Zen
Explore - together with Jikishin Sensei and the members of Kanzeon Sangha - the Zen school of Buddhism, which focuses on direct, intuitive insight and meditation to achieve enlightenment.
Streets, Zen and bodybuilding 2
In 1998, I wrote down some of the experiences of my first ten years of Zen practice. At that time, I imagined the events of a morning sitting during a sesshin and recounted them. So far we have entered the zendo before six o'clock in the morning; we have settled on our cushions and now we are waiting for zazen to begin...
Enlightenment
A flame, once lit, illuminates a room that was previously dark. Now that I can see something, I can find my way around the room. I can move around without constantly bumping into tables or benches. Once I've got my bearings, I can start to get to know the things in the room and then use them as I wish. If I was blind before, I can now see...
Streets, Zen and bodybuilding 1
In 1998, I wrote down some of the experiences of my first ten years of Zen practice. At the time, I imagined the events of a morning sitting during a sesshin and recounted them. If you like, follow me, the narrator, into the meditation room: we enter the zendo together, find our place and sit down on the meditation cushion...
Sitting
To understand Zen and to feel comfortable in Zen, it is good to sit in zazen every day. To sit zazen, choose a place that you like and where you can stay undisturbed for more than 20 minutes. Make sure the temperature and light are comfortable. Don't waste time looking for or setting up the place: you can sit anywhere.
Beyond Zen and non-Zen
Warm sand under the soles of your feet. A green shard cuts into the blood. The scream is brief. No plaster with me.
What is not Zen?
Nicht-Zen ist alles, was scheinbar nicht Zen ist: Ego, Leiden, Alter, Krankheit, Tod, Ignoranz und Verwirrung... Um Nicht-Zen - Leiden - zu überwinden haben viele Menschen angefangen, Zen zu üben. Die Welle stemmt sich gegen den Ozean. Wenn wir nicht in Zazen sitzen: sind wir dann Nicht-Zen?
What is Zen?
Zen ist, "sich selbst" zu sein. Zen ist ein Zweig der buddhistischen Lehre, die zum Ziel hat, das Leiden zu verringern oder ganz zu beenden. Zen ausüben bedeutet, sich Zazen anzuvertrauen.
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