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25.01.2022 Check out our new photo gallery, with images from the installation of Ven. Ekai Korematsu Roshi as Abbot of Tokozan. https://jikishoan.org.au/gallery/
25.01.2022 On Sunday 18 March at 11.30am, Osho Sama will be giving a talk entitled Practice the Right Way of Life at the Tibetan New Year Festival, Tibetan Buddhist Society in Yuroke. For details see http://tibetanbuddhistsociety.org/tibetan-new-year-festiva/
25.01.2022 Our next Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 9 September 2017 at 7pm, immediately after the Sunday Sanzenkai service. Members, IBS students and friends are warmly invited to attend. Dinner will be potluck please bring a plate of food to share. For further information, contact Irwin Rothman, Secretary, Committee of Management [email protected]
25.01.2022 There was an error in a previous post regarding the resumption of Sanzenkai on Thursdays nights. Please note that Thursday Sanzenkai resume on Thursday 5 December (not tonight). Apologies for any inconvenience
24.01.2022 Due to the Zen Retreat taking place from 25 to 31 August, Sanzenkai will not take place on Thursday 23, Sunday 26 and Thursday 30 August. Sanzenkai will resume the following week. Apologies for any inconvenience.
24.01.2022 Due to Foundation Day, our 19th Anniversary, this coming Sunday 29 April, there will be no Sunday Sanzenkai. Sunday Sanzenkai will resume the following Sunday. We apologise for any inconvenience.
24.01.2022 Due to our annual Easter retreat, there will be no Sanzenkai on Sunday 1 April. Sunday Sanzenkai will resume the following Sunday 8 April.
23.01.2022 Due to the annual Easter retreat, Sanzenkai will not run on Thursday 18 and 25 or Sunday 21 April (inclusive). Apologies for any inconvenience.
22.01.2022 Shudo Hannah Sensei will be teaching for the first time at the Buddhist Summer School.
21.01.2022 Our picnics are always lots of fun and a wonderful opportunity to mix with sangha, friends and family.
21.01.2022 Continuing the tradition, Osho-sama will be teaching at the Buddhist Summer School again in 2019
20.01.2022 Myoju, issue #72 is now available online.
20.01.2022 Celebrating Ekai Korematsu Oshos 70th birthday. Im only 70 he said.
19.01.2022 Starting this Friday, Ekai Korematsu Roshi will begin his annual 4-part teaching series at E-vam Institute. Book online or by contacting Evam.
19.01.2022 The Four Bodhisattva Wisdoms with Ekai Korematsu Roshi, 7:30pm Friday's in July. The four activities of a Bodhisattva are also known as the four wisdoms Giving, Kind Speech, Kind Actions and Empathy for all sentient beings - the four ways Buddhas conduct themselves. Our aspiration to practise the Buddha way, has benefits for both ourselves and others. In looking after yourself, you are also taking care of all sentient beings. Regardless of ones own condition you are also ...caring for all beings by engaging in these practices. Therefore we must give without looking for reward or acknowledgment. Not having desire for reward or expectations is in itself giving to others. Over four Friday's in July, Ekai Korematsu Roshi will discuss how one can practise these four wisdoms in everyday life with reference to chapter 46 of Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, entitled 'Bodaisatta Shishobo' (On the Four Exemplary Acts of a Bodhisattva). Copies of the text will be provided. Bookings and enquiries can be made by contacting us on the button below or phoning the E-Vam office on (03) 9387 0422 during opening hours #ekaikorematsu #jikishoan #evaminstitute #zen #sotozen #dharma #buddhism #mahayanabuddhism
18.01.2022 Totally my funeral song. By
17.01.2022 The September 2018 edition of Myoju is out now. http://jikishoan.org.au/mag/myoju-sep-2018.pdf
17.01.2022 We are celebrating our 20th anniversary on the morning on Sunday 12 May, so Sanzenkai will not be held that evening. Apologies for any inconvenience.
17.01.2022 COVID-19: Plan for 18 March 17 April Due to concern for the wellbeing of all who meet, practice and lead events at Jikishoan, the 21st Committee of Management (CoM) has come up with the following plan, for the month of 18 March to 17 April, that we hope will be helpful for all involved. IBS: MCA, MCB and MCC/Retreat #63... MC-A classes and One Day Workshop for 5 April, MC-B Sanzen-kai (Thurs, Sunday) will be suspended with immediate effect. Retreat #63 will be cancelled and deposit already paid will be credited to future retreats or other IBS activities. Be safe and well
16.01.2022 A limited number of T-shirts and Tote Bags, produced to commemorate Jikishoan's 20th Anniversary, are available for sale. See for details and to order https://jikishoan.org.au/jikishoan-20th-anniversary-t-shir/
15.01.2022 Due to the Annual Sangha picnic today, Sanzenkai will not be held this evening. Apologies for any inconvenience
15.01.2022 Due to the annual November retreat, there will be NO sanzenkai on Thursdays 21 and 28 and Sunday 25 November. Sanzenkai resumes on Thursday 5 and Sunday 1 December, respectively. Apologies for any inconvenience.
14.01.2022 Due to our annual Easter retreat, there will be an interruption to our regular Sanzenkai program. Sanzenkai will not occur on the following dates: Thursday 29 March Sunday 1 April Thursday 5 April... Sanzenkai will resume the following Sunday 8 April and Thursday 12 April.
14.01.2022 Due to the annual August retreat, Sanzenkai will not run between August 22 and August 29. Sunday Sanzenkai resumes on 1 September and Thursday Sanzenkai resumes on 5 September. Apologies for any inconvenience.
13.01.2022 Sundany Sanzenkai commences for 2019 this Sunday 5 Jan at 5.30pm (5pm for new comers). For more info, see our website https://jikishoan.org.au/
13.01.2022 Due to the annual November retreat, Sanzenkai will not occur on the following dates: Sunday 25 November (resumes 2 December) Thursday 22 & 29 November (resumes 6 December). ... We look forward to seeing you after the retreat!
10.01.2022 A new fan page for Osho Sama has been created which will post quotes by Osho Sama from Myoju and other sources. Click below to Like and Follow this page.
09.01.2022 July Myoju now available online. In this special winter edition of Myoju, in which we highlight Jikishoans recent 20th Anniversary celebrations. The Community welcomed many distinguished guests, reverends and friends from Australia and overseas to participate in the week long program. Our theme for this issue is `Impermanence and Practice, and it was joyful indeed to witness so many strands of our lineage working together with the Jikishoan community, supported by Melbournes Vietnamese Buddhist community, to produce the events and ceremonies that took place. https://jikishoan.org.au/myoju/
05.01.2022 "If you look at the empty garden you wont see anything, but if you take care of the seed it will come up. The joy of Buddhism is the joy of taking care of the garden." Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi
03.01.2022 Ven. Ekai Korematsu Osho was officially installed as the Abbot of Tokozan Jikishoan in a wonderful ceremony today. The community is overjoyed. Congratulations Ven. Ekai Korematsu Roshi. Photos by Lee-Anne Shogetsu Armitage.
03.01.2022 Ekai Roshi and Teishin Shona will be teaching at the next Evam Summer School in January 2020. Go to to link below for more information.
02.01.2022 "Wherever you are, enlightenment is there," says Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. "If you stand up right where you are, that is enlightenment."
02.01.2022 A wonderful way to get out on a beautiful day with Jikishoan Zen Buddhist Community and invite friends to raise money with us.
