Zen 2.0

The Second Annual Global Mindfulness Forum in the Heart of Japanese Zen

Sept. 8-9, 2018 - Kencho-ji,Kamakura

Japanese - English interpretation provided for all sessions.

OPEN ZEN

New doorways to Zen culture and mindful practice

MIND

Present the core principles of Japanese Zen, with respected Zen masters and other distinguished speakers from Japan and around the world.

PRACTICE

Share the mindful city of Kamakura, including its Zen temples and natural environment, to help nurture the practice of mindfulness.

CONNECTION

Build lasting relationships around the world, for a positive impact on business, education, innovation, and mindful living.

SPEAKERS

Spirituality, academics, business, and health.

Open to all areas of mindful practice.

Rev. Eon Asahina

9/9

Head priest of Jochi-ji Temple (Engakuji school, Rinzai sect of Zen).

Ajahn Nyanarato

9/9

Vice-abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Hertfordshire, England. His interest in the meaning of life became very strong when he was studying medicine at Kyoto University.

CEO of Mindful Leadership Institute. Director of Lifestyle Produce. Guest instructor at Keio University Graduate School of System Design and Management.
Certified instructor of “Search Inside Yourself” (SIY).

Tak Umezawa

9/9

A.T. Kearney
Japan Chairman

Rev. Masanori Kabashima

9/9

Head priest of Yakushi-ji Temple (Tenryuji school, Rinzai sect of Zen), Kyoto. Previously taught at Hanazono University. Practitioner of acupuncture, moxibustion, and shiatsu.

Rev. Takafumi Zenryu Kawakami

9/8

Deputy head priest at Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto
Researcher at Keio Media Design

Jeremy Hunter, PH.D

9/8 , 9/9

Transform Co-founder/Partner
Professor and Founding Director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management.

Keisuke Shimada

9/8

Book Translator, Writer, Mindfulness meditation facilitator, Plum Village (Order of Interbeing) Member, Psychiatric Social Worker, Yutoriya Workshop House

Eiji Han Shimizu

9/8 & 9/9

An award-winning filmmaker, publisher, and educator. The focused theme of his work has been our most important emotion of all: happiness.

Jacqueline Hargreaves

9/9

Yoga teacher. Yoga and meditation researcher.

Stephen Murphy-<br/>Shigematsu,<br/>PH.D

Stephen Murphy-
Shigematsu,
PH.D

9/9

Stanford University "Mindfulness Classroom" psychologist

ZEN

9/8 & 9/9

Shakuhachi player. Organiser of the “Breathing and Shakuhachi” project: Tanden breathing and mindfulness with the tones of shakuhachi, to help people achieve fulfilling lives in the modern world.

Dai Tamesue

9/9

Deportare Partners CEO
Author of “Zen and Hurdles”

Kyoko "Myokyo" Denda

9/9

Mushakouji-senke tea master. One partakes of matcha as the essence of nature, in order to awaken one’s consciousness to an experience of freedom. Master Denda continues to pursue the shinshu souzui (心手相随) style of tea, in which heart and hand unite in the moment of tea.

Koko Niwa

9/9

Breathwork, NVC (Nonviolent Communication) , Meditation, Yoga Guide and a Life Coach, focusing on authentic living and sexuality. Currently lives in Costa Rica with her daughter and her horse.

Issho Fujita

9/8

Zen master. Director of the Soto Zen International Center. Ex head teacher at Valley Zendo, a Soto Zen practice center in Charlemont, San Francisco.

Masahiro Fujino

9/9

Ph.D. student of Division of Cognitive Psychology in Education, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Rev. Shinsuke Hosokawa

9/9

Head priest of Ryu-unji Temple (Myoshinji school, Rinzai sect of Zen). In charge of propagating the teachings of the Myoshinji school. Vice-Principal of Rinzai sect, Myoshinji school Tokyo Zen Centre.

Takashi Maeno

9/9

Dean of the Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University.

Dr. M. Paloma Pavel

9/9

Educator, ecopsychologist, and international consultant.
Ph.D. California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley
M.Div. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (cum laude) Applied Psychology and Ethics

Tadashi Matsuki

9/8

Director of Mother Earth Education
Under the theme “Relationship Education between yourself and all the lives that surround you = environmental education,” he introduces to people many unique environmental education programs.
He is one of the few Japanese people that are allowed to hold the traditional rituals of the Lakota.