ZEN PRACTICE – INITIATION CLASS – MADRID
Mokusan Dojo Calle de la Magdalena, 4, 2º Izq., Madrid, SpainMokusan Dojo holds a free initiation class to Zen practice, i.e. Zazen, aimed at those who visit a Zen dojo for the first time. Zazen is the posture of the Buddha’s Awakening. It is necessary to receive advice from an experimented practitioner in order to attain the correct posture. Very precise instructions about body, breathing...
AUTUMN SESSHIN
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaThrough the missionary's door, the absolute traditional school must be certified, But heaven and earth, north and south, the whole country is full of hatred and animosity. Who can know what happens when father and son meet? In front of the old mirror no light is needed. (Master Daichi) Daichi did not receive the formal...
NOVEMBER SESSHIN
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaDuring zazen we return to the sanctuary of the body. Its immobility and the fact of being complete, everything is present. The whole body is sitting. The two eyes are sitting, the two thumbs are sitting, the breathing with the belly is sitting; The calm mind is sitting. Immobile body, immobile mind. Barbara Kosen,...
Buddha’s Satori Sesshin
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaThe Way is round, peaceful, wide as the vast cosmos, perfect, without the slightest notion of remaining or disappearing. (Sin Jin Mei, Poem of Faith in the Spirit) Eko - Gojushichi Butsu - is the complete recitation of the names of the Buddhas of the past and of the Indian, Chinese and Japanese patriarchs,...
Winter Camp
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaWe want to catch or reject, truly, this is why we are not free. (Sin Jin Mei, Poem of Faith in the Spirit) Barbara Kosen and her Sangha gather in Shorin-ji for the Winter Camp, a traditional end-of-year retreat, from December 28, 2024 to January 1, 2025. Friday 27th: Arrival in the afternoon....