AUTUMN SESSHIN
Through 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
During 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
The 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,...