Welcome – Current Information
I listen to the evening rain in my hermitage.
The Great Path? I weave spring flowers into a ball.
The Future? When a visitor asks these questions,
I have only the calm of the hermitage to offer.
Ryokan
Sitting down again and again in Zazen, returning to the normal state of body and mind, as Michel said, the unity of body and mind, means not only immersing oneself in the silence of the dojo, but in the silence of one's own mind by handing oneself over to Zazen and thus letting the glasses, coloured differenlty from person to person, fall away, to open up to that which is greater than ourselves, than our little "I, me, mine." This goes beyond intelligence and non-intelligence. It is meeting in the "eternally existing Buddha-mind" and the visitor to the hermitage of Tô Setsu Ken, in Zazen itself, sees with a clear vision that the mountain is blue. There things reveal themselves as they are. Everything is already in peace and harmony.
Eishuku
The whole world is a shining pearl. What is there to understand?
Gensha
The ancients say:
When illusions cease, silence arises.
When silence arises, wisdom is realized.
When wisdom is realized, the essence of things is revealed.
Eight winds rage in the sky,
the moon remains motionless.
The cosmic order is always there.
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 6:30 am
Tue, Thu 7:00 pm
Sat 10:00 am
Because of our participation in the 20 Year Jubilee of Kanshoji, the dojo remains closed on Monday, 12 une 2023.
The next introduction to Zazen will take place on Sat, 24 June 2023 at 2pm.
When one person takes a step forward, the whole cosmos takes a step forward.
Taisen Deshimaru
Sitting in stillness transforms hearts
into mirrors that do not hold on to anything.
If we awaken ourselves to this consciousness,
all realms are images in front of our mirror:
what comes does not stick to us,
what goes does not leave a trace.
Hanshan Deqing
Buddha's birthday on 8 April 2023
Sesshin Walkringen March 2023
Zazen Night at the end of the year 2022/23
Rohatsu Sesshin, Walkringen Dec 2022
