Tuesday night 7 pm February 17 - Sunday afternoon February 22. Tenshin Reb Anderson, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center, and the founder of Houston Zen Center, leads a 5-day retreat. Deadline for registration: January 15, 2026.

The Teaching of Thusness

In this retreat, we will voyage in the ocean of Dharma, exploring the foundational teachings of Zen as expressed in the Song of Jewel Mirror Samadhi and in the Flower Adornment Scripture.

We will use our upright sitting to explore the meaning of the Teaching of Thusness. And we will use the scriptures to open the meaning of our upright sitting.

This is Zen practice. Join the retreat to hear the teachings of this distinguished teacher.

Led by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and Founder of Houston Zen Center

Five Day Retreat  - February 17-22, 2026. A minimum of 35 Participants is necessary to schedule the retreat.

Refund policy: full refund up to January 15, 2026. No refund thereafter.

Further information can be obtained from our Ino by emailing ino@houstonzen.org, or from our Tanto at tanto@houstonzen.org. 

The retreat will take place at
Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center
6650 Trackside Road
Chappell Hill, TX 77426