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The Latvian Sangha of Shodo Harada Roshi's Disciples<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Our teacher \u2013 Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/\t\t\t\t\t

Shodo Harada Roshi is the abbot of Sogenji Monastery in Okayama City, Japan. He received the Dharma from Yamada Mumon Roshi in the Inzan lineage of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Before becoming abbot of Sogenji, Shodo Harada Roshi practiced for twenty years under Mumon Roshi at Shofukuji Monastery in Kobe. Shodo Harada Roshi\u2019s teachings are addressed to monks and laypeople, women and men, regardless of their nationality or beliefs. Today, our Teacher has several thousand students around the world. Several times a year, he leads retreats in Germany and (before the pandemic) in other European countries, the U.S., and India.  Five times\u2014in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2019\u2014Shodo Harada Roshi visited Latvia and led short retreats (minisesshin).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

In June 2011 Roshi gave a public lecture at the University of Latvia. In June 2014, a mini-sesshin led by Shodo Harada Roshi was held in Aug\u0161l\u012bgatne, attended by 45 practitioners from Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Germany, and Japan.
From June 15\u201322, 2016, the first Baltic osesshin (organized by the Latvian and Lithuanian sanghas) took place at Hokuozan Monastery (Germany), with 68 practitioners from across Europe.
In January 2019, 44 practitioners from Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, Germany, Russia, and Japan participated in a minisesshin with Shodo Harada Roshi in the Pieriga region.

ZEN MEDITATION PRACTICE

Do you want to understand and realize your true nature, find peace in the midst of a changing world?... calm your mind and live happily? Join our meditation \u2014you are welcome!

ZEN MEDITATIONS IN LATVIA

Anahata Yoga Studio, 49\/51 T\u0113rbatas Street, apt. 10 , R\u012bga
Wednesday 7:00 a.m. \u2013 8:30 a.m.
Sunday 6:00 p.m. \u2013 8:00 p.m. (September - May).
To register or ask questions, call 29 133 596 or email koetsu@onedropzen.lv

45 L\u0101\u010dpl\u0113\u0161a Street \u201cBalanss\u201d Yoga and Meditation School, DAUGAVPILS
Sunday 10:00 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m.
To register or ask questions, please call 29 422 203 (Jev\u0123enijs)
Advance registration is REQUIRED for new participants!

RETREATS

We regularly organize weekend retreats. Photos from our May retreat in Ap\u0161uciems.
7-day osesshin retreats are held regularly throughout the year at Hokuozan Monastery in Germany.  Registration for osesshin in Germany \u2013 ONLY THROUGH the Latvian leader (currently Koetsu).
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The Latvian Sangha of Shodo Harada Roshi’s Disciples Our teacher \u2013 Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi Shodo Harada Roshi is the abbot of Sogenji Monastery in Okayama City, Japan. He received the Dharma from Yamada Mumon Roshi in the Inzan lineage of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Before becoming abbot of Sogenji, Shodo Harada Roshi practiced for […]<\/p>", "protected": false }, "author": 1, "featured_media": 0, "parent": 0, "menu_order": 0, "comment_status": "closed", "ping_status": "closed", "template": "", "meta": { "_jet_sm_ready_style": "", "_jet_sm_style": "", "_jet_sm_controls_values": "", "_jet_sm_fonts_collection": "", "_jet_sm_fonts_links": "", "footnotes": "" }, "class_list": [ "post-19319", "page", "type-page", "status-publish", "hentry" ], "_links": { "self": [ { "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19319", "targetHints": { "allow": [ "GET" ] } } ], "collection": [ { "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages" } ], "about": [ { "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page" } ], "author": [ { "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1" } ], "replies": [ { "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19319" } ], "version-history": [ { "count": 73, "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19319\/revisions" } ], "predecessor-version": [ { "id": 20758, "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19319\/revisions\/20758" } ], "wp:attachment": [ { "href": "https:\/\/anahata.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19319" } ], "curies": [ { "name": "wp", "href": "https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}", "templated": true } ] } }