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Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future,
concentrate your mind on the present moment.
Buddha
During this time and during the following two weeks, the dojo remains closed. Last zazen Friday, 1 July 2021; first zazen Tuesday, 10 August 2021.
The dojo is open early in the morning as usual and zoom will continue to be available. Please check our homepage for the latest information.
The hygiene measures still apply (wearing a mask, regular hand washing/disinfection, keeping your distance) and tracing lists are kept.
The hygiene measures still apply (wearing a mask, regular hand washing/disinfection, keeping your distance) and tracing lists are kept.
Opening Times Summer
Tue–Fri 6.30am (Mondays open as of September)
Sat 10.00am
Tue 7.00-8.00pm
Thu 7.00–8.00pm
Next zazen introduction: Saturdays, 26 June, 28 August, 25 September, 30 October and 27 November 2021 at 14:00h.
Keep your heart pure and open
and you will never be bound.
Yet a single agitating thought
Creates ten thousand tormenting confusions.
Let yourself be shackled by countless things,
and you will go deeper and deeper astray.
How painful to see people
so completely entangled in themselves.
Ryokan
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.
Take care of yourself and others,
and don't forget Zazen and the value of entrusting yourselves to the three jewels – Buddha, Dharma, Sangha.
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
Awakening has no beginning,
Practice is without end.
Kōdō Sawaki
In memory of Master Yuko Okamoto Roshi, 11.03.1935–16.04.2021
On 17-04-2021, the sad news of the death of Master Yuko Okamoto reached us from Mme. Chie Okamoto / Michiyo Uoya. Yesterday, on Friday, he peacefully fell asleep at home in Teishoji. We lose in him a true friend on the Path, with whom we were able to experience countless unforgettable encounters in Teishoji and in Zen Dojo Zurich Muijoji. His warm and sincere support of the A.Z.I., as well as of Meihô Michel Bovay, Eishuku Monika Leibundgut, and the Zen Dojo Zurich Muijoji, will always be remembered. In deep respect and gratitude, we held a ceremony for him on 17 April. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Mme. Chie Okamoto, her sons and all relatives in Teishoji. On Friday, 4 June, we held the 49-days-ceremony for Master Okamoto.
The rapid current does not carry away the moon.
The cosmic order is always there.