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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
Blossoming wild peonies,
now at the height of their glorious full bloom:
now at the height of their glorious full bloom:
Too precious to pick them,
too precious not to pick them.
We are happy to announce the visit of Rev. Sokan Minegishi Roshi on Friday, 27th, and Saturday, 28th May. He is sitting in zazen with us on both mornings and holding a teisho.
Ryokan
The dojo will be closed for Whitmonday, 6 June.
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 6.30am
Sat 10.00am
Tue 7.00-8.00pm
Thu 7.00–8.00pm
Next zazen introduction: Saturdays, 30 April, 28 May, and 25 June 2022 at 14:00h.
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
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.
