SOSHIN MARY LAHEEN
Soshin Mary Laheen Roshi is our resident teacher at Earth+Sky Zen. She is an authorised Zen teacher in the Maezumi lineage and member of the White Plum Asanga. She received dharma transmission from her teacher Jinsen Robert Kennedy Roshi in 2019 at a ceremony in Dublin, to teach and transmit the Dharma of the Buddha. In 2025 she was made a Roshi by Jinsen.
Mary began practicing zen in the mid 1990s with Alain Tainan Liebmann, a zen teacher in the Deshimaru lineage, who came to Ireland in 1991. She took Jukai in 1998 and received Tokudo ordination from Alain in 2003. From that time she was the person responsible for the Dublin Dojo, which was founded by Alain in 1996.
She lived at Gotanjoji temple in Takefu, Fukui, Japan in the Autumn of 2008 and received Tokudo in the Sotoshu tradition from Kōshū Itabashi Zenji there in September of that year.
News - Upcoming Events
First Sesshin of the New Year! Imbolc, St. Brigid's Day Weekend
10 Jan 2026Practicing with the first days of early Spring, our Imbolc Sesshin will begin on Saturday, January 31st and end on the bank holiday Monday, February 2nd. The sesshin will take place at Earth+Sky Zen Dublin Dojo, 1 Upper Gardiner St. A small number of residential places are available. Non-residential participants, staying nearby, are welcome. Send us an email if you would like to join!
Winter Solstice Zazen Day Sunday, December 21st
03 Dec 2025Join us at Earth+Sky on the shortest day of the year to sit zazen together. The day will end with a Christmas celebration and some music.
Stillness at Samhain Sesshin at Earth+Sky Zen Dublin Dojo - Friday Oct. 31st to Sunday November 2nd
29 Sep 2025The ancient festival of Samhain from which our contemporary Hallowe’en comes, occurred during the period from sunset on October 31st to sunset on November 1st. It marked the beginning of winter and the transition to a new year.
At Earth+Sky we will mark the occasion with a sesshin, beginning on Friday evening with zazen at 7:30pm and ending after lunch on Sunday. See poster and timetable here.
Send us an email if you would like to join: zen.in.ireland@gmail.com
Autumnal Equinox Zazen Day Sunday, September 21st
05 Sep 2025On Sunday, September 21st, to mark the Autumnal Equinox we will have a Zazen Day at Earth+Sky Zen, Dublin Dojo. We’ll start the day with zazen at 7:30am and finish with the normal Sunday evening sitting. Poster and timetable attached.
Earth+Sky Zen at Dublin Dojo re-opening after the summer break, Sunday August 31st
24 Aug 2025On Sunday evening, August 31st we will re-open the dojo for our regular practice schedule. Morning zazen will return to the 7am schedule, Monday through Thursday. Our evening zazen will be at 6:15pm as before on Wednesdays and Sundays. Beginners / newcomers introduction will be on Sunday evenings at 5:30pm.