Welcome / Fáilte

Welcome to the Galway Zen Dojo website. We are a group of people in the Galway area and beyond who meet to practice zazen: simply sitting, silently and whole-heartedly, in the posture of the Buddha.

The GZD community welcomes people of all classes, races, religions, cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, and ages. We are committed to providing a safe place for all people to explore zazen and the Soto Zen tradition as transmitted to Europe by Taisen Deshimaru.

We welcome visitors and offer an introduction for newcomers. We organise regular monthly practice days, and two and three-days retreats (see Events), an intensive Rohatsu sesshin in December and an annual week on Áran in Galway Bay.

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Fáilte go suíomh gréasáin Zen Dojo na Gaillimh. Is grúpa muid a chleachtann Zazen –ag suí go suain, suaimhneach i gciúnas le croí agus anam I ngothaí corip an Buddha. Tá muid lonnaithe I gcathair na Gaillmhe.

Cuireann pobal GZD fáilte roimh daoine is cuma cén aicme, creideamh, cine, cultúr, claonadh gnéis, aois nó cumas atá acu.  Is é an príomhchusóir atá againn spás sábháilte a chur ar fáil ionas gur féidirel e daoine zazen agus Soto Zen a chleachtadh  faoi anáil  agus faoi thioncar chleachtas Taisen Deshimaru.

Cuirimid fáilte roimh glantosaitheoirí nó daoine nó cuairteoirí a  bhfuil fiosrach faon gcleachtas. Cuireann muid cleachtais do dhaoine nua ar fáíl uair sa mhí. Cuireann muid ‘cleachtas’ ar fáil uair sa mhí mar aon le tearmann dhá nó trí lá (breathnaigh ar ‘Imeachtaí’) chomh maith le diansheisiún  Rohatsu I mí na Nollag agus féile ar Árainn uair sa bhliain.