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Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future,
concentrate your mind on the present moment.
Buddha
Sitting in stillness, hearts become clear mirrors.
If we awake ourselves to this consciousness,
all things become images before our mirror:
What comes does not remain,
What goes leaves no trace.
Hanshan Deqing
With no-mind, blossoms invite the butterfly.
With no-mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms.
When the blossom blooms, the butterfly comes.
When the butterfly comes, the blossom blooms.
When the butterfly comes, the blossom blooms.
I do not know others, others do not know me.
Not knowing each oher, we naturally follow the way.
Opening hours
Ryokan
Opening Hours during Summer
The dojo remains closed from Mon, 25 July through Mon, 8 August.
First zazen on Tuesday, 9 August at 6.30am. (In August, the dojo remains closed on Monday mornings and Tuesday evenings.)
Mon–Fri 6.30am
Sat 10.00am
Tue 7.00-8.00pm
Thu 7.00–8.00pm
Practising zazen in our confused times means returning to the true dimension of being human and finding the underlying balance of your existence once more.
Taisen Deshimaru
Keep your mind in equilibrium.
If your mind is in equilibrium, the whole world will be in equilibrium.
Awakening has no beginning,
Practice is without end.
Kōdō Sawaki
The fast stream does not wash away the moon.
The cosmic order is always there.
The cosmic order is always there.
If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
Henry Miller
Shinzanshiki of Chinrei Gérard Pilet, 29 July 2022
Shakuhachi Concert with Riley Lee, 2 July 2022
Zazen Day with Eishuku Monika Leibundgut, 12 June 2022
Visit of Sokan Rev. Minegishi Roshi
Zazen Day with Yashô Valérie Guéneau, 22 May 2022
40-Year Memorial Ceremony of Master Deshimaru's passing, La Gendronnière
Spring Sesshin 22
New Year - Sesshin 21/22
Saturday, 16 April 2022, was the first anniversary of Master Gu'en Yuko Okamoto's passing.
On the occasion of the anniversaries of the passing of Master Mokudo Taisen Deshimaru (40 years), Meiho Missen Bichel Bovay, and Master Gu'en Yuko Okamoto, we dedicated the ceremony after the zazen on Saturday, 23 April 2022, to their remembrance.
