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Newsletter for the month of January 2015

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Jan 17 marks the 16th anniversary of our abbot Eshu Osho‘s ordination. This is certainly a birthday of sorts. Congratulations Eshu Osho.

An event in February to plan for: Genjo Osho will be visiting Zenwest from Feb 27—Mar 1. Take this opportunity to meet and sit with our teacher’s teacher.

Excellent News Department: The Q1 fundraising achieved $7,100. The target was $7,000. Scroll down to see the winners of the prints by Dylan Thomas, and to see what they won.

Sits
Jan 4: Sangha Sunday (Kokizan-ji)
Jan 6: Tuesday Evening (UVic)
Jan 11: Mondo Zendo (Kokizan-ji)
Jan 13: Tuesday Evening (UVic)
Jan 14: Wednesday Zendo (Roseberry)
Jan 18: Half-Day Zendo (Kokizan-ji)
Jan 20: Tuesday Evening (UVic)
Jan 25: One-Day Intensive (Kokizan-ji)
Jan 27: Tuesday Zendo (UVic)
Jan 28: Wednesday Zendo (Roseberry)
Special Events
Jan 5—Mar 29: Kokizan-ji Training Period 1, 2015. Residential and Non-Residential training
Jan 10: Zenwest Workday (Kokizan-ji 9:00am—12:00pm)
Jan 17—Feb 07: Orientation to Zen Group Course (9:30am—11:30am Saturdays)
Jan 21: Zenwest Board Mtg.

The winners of the draw for the Dylan Thomas prints are…
New Bloom 1 – Renée Layberry
New Bloom 2 – Genkyo Bosma
New Bloom 3 – Doshu and Soshin
Ripples – Kozan and Seishin
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