Vision

We intend to maintain and develop facilities and practice programs for the purpose of Buddhist study that honors the memory and vision of Dainin Katagiri-Roshi as taught by his students and disciples. In one of Katagiri Roshi’s last lectures, Twenty-Five Years of Dharma Transmission, he said, "I wish to build a place and an environment to promote the quiet sangha life in unity."

We intend to encourage and provide creative programs that offer the opportunity to explore various related spiritual expressions for the purpose of investigation into the phenomenal world and ceaseless discovery of its unity.

We intend to recognize the value of each person living in community and give the utmost care and concern that our communication with each other fosters and builds harmony, good will, honesty, trust and compassion.

Community values

Hokyōji operates in a sustainable way, building systems and relationships that will ensure its stability and practices that are enduring and timeless.

Hokyōji welcomes and respects practitioners of many different traditions, whether new or experienced, regardless of life circumstances.

Hokyōji is deeply grateful for its beautifully wild and sacred natural environment and exists in harmony with it, engaging with the land rather than intruding on it, and recognizing it as a profound and inspiring teacher.

Hokyōji seeks to create and maintain a supportive atmosphere of peace, rest and silence, where practitioners can renew themselves in safety and care.

Hokyōji aspires to be a dynamic place of creativity and joy, offering challenging and meaningful practice opportunities that stimulate personal exploration and growth.

Hokyōji conducts its internal and external communications with honesty, integrity and compassion, fostering truthfulness and trust.