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INTENSIVE SEWING OF THE KESA
12 June ◷ 21:00 - 16 June ◷ 16:00
30€/per day
The kesa is zazen. It is our skin in zazen. It is our flesh in zazen, our bones and our marrow. It is all that constitutes the zazen that we practice.
In the zazen that we practice there is not only a pure side, there also exists and appears in zazen the whole side which is the conditioned production of our existence, our karma that we let pass here and now during zazen.
One does not have to have merits to carry the kesa, but when one carries every day the kesa in zazen, infinite merits appear. They are not the merits good or bad, pure or tainted, exact or wrong. They are not merits born of discrimination and duality. They are like the merits of a baby at birth. To be born is the zero point, the point of creation, the infinite point. The merits of the kesa are infinite. They are what make us to be born to the Way, to awaken to life.
Barbara Kosen.
Intensive sewing of the Kesa from July 13 to 16 in Shorin-Ji. Arrival is on the afternoon of June 12.
The cost will be €30 per day, except if you participate in the whole session which will cost €90. Persons who are not members of the Taisen Deshimaru Zen Association must pay an additional 20 euros for their registration fee, valid for one year.
Important:
– Bring a flashlight, bowl and sleeping bag.
– Use biodegradable personal care products that take care of Shorinji’s natural environment.
Contact Tf 611184657 dojo@zenkan.com
