Mokuho Guy Mercier
This will be a day, or possibly a day and a half in London With Zen Teacher Mokuho Guy Mercier
Details (including venue and schedule) still need to be sorted, but put this weekend on your calendar
About the Teacher: Guy Mokuho Mercier began practising zazen with Master Taisen Deshimaru in 1973, becoming his disciple in March of 1976 after receiving ordination as a monk.
After Master Deshimaru’s death in 1982, he remained active in the Paris sangha. From 1986 to 1991, he was again the tenzo at La Gendronnière, and became the head of the temple from 1991 to 1997. In September, 2008, he received Dharma transmission from Sojun Matsuno Roshi in Takefu, Japan.
Today, he is active in the AZI spiritual council and is the head of the Josen Dojo in Tours, France. And the Lanau Zen Center near Saint Flour in the Auvergne, in France. He leads sesshins in France, Spain, Switzerland and England.
Location: Somewhere in London
Bring: Loose, dark clothes for zazen, a zafu if you have one, a bowl for food and a cloth to
wrap it in (eg: a tea towel).