Upcoming Events
An Evening with a Zen Master
Friday, June 6th, 6pm
We are very excited to announce that Gordon Greene Roshi, Abbot of Chosei Zen, will be visiting Zenshinkan Dojo.
Gordon Greene Roshi, Abbot of Chosei Zen, will give a public Zen talk centering around the relationship between Zen and martial arts training. Roshi, who knew our teacher Fumio Toyoda Shihan, also plans to give us insight into Toyoda Sensei's own Zen training.
After the talk, there will be tea and snacks and more opportunities to speak to Greene Roshi.
About Gordon Greene Roshi
Gordon Greene Roshi is a Zen teacher who’s been training in Rinzai Zen for over 45 years. He began his koan practice with Tenshin Tanouye Roshi at Chozen-ji in 1978, was ordained in 1987, and received inka (recognition as a Zen master) in 1997.
Before dedicating himself fully to Zen, he was a medical educator and chaplain, and in 2006 he left his faculty role at the University of Hawaii’s School of Medicine to move to rural Wisconsin and build a Zen training center from the ground up. That physical labor—cutting wood, pouring concrete, building walls—deepened his insight into how breath and posture can be strengthened through manual work, something that continues to shape the way he teaches meditation.
Today, he serves as the Abbot of Chosei Zen and the resident priest of Spring Green Dojo. He’s also the author of Facing Suffering, a thoughtful book on Zen and chaplaincy, and continues to train through shodo (Zen calligraphy) and by editing a series of teaching texts from his own teacher, Tanouye Roshi.
Breakfast from a Zen Monastery
Saturday June 7th, 9am-11am
Join us for a rare and nourishing meal as Gordon Greene Roshi shares the quiet power of a Zen monastic breakfast. With over four decades of Zen training--including time in the kitchen of Chizen-ji monastery in Hawaii--Greene Roshi will guide us through a traditional meal that reveals the deeper "technology" of Zen: simplicity, precision, and presence, all centered around a bowl of carefully prepared oatmeal.
Everyone is welcome. No prior experience with Zen is required.
Register here so that we have an accurate count for food.
- NOTE: NO KIDS OR TOTS CLASS
- NOTE: FOR TEENS and ADULTS, ONLY AIKI-WEAPONS FROM 11:30-12:30
Germanov Shihan Seminar
September 26th - 28th, 2025
Save the dates!
Put this event on your calendar! Germanov Shihan is the director of our organization, Tendokan International. He will be coming to us from Sofia, Bulgaria. His teaching reflects his many years of study with Fumio Toyoda Shihan and the depths of his zen and misogi practice. Germanov Shihan is our teacher.
Make sure you are on the mat!
Friday: 6:30-8:30 pm
Saturday: 10-12, 3-5 (potluck to follow)
Sunday: 10-12
Full details including costs, hotels, directions etc... are in the flyer:
Click here to get the seminar flyer Pdf
For details call: (508) 799-9106 or email: info@zenshinkan.com