summer walk
A quieter way through the Kyoto summer.
Friday afternoons at Komyo-in, late August through September — a silent garden walk, and a conversation.
See dates & reserve →Life is a journey toward awareness.How you walk shapes the world you see.Walk well, and the view opens.
Walk well. 善く歩く。
How does travel change a person?
Some journeys end and nothing changes. Others are remembered ten years on. What makes the difference? We draw on research to explore walking, attention, and the transformation of a life — and turn it into a practice.
Six frameworks, six angles on one question.
頁面待建置
Turning theory into a way of walking you can take home.
Kinhinきんひん
An hour of walking in silence, an hour of conversation. Alongside a researcher of long practice — questions kept for yourself, and shared between us.
Temples · Zen gardens · Gardens · Forest paths · City streets
About Kinhin →Kinhinon foot, in kyoto
Walking between gardens and back streets, returning yourself to the present.
Tofuku-ji sub-temples · Ryosokuin, Kennin-ji · Kyoto
LibraryWhispers from the Zen garden
On gardens, on affliction, on sitting quietly with oneself. Written slowly, to be read slowly.
ClassroomOnline, one to one
Zen and Buddhist wisdom, mindfulness guidance, and an English course about living freely. Not a lecture — time to think something through, with someone alongside you.
The moss is at its finest for these few weeks.
If you are in Kyoto, do not wait for the sky to clear.
Summer Kinhin, every Friday
15 July to 25 September, every Friday, meeting at Komyo-in at 13:30. Free to join; temple entrance paid separately.
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