Prologue to the Relocation of the Agency for Cultural Affairs
Director, Kyoto Sangyo University; Professor, Faculty of Law Former Governor, Kyoto Prefecture
President, Kyoto Culture Foundation
Mr. Keiji Yamada

Saturday, July 22
"Who can remember how life and death begin?"
Chairman of the Sohonzan Chion-in Missionary Association
Masao Katsube, M.A.

July 23 (Sunday)
The 850th Anniversary of the Founding of the Jodo Sect: The Significance of the Founding of the Jodo Sect by Honen Shonin
Professor, Taisho University, Contract Researcher, Institute for Jodo Studies, Chion-in
Yasushun Hayashida, M.A.

Inquiries: Chion-in Temple, Chion-in Temple Missionary Department, Teaching Affairs Section
075-531-2157

A healing course held at the site of Honen Shonin's main shrine, the place where he founded the Rikkyo sect of Buddhism.

[Friday, July 28, 2023 - Sunday, July 30, 2023
5:30 Morning service
6:00-7:00 Dharma talk

*There is no parking in the mountain. Please use public transportation.
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Friday, July 28
Namu amidabutsu of a half-hearted danto
　　~My Honen and Renjo."
Chairman of the Genso Koumyoji Order of the Sohonzan Komyoji Temple
Mr. Takao Iwai

Saturday, July 29
"Surrounded by the Great Compassion of the Buddha."
Sohonzan Komyoji Temple
The 88th Dharma Lord
High Priest Sawada Noriei

July 30 (Sunday)
"Unraveling Local History through Place Names."
Raku-tabi Corporation
representative director (i.e. someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company)
Mr. Ryo Wakamura

In July, the regular zazen session (Ryumonkai Yumechu Monzen Zazen) will be held at the Grand Hojo as the Gyoten Lecture. Zazen will be followed by a recitation of the sutra (lecture), but participation in the recitation is also possible.
After the lecture, somen noodles are served.

[Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30, 2023
6:00-7:00 Zazen
7:00-8:00 Advocacy (lecture)
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Saturday, July 29
(The question and answer to the preoccupation, Rule 53, "Doubts and Doubts on the Koan")
Chief abbot of Tenryuji Temple
Master Yodo Sasaki

July 30 (Sunday)
Mummers' Question and Answer, Rule 54, "The Use and Non-Use of the Koan."
Chief abbot of Tenryuji Temple
Master Yodo Sasaki