The Masters of our Tradition

Become the master your mind or it will master you. - Buddha

Zen is a special transmission, outside of the scriptures. independent of letter and word. It directly shows the heart of the being: Grasping one's own nature and becoming Buddha. -…

Understanding Zen means understanding oneself. Understanding oneself means forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself means being one with the ten thousand things. - Dogen

In short, Zen is about you - your life, your reality. It is not about Gautama Buddha's life, nor is it about Master Dogen's life. Zen offers no extraordinary teachings…

To practise zazen in our confused world is to return to the true dimension of the human being, and to rediscover the fundamental balance of his existence. - Mokudo Taisen…

The experience in zazen of this original, eternally existing Buddha mind is much more important than thinking about everyday life. For it is our inner state, our inner freedom, our…

Even when the wind stops, the flowers fall one by one. In the deep silence and stillness of the mountain, a bird sings. - Kodo Sawaki (Calligraphy in Teishoji und…