Arrival: 28 Dec 2021 from 5 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm.
Start Sesshin with preparation: 29 Dec early morning.
Celebratory dinner 31 Dec.
The New Year’s sesshin ends with the first zazen on 1 January, the New Year’s ceremony and a sayonara brunch.
Contribution
Whole sesshin in a three- or four-bed room incl. preparation 330.– CHF,
sesshin only 230.– CHF,
or just the New Year’s Eve celebration 70.– CHF.
Sesshin means to touch the heart-mind,
to practice the Buddha Way, and to become deeply intimate with oneself. Zen is based on zazen, the posture of
Buddha – sitting on a zafu (round bolster), cross-legged, the spine straight, the chin tucked in, breathing calmly and deeply, letting the stream of thoughts pass by. This means to ascend to the spirit, in which all the masters of the past remain. We call it the “eternally existing Buddha mind”. This mind transcends space, time, and karma.
The ceremony of 108 bell strokes on New Year’s Eve frees us from clinging to the bonnō (desires), as to start the new year with the wakened, clear spirit of bodaishin, the Buddha mind. The New Year’s sesshin is an opportunity to round off the old year in practice with the sangha. After preparation, an intense sesshin ensues.
We stay silent over those days until late at night. On New Year`s Eve, there will be a celebratory dinner. The New Year’s Sesshin will close with the first zazen of the new year on 1 Jan , the fuse ceremony, and a sayonara.
