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
East Asian Calligraphy Workshop with Yingge Xu
16 Apr 2026Join us for a meditative one-day Calligraphy Workshop with Xingge Xu on Saturday May 23rd, from 10:00 am to 4:30pm. For more information and to register, see https://www.artofthebrush.ie/event-details-registration/east-asian-calligraphy-workshop-shodo-the-awakening-heart
Bealtaine Sesshin - May Bank Holiday Weekend
16 Apr 2026“One hundred million years ago, flowers appeared, and the full beauty of the Earth began to manifest itself” Thomas Berry
May is the month of flowers in this part of the world. Join us for the Bealtaine sesshin, at Earth+Sky Zen. This is a non-residential sesshin at the Dublin Dojo. Poster and Programme here.
Morning Zazen at 7:00 am from April 7th
02 Apr 2026In-person zazen will resume again from Tuesday April 7th, at 7:00 am. The summer timing will be as follows: 7am zazen, 7:25 kinhin, 7:30am second zazen, 8:10am Han+ceremony.
It´s possible to join us for the second zazen, if you cannot make the earlier time. Ring the doorbell between 7:25am and 7:30am (only).
Easter Arrangements at Earth+Sky Zen, Dublin Dojo
24 Mar 2026Morning Zazen on Wednesday, 25th and Thursday 26th March, and Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March will be online only. Next Wednesday and Sunday evenings are in person only at the dojo.
The dojo will close for the Easter break after morning zazen on Tuesday 31st March and open for zazen (online and in person) on Tuesday, April 7th.
Enjoy the Easter holidays!
In Search of the Middle Way - Zazen Day March 22nd
02 Mar 2026The Earth shows us an example of equilibrium, equality, and balance at Equinox, when all places on the planet have equal day and night whatever the latitude.
Join us on the Vernal Equinox, Sunday March 22nd for a Zazen Day, when we will bring equilibrium and balance to the body-mind. 11am - 5:30pm. Poster and timetable here.