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THE ZEN INSTANT 2017 – VI Photo International Contest

THE ZEN INSTANT 2017 – VI Photo International Contest
The Barbara Kosen Zen Sangha organises a Photograph Contest open to all practitioners and supporters of Zen Buddhism, and photograph lovers.
You will be able to participate with one unique unpublished photograph reproducing the Zen philosophy and esthetic associated with the practice of the Way and the here and now. The contest "THE ZEN INSTANT 2017" conforms to the following conditions: Anyone can participate, with a single photo unpublished, that has not been published in any media, website or social network (unless it has been published in Whatsapp). Participants may submit to the contest 1 photo in JPG format with a maximum of 72 dpi resolution. The photo must be sent to the address…Read [+]

Bárbara Kosen: New Year´s Letter

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  • 6 February, 2017
Bárbara Kosen: New Year´s Letter
Dear friend: I am writing you this letter, with a little delay, in order to wish that this be a good year for you and to communicate some important news. This year will be the Deshimaru year. During the Sesshin we always celebrate in May, various Masters of the transmission of the Zen of Master Deshimaru will participate. Members of the French, Hungarian, Swiss and Romanian Sanghas will participate together with their respective Masters in this commemoration. I am very happy about this, as we will have the opportunity to let more people…Read [+]

Barbara Kosen and Shorinji: interview and report in Extremadura media

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  • 20 December, 2016
Barbara Kosen and Shorinji: interview and report in Extremadura media
Over the last twenty years, since the founding of the Mokusan Dojo in Madrid (1994) there have been many interviews and reports that have made us in the Spanish media. During the autumn of 2016 we received journalists from Canal Extremadura TV and the newspapers Hoy and El Comercio. In November, the Extremadura TV Channel visited Shorinji and interviewed our Master, publishing the report on the Extra-Tarde program on November 18. The other media in Extremadura echoed the program and we received the visit of the journalists during the first week of December,…Read [+]

Leonard Cohen: portrait of a zen monk

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  • 19 December, 2016
Leonard Cohen: portrait of a zen monk
Through a well-documented and extensive article, our Sangha mate , journalist and writer Luis Landeira, publishes in Jot Down Magazine the experience of Leonard Cohen as a zen monk. After a musical tour that left him exhausted, in 1994 Leonard Cohen, practicing since the early 70's, decided to retire to the Mount Baldy Zen Center in Los Angeles, directed by Master Joshua Sasaki. For two years, the poet and composer participated as any other member of the Sangha, doing zazen and combining it with the samu: cutting vegetables, fixing the garden or cleaning…Read [+]

Zen instant 2016

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  • 25 September, 2016
Zen instant 2016
After the summer break and our practice during Ango in Shorinji we show the pictures of the last call for "Zen Moment", our photo competition has already held its fifth edition. Here we put the winning photo in 2016 and which came second, authored enjoyed the award during the last month of August. As you know, this competition we develop every year on our Facebook profile "Barbara Kosen Sangha Zen" and are our friends of the Sangha, all you who decide the picture that you like. One that receives more "likes" is the…Read [+]