** Advance notice **

This will be a 2.5 day sesshin at Sheringham YHA, Norfolk to be led by Senior Zen Teacher Guy Mokuho Mercier

Arrival – Thursday 6th February 2025

Departure – Sunday 9th February, with the option to overnight, departing by 10.00am Monday 10th February

Led by:

Guy Mokuho Mercier, current Abbot of La Gendronnière

Guy Mokuho Mercier was born in Paris in 1946 and first practised zazen with Master Deshimaru in 1973. He became his disciple in 1976 after receiving monk ordination. He then actively participated in the life of the sangha by organizing summer camps, taking responsibility for the kitchen (tenzo) in 1977 and 1978 at Val d’Isère, then helping set up La Gendronnière in 1979-80. After Master Deshimaru’s death he remained active in the Paris sangha. From 1986 to 1991, he was again tenzo at La Gendronnière and became head of the temple from 1991 to 1997.

In 2004 he started the Tenborin Association which brings together members of his sangha, and in September 2008 received Dharma transmission from Sojun Matsuno Roshi. He is the current Abbot of La Gendronnière, our head temple in the Loire Valley of France. He holds sesshins in France, Spain, England and Switzerland.