BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Bodhidharmazendo - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Bodhidharmazendo X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/ X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Bodhidharmazendo REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20280326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20281029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261101T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261101T160000 DTSTAMP:20260913T164726Z CREATED:20260913T164726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T164726Z UID:4692-1793523600-1793548800@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Extra-Zazen – member-organized\, silent sitting in the Vienna Zendo for association members DESCRIPTION:“Extra-Zazen” refers to a sangha-organized\, intensive Zazen day in full-day silence\, without a teacher\, every first Sunday of the month (except July and August). Only association members of the Bodhidharma Zendo may participate. \nSchedule: A total of 12 Zazen periods of 25 minutes each\, alternating with 5-minute Kinhin sessions. The lunch break can be spent in the Zendo or elsewhere – please bring your own food. \nZendo open from: 8:45 AMStart: 9:00 AMEnd: 4:00 PMLunch break from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM \nLocation: Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna\, Fleischmarkt 16\, 1010 Vienna. \nRegistration is not required – simply come along! However\, participation is only open to individuals with a current association membership. The organizers are Adrian and Alexander. Please direct any questions to them. URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/extra-zazen-member-organized-silent-sitting-in-the-vienna-zendo-for-association-members-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261105T210000 DTSTAMP:20260731T190820Z CREATED:20251116T160610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190820Z UID:3435-1793905200-1793912400@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Zen introductory talk and Zen instruction DESCRIPTION:The introductory talk offers you a first orientation in the teaching of Zen and in how Zen practice unfolds. The first hour explains the fundamentals\, the second hour the course of a regular Zazen evening. The forms we observe in the Zendo are also explained.\nNeither registration nor a contribution is required. A free donation is welcome. Please be in the Zendo a little before the event begins\, as we start punctually. \nParticipants who have attended this introduction may take part in all meditation events at the Vienna Zendo free of charge for one month. \nMore on this here >> URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/zen-introductory-talk-and-zen-instruction/ LOCATION:BodhidharmaZendo\, Fleischmarkt 16\, ring for "ÖBR Meditation"\, 1st floor\, second door\, Vienna\, 1010 ORGANIZER;CN="BodhidharmaZendo":MAILTO:mail@bodhidharmazendo.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261112T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261112T210000 DTSTAMP:20260731T190849Z CREATED:20251116T160658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190849Z UID:3463-1794510000-1794517200@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Zen introductory course DESCRIPTION:For those who would like more instruction\, or who were unable to attend the introductory talk\, an introductory course takes place on the Thursday following the introductory talk. In it you will learn the precise formal procedures of Zen practice (correct sitting\, walking meditation and recitation). After attending the introductory course\, you may likewise take part in the Zendo’s practice offerings free of charge for one month. \nContribution: €15 per evening (reduced in case of financial hardship: €10)\nRegistration is required! Either by e-mail to: mail@bodhidharmazendo.net or directly after attending the introductory talk on the preceding Thursday. \nPlease arrive from about 6:45 pm in loose clothing. \nMore on the introductory talk and introductory course here >> URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/zen-introductory-course-5/ LOCATION:BodhidharmaZendo\, Fleischmarkt 16\, ring for "ÖBR Meditation"\, 1st floor\, second door\, Vienna\, 1010 ORGANIZER;CN="BodhidharmaZendo":MAILTO:mail@bodhidharmazendo.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261121T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261121T163000 DTSTAMP:20261025T101213Z CREATED:20260913T164728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261025T101213Z UID:4693-1795271400-1795278600@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Lecture by Associate Professor Dr. Hisaki Hashi: "TIME in Nāgārjuna\, Dōgen\, and Heidegger" DESCRIPTION:Following a successful start to the lecture series by Associate Professor Dr. Hisaki Hashi at Bodhidharma Zendo in October\, Dr. Hashi continues her topic “ZEN and Philosophy in the Present – How is a good life possible?” in November: On Sat\, November 21\, 2026\, the topic will be “TIME in Nāgārjuna\, Dōgen\, and Heidegger“. All interested parties are invited to attend! \nLecture with discussion by:\nAssociate Professor Dr. Hisaki HASHI\n(Institute of Philosophy\, University of Vienna)\n(CEO\, Association for Comparative Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Education “KoPhil”)\nSangha member of the Zendo\, Dharma name: Kōyō \nDate: Sat\, November 21\, 2026\, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM\nLocation: Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna\, Fleischmarkt 16\, 1010 Vienna. In the courtyard\, second door on the right. Ring the bell for “ÖBR Meditation”\, 1st floor (second door\, then second door again)\nCost: Admission free – donations requested \nAnother event will take place on January 30\, 2027. \nWhat is it about? \nWithout “time\,” nothing is possible\, yet “time” cannot be grasped. When time is made plannable\, it often passes differently. How have influential thinkers understood time? An introductory reading with interactive discussion will be held based on the ideas of Dōgen\, Heidegger\, and Nāgārjuna. \n \n \nPhoto: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi\, Copyright: Foto Nelson\, Vienna \nFurther websites:\nhttps://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/persons/hisaki-hashi/\nhttps://www.kophil-interdis.at\nwww.kophil.at \nSuccessive development of the number of interested readers for HASHI’s monograph – A New Translation and Interpretation of Zen Buddhism in Dōgen\nhttps://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51008-2/\nReading sample: See Open Access chapter in https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:2176479 \nNew publication by LIT\, series: Comparative Philosophy for a Global World\nVol. 10 Hisaki HASHI\, Karen GLOY (Eds.)\nhttps://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51243-7/\nReading sample: See “Phaidra”: https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:2112405 URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/lecture-by-dr-hisaki-hashi-zen-and-philosophy-in-the-present-how-is-a-good-life-possible-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261125T182000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261125T210000 DTSTAMP:20260926T200257Z CREATED:20260926T195742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T200257Z UID:4798-1795630800-1795640400@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Founder's Day Ceremony DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, November 25\, 2026\, we will hold the Founder’s Day Ceremony at Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna. Each year\, we remember our pioneers: Seiun Genro Dai Oshō\, the founder of Bodhidharma Zendo\, who was born on November 22\, 1924\, and passed away on November 28\, 2010. We also commemorate Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Rōshi\, the founder of Rinzai-ji and teacher of Genro and Kigen\, who passed away in 2014. The evening at Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna\, Fleischmarkt 16\, consists of a short ceremony\, commemorative words by Abbot Kigen Oshō\, and two Zazen periods. Participation is only possible in long black clothing and with prior Zen knowledge; no registration is required. Come and join us! URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/founders-day-ceremony-2/ LOCATION:BodhidharmaZendo\, Fleischmarkt 16\, ring for "ÖBR Meditation"\, 1st floor\, second door\, Vienna\, 1010 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261128T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261128T220000 DTSTAMP:20261001T141234Z CREATED:20260913T164730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T141234Z UID:4694-1795874400-1795903200@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Thanksgiving (Members Only) DESCRIPTION:This event is open only to members of the Bodhidharma Zendo and their relatives/friends. \nMembers can obtain further information at mail@bodhidharmazendo.net. \nOvernight stays at Hyakujōgan Zendo from November 28 to 29 are gladly possible in exchange for Dana. \nWe look forward to your participation! \n \n  URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/thanksgiving-members-only/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261203T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261208T120000 DTSTAMP:20260917T110255Z CREATED:20250829T215407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T110255Z UID:3452-1796317200-1796731200@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Rohatsu Go-Sesshin DESCRIPTION:Zen retreat on the Hohe Wand \nThe Rohatsu Go-Sesshin at Hyakujōgan Zendo Hohe Wand commemorates the Buddha’s enlightenment on December 8 and is accordingly very demanding. Sesshin means a period of intensive practice of Zazen (meditation)\, Kinhin (walking meditation)\, recitation\, daily Dharma talks (teaching) and private interviews with the teacher (Taiwa)\, as well as work practice and formal meals. \nLed by: Abbot Kigen Oshō \nCosts: EUR 250 for members (EUR 280 for non-members). Dana for Kigen Oshō at your own discretion. Participation requires prior experience and is at your own responsibility. Further information here. Please send registrations by e-mail to mail@bodhihdarmazendo.net URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/rohatsu-go-sesshin/ LOCATION:BergZendo Hohe Wand\, Am Almfrieden 87\, Hohe Wand\, 2724\, Österreich END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261206T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261206T160000 DTSTAMP:20260913T164732Z CREATED:20260913T164732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T164732Z UID:4695-1796547600-1796572800@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Extra-Zazen – member-organized\, silent sitting in the Vienna Zendo for association members DESCRIPTION:“Extra-Zazen” signifies a Sangha-organized\, intensive Zazen day in full-day silence\, without a teacher\, every first Sunday of the month (excluding July and August). Participation is open only to association members of the Bodhidharma Zendo. \nSchedule: A total of 12 Zazen periods of 25 minutes each\, alternating with 5-minute Kinhin units. The lunch break can be spent in the Zendo or elsewhere – please bring your own food. \nZendo open from: 8:45 AMStart: 9:00 AMEnd: 4:00 PMLunch break from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM \nLocation: Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna\, Fleischmarkt 16\, 1010 Vienna. \nRegistration is not required—simply come along! However\, participation is only open to people with a current association membership. The organisers are Adrian and Alexander. Please address any questions directly to them. URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/extra-zazen-member-organized-silent-sitting-in-the-vienna-zendo-for-association-members-3/ LOCATION:BodhidharmaZendo\, Fleischmarkt 16\, ring for "ÖBR Meditation"\, 1st floor\, second door\, Vienna\, 1010 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261229T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270101T140000 DTSTAMP:20260731T190821Z CREATED:20250829T215556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190821Z UID:3451-1798567200-1798812000@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:New Year's Eve Sitting DESCRIPTION:At the New Year’s Eve Sitting we combine Zen meditation with companionship and the celebration of the turn of the year. It is not a retreat or a seminar\, but shared time of the Sangha. The New Year’s Eve Sitting is also open to external participants who would like to get a taste of Zen over the holidays and to get to know the Hyakujōgan Zendo. \nThe programme includes shared Zazen (Zen meditation) morning and evening and 1.5 hours of Samu (work meditation) in the morning. Enough free time remains for walks and for exchange within the Sangha. Taking part in the meditation is voluntary and at your own responsibility. \nThe shared time is not spent in silence. Participants may\, however\, agree for instance to spend the time from getting up until breakfast in silence. The New Year’s Eve celebration is “conventional”\, sociable and not spent in silence.\nPreparing the meals and all other work required in the house is done jointly by the participants. For the most part this work is carried out as part of the morning Samu. Walks or hikes on the Hohe Wand – alone or in groups – can be arranged privately by participants and are undertaken at their own responsibility and risk. \nRegistration is open now for members of the BodhidharmaZendo. Registration for guests is possible only from 1 December 2025. Number of participants is limited. Association members may also come for the New Year’s Eve celebration alone; external guests should join for the preceding days as well\, in order to get to know the group. \nPlease register by e-mail to mail@bodhidharmazendo.net \nSchedule: \n– 8:00 – Zazen (Zen meditation)\n– 9:00 – Shared breakfast (informal)\n– 10–11:30 – Samu (work meditation\, simple tasks in and around the house)\n– 12:30 – Lunch (informal. We cook for ourselves\, so all participants take turns or work together. Whoever feels like it. Vegetarian food.)\n– Afternoon free (opportunity for a shared hike or similar)\n– approx. 18:00 – Dinner (informal)\n– 19:00 – Zazen (Zen meditation) \nCosts: €50 per night including full board (€35 for association members)\nWith a large number of participants\, accommodation in twin rooms; with fewer than 18 participants\, single rooms \nStart: 29 December\, 6:00 pm\, with a shared dinner. \nFurther information: \n– Please bring comfortable black clothing for meditation\n– Warm jacket and sturdy shoes (walking meditation may take place outdoors)\n– Slippers\, thick socks or similar for indoors\n– Please bring your own bed linen and towels. If that is not possible\, the house provides them for an extra charge of €7.\n– Photographs will be taken at the event. Participants agree to appear in photographs\, which may also be published. \nGetting there: See here URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/new-years-eve-sitting/ LOCATION:BergZendo Hohe Wand\, Am Almfrieden 87\, Hohe Wand\, 2724\, Österreich END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270130T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270130T160000 DTSTAMP:20260913T164735Z CREATED:20260913T164735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T164735Z UID:4696-1801319400-1801324800@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Lecture by Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi: "Zen and Philosophy in the Present Day – How is a Good Life Possible?" DESCRIPTION:Sangha member of the Bodhidharma Zendo\, Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi\, Dharma name Kōyō\, offers an academic lecture on the subject of Zen and comparative philosophy. \nCourse at the Bodhidharma Zendo \n“Zen and Philosophy in the Present Day – How is a Good Life Possible?” \nLecture and discussion by:Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki HASHI(Department of Philosophy\, University of Vienna)(CEO\, Association for Comparative Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Education “KoPhil”)Sangha member of the Zendo\, Dharma name: Kōyō \nDate: Sat.\, October 17\, 2026\, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PMLocation: Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna\, Fleischmarkt 16\, 1010 Vienna. In the courtyard\, second door on the right. Ring the bell for “ÖBR Meditation”\, 1st floor (second door\, then second door again) Cost: Admission free – donations requested \nWhat is it about? \nSurrounding society is oriented towards the zeitgeist of “AI” and “total digitalization.” But how does our life continue with this? A return to the old days is no longer possible. However\, let us consider the past: every past was in the middle of its respective present\, in the here and now. Everyone was more or less disoriented in the midst of it.Buddhism provides suggestions and pointers on what one should set as a goal and how one can build a good life with it. In Zen especially\, one finds an ever-renewing strength in the body and in consciousness.In this course\, the necessity and advantages of Buddhism in our time are explained in a generally understandable way based on Comparative Philosophy. This will be followed by a communicative exchange for questions\, additions\, and suggestions from the participants. \n \nPhoto: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi\, Copyright: Foto Nelson\, Vienna \nFurther websites:https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/persons/hisaki-hashi/https://www.kophil-interdis.atwww.kophil.at \nSuccessive development of the number of interested readers for the monograph by HASHI – A new translation and interpretation of Zen Buddhism in Dōgenhttps://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51008-2/Reading sample: See Open Access chapter in https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:2176479 \nNew publication by LIT\, series: Comparative Philosophy for a Global WorldVol. 10 Hisaki HASHI\, Karen GLOY (Eds.) https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51243-7/Reading sample: See “Phaidra”: https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:2112405 URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/lecture-by-univ-doz-dr-hisaki-hashi-zen-and-philosophy-in-the-present-day-how-is-a-good-life-possible/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270226T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270228T170000 DTSTAMP:20260913T164737Z CREATED:20260913T164737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T164737Z UID:4697-1803661200-1803834000@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Zazenkai DESCRIPTION:Weekend Zen retreat. \nThe Zazenkai weekend offers an opportunity for intensive Zen practice in the Rinzai Zen tradition. The days are filled with Zazen\, chanting\, Kinhin (walking meditation)\, Long Kinhin (extended walking meditation in the Hohe Wand nature park\, weather permitting and without ice)\, Dharma talks (teachings) and Taiwa (one-to-one interview with the teacher). Formal meals and Samu (necessary\, simple tasks indoors or outdoors) complement the practice. \nLed by: Abbot Seigaku Kigen Oshō \nCosts: \n€120 for members (€130 for non-members). Dana for Kigen Oshō at your own discretion. Prior experience is required to participate\, and participation is at your own risk. Further information can be found here. Please register by email at mail@bodhidharmazendo.net. \nFurther details here > URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/zazenkai/ LOCATION:BergZendo Hohe Wand\, Am Almfrieden 87\, Hohe Wand\, 2724\, Österreich ORGANIZER;CN="BodhidharmaZendo":MAILTO:mail@bodhidharmazendo.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270320T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270327T120000 DTSTAMP:20260913T164739Z CREATED:20260913T164739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T164739Z UID:4698-1805562000-1806148800@bodhidharmazendo.at SUMMARY:Easter Sesshin DESCRIPTION:Zen retreat over the course of one week.This intensive Zen training takes place in seclusion and absolute silence within the community of the Sangha (the group of practitioners).Led by: Abbot Seigaku Kigen Osho \nThe daily schedule is precisely structured\, usually beginning at 3:30 AM and ending around 9:30 PM. Many times throughout the day\, sitting meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) alternate with one another. Sutras are recited (transmitted scriptures of Buddha’s teachings)\, there is a daily Dharma talk (teaching) as well as Long Kinhin (long-distance walking meditation in the Hohe Wand Nature Park) and the opportunity for Taiwa (individual conversation with Kigen Osho\, if desired). Through Samu (work meditation involving simple tasks in the house and garden)\, practitioners have the opportunity to practice Zen during everyday activities\, striving for Samadhi—the “non-thinking” achieved through full concentration on the activity or complete merging with the respective task—to the point of forgetting the personal self. The silence and the many hours of Zazen enable deep insights and experiences to be gained. \nCost for full board: \nEUR 350 for members (EUR 400 for non-members). Dana at your own discretion. Prior experience is required for participation; please write us an email to clarify this. Further information here. Registration by email to mail@bodhidharmazendo.net. URL:https://bodhidharmazendo.at/en/event/easter-sesshin/ LOCATION:BergZendo Hohe Wand\, Am Almfrieden 87\, Hohe Wand\, 2724\, Österreich ORGANIZER;CN="BodhidharmaZendo":MAILTO:mail@bodhidharmazendo.net END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR