A TEMPLE THAT PROVIDES AN OPEN, INSPIRING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR SPIRITUAL QUEST

Ikian Zen Hermitage offers monastic training; full-time daily practice, zen-retreats, workshops, introductions etc. For people who are not ready for full monastic training but enjoy getting in touch with monastic lifestyle, we offer a temple-stay option.

Ikian is run by the Iki Zen ry -association. The association continues the Zen-Buddhist lineage of Japanese Zen masters Harada Daiun Sogaku Roshi and his successor Daisetsu Tangen Harada Roshi. The successor of the line, Genpo Pluta Sensei, trained in Bukkokuji, Japan, for 16 years. Altogether he has been practicing for over 30 years. He received Dharma transmission from Daisetsu Tangen Harada Roshi in 2009 and now works as the spiritual leader of Iki Zen ry and Ikian Zen Hermitage.

The head monk Teishin Kantinkoski trained only one year with Harada Tangen Roshi, but the year had a life-changing impact on her. She trained also 20 years at Zengården; a Kapleau-lineage temple in Sweden. She finished her koan practice 2017 with Sante Poromaa Roshi, but she still felt something was missing. In 2019 she went back to Bukkoku-ji and reconnected with Roshi Sama’s teaching. She was then able to go beyond her previous barriers, as she was also supported by guidance from Genpo.