Spring Session Great Sangha 2025

Each year, the Spring Session of the Great Sangha brings together practitioners from all over Europe. This major event offers an exceptional opportunity not only to practice a sesshin together but also to share, reflect, and celebrate. This three-and-a-half-day sesshin will begin with a day of discussions dedicated to the theme of the «Gendronnière 2035 Project.» Launched during the Winter Session, this project explores ways to continue developing the Gendronnière and to best ensure its transmission to future generations. This moment of exchange and reflection will serve as an opportunity to finalize the project’s main directions, which will then be presented at the General Assembly the following day. The Spring Session of the great Sangha will conclude with a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of Master Deshimaru’s passing, a profound and symbolic way to honor his spiritual legacy and teachings.

PROGRAMME

TEACHING

Olivier Reigen Wang-Genh will be responsible for teaching. He is the Abbot of Ryumonji temple (Alsace) and the Strasbourg Zen Center and he chairs the International Zen Association (AZI). He is a disciple of Master Taisen Deshimaru, and has practiced Zen since 1973 and received dharma transmission in 2001 from Master Dosho Saikawa. He was also the president of the Buddhist Union of France for many years.

RATES

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

To find out : 

• What to bring
• Information on what to wear
• Accommodation
• Access to La Gendronnière temple

Please read the PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE

IF YOU ARE ARRIVING BY TRAIN: there is a free shuttle service between Onzain station and La Gendronnière. If you are interested, please mention it in the ‘remarks’ section when you register.

TO REGISTER

To register, go to THE REGISTRATION PAGE

You can also download the visual of the sesshin, below