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 The spirit of the Great Sage of India has been transmitted intimately, directly, secretly from the East to the West, secretly from East to West. (Sekito Kisen, Sandokai). Eko - Gojushichi Butsu - is the complete recitation of the names of the buddhas of the past and of the Indian, Chinese and Japanese patriarchs, up...

Barbara Kosen and her Sangha gather at Shorin-ji for the Winter Camp, the traditional end-of-year retreat, from 27 December 2023 to 5 January 2024. On this occasion, Bárbara Kosen has asked her successors Gema Kyuho and Daniel Ungo to take charge of direction and teaching. 27th: Arrival in the evening. Opening dinner around 21:00h. 28th:...

Our practice has mountains and valleys but always continues and February begins with a sesshin. Some things captivate us and others escape our attention. The illusion that endless engrossment in daily activities, related to work and leisure, will lead us somewhere, will lead us far, it is out there. Yet out there there’s also the...

"Interdependence is what unites all existences. No one, nothing is separated from the totality. It is like a movement between all the elements of the cosmos. If this movement stops, it leads to the reduction of the elements, the fixation in an inert state, without movement, and the consequent disappearance. The law of interdependence allows...

After the Easter sesshin, the practice of the Way continues at Shorin-ji. How could it not? The Way has no beginning and no end. Days concentrated especially on the Samu, with zazen every morning and evening. Ongoing projects will receive the energy of the Sangha's zazen these days. There will be a space for the...

Zen is the effort of the human being practicing meditation, zazen. Striving to attain mastery of thoughts without discrimination, consciousness beyond all categories, encompassing all expressions of language."   (Taisen Deshimaru)   Sesshin of gratitude to Grandmaster Mokudo Taisen Deshimaru, from April 27 to May 1 in Shorin-ji, arriving on Friday afternoon, April 26.  ...