March retreat
Arrival : Thursday 12 March between 3 & 6pm.
Departure : Sunday 15 March after lunch.
Led by Hosetsu L. Scemama
During this retreat, cut off from our daily environment, we forget our usual preoccupations and devote ourselves to the…
January Retreat
Arrival: Friday 23 January between 3pm and 6pm.
Departure: Sunday 25 January after lunch.
led by Taiun Jean-Pierre Faure
During this retreat, cut off from our daily environment, we forget our usual preoccupations and devote ourselves…
Winter Retreat 2025
Arrival: Monday 29 December between 3 and 6pm.
Departure: Thursday 1 January after lunch.
led by Taiun JP Faure
This retreat (in Japanese: sesshin, "to touch the mind") is an opportunity to end the year and start…
Buddha’s Awakening Retreat
Arrival: Monday 1 December between 3pm and 6pm. Departure: Sunday 7 December after lunch
Led by Taiun Jean-Pierre Faure
Silent retreat (In Japanese: sesshin, "to touch the mind") in homage of Buddha’s Awakening.
Every…
Kesa sewing workshop November
Arrival: Thursday 20 November between 3pm and 6pm.
Departure: Sunday 23 November after lunch.
The kesa is the clothing of Buddha. Originally Shakyamuni Buddha collected old rags, washed and dyed them with earth - kesa…
November discovery retreat
Arrival: Friday 7 November between 3pm and 6pm. Departure: Tuesday 11 November after lunch.
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You are not satisfied with life in our society and you want to take a step back?
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Discovery Retreat Middelkerke, Belgium
Zen Buddhist Discovery Retreat
Open for everyone
Specifically accessible
for people with
physical disabilities
14-16 November 2025
Hotel Middelpunt, Middelkerke
With Taiun Jean-Pierre Faure
The retreat is open to anyone wishing to discover…
Discovery Retreat 19 to 26 August
Arrival: Monday, August 18 between 3 and 6 p.m..
Departure: Tuesday, August 26.
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Do you want to find meaning in your life?
Are you looking for peace of mind?
Do you want to see yourself clearly?
Are…
“Receiving – Transmitting the Precepts” session
Arrival: Sunday 10 August between 3pm and 6pm.
Departure: Sunday 17 August.
Receiving the precepts is the first step on the Buddhist way. We then become a bodhisattva, a being who practises awakening and thus helps all existences…
Discovery Retreat 2 to 9 August
Arrival: Friday, August 1 between 3 and 6 p.m..
Departure: Saturday, August 9.
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Do you want to find meaning in your life?
Are you looking for peace of mind?
Do you want to see yourself clearly?
Are…
