Sesshin in Levante (Alicante)
"Penetrating the Way is neither easy nor difficult, it is enough that you do not choose nor reject." Sin Jin Mei – Poem of The Faith in the Spirit On April 13 and 14, 2024, the Levante Sesshin will take place, led by Zen Master Gem Kyhuo, with arrival on April 12. The...
Zen and Gestalt
On April 9 at 6:00 p.m. there will be an introduction talk about the way of Zen, followed by a colloquium in which the relationship between gestalt and zazen will be discussed with the Zen Master Bárbara Kosen. The event is expected to end around 20:30 It will take place at the Madrid School...
Easter Samu
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaAfter 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...
Easter Sesshin
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, España"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...
FEBRUARY SESSHIN
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaOur 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...
Winter Camp
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaBarbara 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:...
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 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...
ZAZEN PLUS – MOKUSAN DOJO
Mokusan Dojo Calle de la Magdalena, 4, 2º Izq., MadridLike an fool, like a rock, a high mountain of which the top cannot be discovered, a deep ocean of which we cannot perceive the bottom; we look without considering relationships and, beyond the clouds, the eyes become bright. Keizan, Zazen Yojinki Zazen Plus means: more zazen. Intensive morning of zazen at the...
SAMU IN NOVEMBER
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,...
T.D.Z.A. General Assembly
SHORIN-JI (GPS: N 40 09.394 + W 5 25.145) Shorin-ji Templo Zen, Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, EspañaDear friends of the Way. We hereby summon you to the General Assembly of the Deshimaru Taisen Zen Association to be held at ShorinJi during the Autumn Sesshin on Saturday, October 14th at 17:00. The topics to be discussed will be: Renewal of the annual membership fee as well as new memberships. Election or renewal...
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...
ZAZEN PLUS
Mokusan Dojo Calle de la Magdalena, 4, 2º Izq., MadridWhen you grab the heart of zazen you are like the tiger that goes into the mountain, you are like the dragon that plunges into the water. Dogen, Fukanzazengi Zazen Plus means: more zazen. Intensive morning zazen at the Mokusan Dojo in Madrid on Saturday 30th September at 08:00 directed by...