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Voting for the best photos of the Zen Instant contest is already taking place. You can access the album on the Facebook Sangha Zen Barbara Kosen and click on a "like" in those photos that you consider to express the zen moment. We show you some of the most voted...  Read [+]

The evening of next December 1st, the Asociación Zen Taisen Deshimaru will hold an open house event in Mokusan Dojo for those interested in the introduction of Zen Buddhism in Europe. Such initiative responds to one of the objects included in the Constituting Statutes of the AZTD and intends to contribute to the rapprochement between the cultures of Asia and Europe, especially to divulge an ancient wisdom that can bring some balance to our society so much imbued in materialism. This was the aim of the Japanese Zen Monk Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982) who…Read [+]

Ango is the name for the period during the rainy season in India when the Buddha’s Sangha gathered together to practice the teachings. It was a time of living in community developing the spirit of Awakening by means of simple actions like sitting, walking, standing or lying, in harmony with the rest. Certainly, during the summer vacations, instead of keeping ourselves busy scattering our energies and spirit all over the place, we can concentrate on practicing the Way, even if only for the profound harmony that binds the whole group after several days…Read [+]

Zen Simple Assise, the network of Sanghas descended from Master Taisen Deshimaru’s Lineage, organizes the so called Mokudo Sesshin, each year at a different Temple on the dates marking the anniversary of the Master’s passing. Joining the energy and experience of the Master’s heirs together with the practice of followers old and new, these encounters are intended to spread the transmitted practice, retaking the spirit of the original sangha. The 2018 Mokudo Sesshin will be held from April 27 to May 1 at Yujo Niusanji Zen Temple, one of the founded by Master…Read [+]

Dear friend, You see…. This new year will be the same as the previous one, and therefore always anew. Birth or death, love or split, success or failure, money or debt, friendship or antagonism, truth or corruption, it is always difficult to keep a balance that bring us happiness. How can we obtain freedom from this floating world where we are never certain about what is going to happen to us next? In my youth, I received the answer from Master Taisen Deshimaru, through the practice of the Way of Zen, the Zazen-Decision,…Read [+]

On the 24th transportation for the 27th had been canceled and it didn’t look like anything could be done about that. I told  the few who were interested that everything would be all right, to not loose hope, that something better would be arranged for. On Saturday morning I did zazen. When we left the Dojo we, Julito and Dayan, went for a coffee. We arranged with somebody who owns a bus to come to the Dojo on Monday the 27th at 8 in the morning. This is how we left on a…Read [+]