2024年8月30日
Event in conjunction with the international conference Zen2.0
ZEN×Well-being Fukui Executive Committee (Representative: Chinami Tachida, President of Abundant YOUniverse Co. Zen2.0 in Fukui - Eiheiji-cho” will be held on October 11 (Fri.) at the Eiheiji-cho Shikinomori Complex.
Zen2.0 in Fukui” (hereafter referred to as ‘Zen2.0 in Fukui - Eiheiji-machi’) is an opportunity to practice Zen and mindfulness while engaging in deep dialogue with speakers and participants to take a step toward a sustainable future, and is organized by a committee of volunteers from within Fukui Prefecture. The event will be held by a committee of volunteers from within Fukui Prefecture.
The event will be held in conjunction with Zen2.0, an international conference on Zen and mindfulness now in its eighth year, and will feature a program in line with the Zen Conference 2024 theme, “Sitting on the Earth: Touching the Earth. On the day of the event, some of the programs will be jointly developed through a video link with Kenchoji Temple, the head temple of the Kenchoji School of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, where the international conference “Zen2.0” will be held.
The event will also include a panel discussion with local producers, craftsmen of traditional industries, and calligraphers who are engaged in community-based activities in the prefecture, as well as workshops to reconnect with the local community. The event will be based on the spirituality of ZEN and the importance of the blessings of the local community in the prefecture, and through dialogue (dialogue) unique to Fukui, we will experience how each individual's happiness (well-being) is connected to the local community and the global environment, an event that is unique to Fukui, the home of the Daihonzan Eiheiji Temple.
The Executive Committee will also provide the opportunity for “Zen 2.0 in Fukui Retreat,” a retreat tour whose purpose is to refresh the body and soul and to grow spiritually while making the event more personal. This two-day/one-night tour program, organized by Fukui Hitomono Design Co., will focus on the Zen 2.0 2024 theme of “Sitting on the Earth,” and will deepen inner tranquility and insight through a Zen meditation experience at Eiheiji Temple and at Kibo-ji Temple, which is associated with Zen Master Dogen. In addition, we will also explore the traditional food culture of the region. The tour also aims to provide a guide for building sustainable happiness through contact with traditional indigenous food culture, nature, and philosophy. This retreat tour will be commercialized in the future in the areas of wellness tourism and study tours as a unique tourism content for Fukui Prefecture.
After overcoming the pandemic of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), this event will be held in order to explore once again the question, “What is the path to global peace and happiness? What is the happiness of human life that forms the basis of such happiness? This event will be an opportunity to discuss these questions.
This event, co-sponsored by Zen2.0, a general incorporated association that aims to fuse advanced technology with Zen spirituality, is expected to provide participants with an understanding of Zen spirituality and a search for inner peace and harmony with the outside world that they would not be able to reach alone in Fukui. It will also be an opportunity to expand the recognition of Fukui Prefecture as a sacred place of ZEN to the world.
In addition, on Monday, November 18, the Zen 2.0 in Fukui optional tour will be held by SOE, a cooperating organization, to trace the symbiosis of nature and spirit. This tour will take participants to the workshops of Fukui's traditional craftsmen and artisans who will be presenting at Zen Conference 2024, and will offer a journey of new discoveries through the “five senses” of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
The committee is proud to have the Daihonzan Eiheiji Temple in Fukui, and will contribute to the promotion of tourism in Fukui Prefecture as a sacred place of Zen by first raising the subjective well-being of the people living in Fukui, and by communicating the appeal of Zen and spiritual culture unique to Fukui to people in Japan and abroad.
About Zen2.0 in Fukui - Eiheiji Town】 URL: https://zen-fukui.jp/
Organizer: Zen x Well-being Fukui Executive Committee
Co-organized by: Zen2.0 General Incorporated Association
Cooperation: Human Potential Lab Inc., Fukui Hitomono Design Corporation, SOE Incorporated Association
IdeaCraft Inc.
(1) Zen Conference 2024 Zen2.0 in Fukui - Eiheiji Town
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024, 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Eiheiji-cho Shikinomori Forest Complex “Old Gasshokaku
Address: 9-1-2, Yama, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui Prefecture
Participation: Please register in advance from the official website
Participation fee: 3,000 yen/person
［Program and Speakers]
Special Keynote Speech (Kamakura and live broadcast)
Stephen Murphy Shigematsu
(Medical Psychologist, Stanford University, Founding Director of the Heartfulness Lab)
Special Keynote Speech
Shobo Nishida (Deputy Prefect of Eiheiji Temple, Daihonzan of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism)
Panel Discussion
Toru Uchida (President, Ururindo Co., Ltd.)
Yusuke Shino (President, Shino Salt Works, Echizen Kaigan, Japan)
Hideaki Taki (Director, Taki Paper Mills)
Yoshison Nishiyama (Calligrapher, Artist)
<Moderator
Chinami Tachida (Representative Director, Abundant YOUniverse Co., Ltd.)
Yuichi Yamashita (CEO / Cultivator, Human Potential Lab Inc.)
Dialogue and Workshop
<Facilitator
Chinami Tateida (Representative Director, Abundant YOUniverse Co., Ltd.)
Yuichi Yamashita (CEO / Cultivator, Human Potential Lab Inc.)
(2) Zen 2.0 in Fukui Retreat
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 12:00 - Sunday, November 17, 2024, 16:00
Location: Within Fukui Prefecture (centered on Eiheiji Town)
Organizer: Fukui Hitomono Design Co.
*Please refer to the website for program details
http://www.fukuinet.net/hmd/tour/202411/
About ZEN x Well-being Fukui Executive Committee
This Executive Committee was formed to implement the interactive event “Questioning World Peace from the Sacred Place of ZEN - ZEN x Well-being Dialogue -” held on October 5-8, 2023, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Steve Jobs' death. The committee was reorganized this year from the executive committee of volunteers who gathered for the event “ZEN x Well-being Dialogue” held on October 5-8, 2023.
Report on the event held in October 2024:
https://life-practice.h-potential.org/report-zenwellbeingdialog
Executive Committee members (all volunteers):
Chinami Tateida (President, Abundant YOUniverse Co., Ltd.)
Soichiro Maeda (Design Strategist, Representative Director, Idea Craft Co.)
Taichi Kato (General Manager, Tourism Business Department, FUKUI HITOMONO DESIGN CO.)
Eri Hamamoto (Executive Director, SOE)
Yoshison Nishiyama (Calligrapher/Artist)
Hideaki Taki (Echizen Washi: Taki Paper Mills, Director)
Toru Uchida (President, Echizen Lacquerware: Ururindo)
Yusuke Shino (Representative of Shino Salt Works, Echizen Kaigan)
Katsuhiro Ookabe (President, OOKABE GLASS Co., Ltd.)
Gongo Yamaguchi (Chairman, Zen-no-sato Community Development Council / Owner, Eiheiji no Kan-unshiki)
Saizo Inoue (Executive Director, Zen-no-sato Machizukuri Council / Owner, Daruma Purin, Eiheiji)
Koji Hayashi (Owner, Cozy Coffee)
Masashi Hayashi (Owner, Apéro & Pâtisserie acoya)
Taisuke Fukuno (President of jig.jp, Inc.)
Naoto Mizuno (President, Ishidaya Nizaemon Co., Ltd.)
About Zen2.0
Zen2.0 is an international conference held annually since 2017 at Kenchoji Temple in North Kamakura, aiming to fuse cutting-edge technology and Zen spirituality. This year will be the 8th time it has been held. Speakers will come from all over the world, including Europe, North America, and Asia, and will be available with simultaneous interpretation in English and Japanese. So far, it has expanded to 165 speakers, 70 sponsors, 3,000 participants, and 4,200 communities.
Official WebSite (Japanese) : https://zen20.jp/
OfficialWebSite(English) : https://en.zen20.jp/
Official Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/zen2.0kamakura/
Official Twitter : https://x.com/KamakuraZen
＜For inquiries from the general public, please contact
ZEN×Well-being Fukui Executive Committee
Representative: Chinami Tatsuta
Please use the contact form to contact us: https://zen-fukui.jp/contact
<For inquiries from the press regarding this matter
ZEN x Well-being Fukui Executive Committee
Representative: Chinami Tatsuta
TEL: 070-2676-5559
e-mail: ctatta@abundant-youniverse.com