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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 [+]

A year ago there began at Shorin-Ji a project to build a dome to be used as bedchamber, a comfortable sleeping accommodation situated at an open space in the woods of the new yard. The dome consists of a geodesic cupola, of which the original model was invented and patented by architect Richard Buckminster Fuller in the 50’s. The half-round structure of the dome is erected from triangles formed by iron bars cut to measure, with a wooden platform serving as base of the whole structure, supported by pillars to prevent moisture and…Read [+]