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Incense burning, I sit alone under an old pine.
The wind blows, the fresh, cold morning dew soaks my monk’s robe.
One day I got up from my zafu and walked down into the blue valley.
As I left, in the bottle, I scooped the morning moon from the river.
Daichi
We wish you all a joyous festive season, a peaceful, light-filled time, much wisdom, compassion, good energy and joy, and good beginnings for the new year 2021!
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.
The Dojo is open through 22 December 2020, reopening on 5 January 2021. Due to the new regulations the number of participants is restricted.
Next zazen introduction: Saturday, 30 January 2021 at 2pm.
It is only possible to come by prior arrangement.
Opening Times
Tue–Fri 6.30am
Sat 10.00am
New: Thu 6.00–7.00pm
Hygiene measures still apply: regularly wash your hands, disinfect and keep your distance.
Tracing list are being kept.
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
