For some months now, Brad offered sneak prereads during his talks to a project that takes the one-to-one atmosphere his books create for the reader to a new level. A imaginary, deceased friend of his, Marky, becomes the adressee of a whole bunch of letters, explaining and highlighting the Zen
read moreMonth: September 2019
Meditation versus Zazen
To cope with the challenge to accept the goal of goallessness in Zazen is no easy duty, especially for the reasoning and planning function of our brains. To look at it from a linguistic angle helps a bit. In Japanese there’s a distinction between Shuzen – meditation for a cause
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Catch a glimpse in one breath – Haikus by Kobayashi Issa
flitting to the oil lamp of the pissing place… powdery snow 1821 .小便所の油火にちる粉雪哉 shôbenjo no abura-bi ni chiru kona yuki kana Creating a direct experience of a moment in time – Japan has traditional gifts to perform this art in different ways. Haikus are a fascinating aspect of this talent.
read moreCurrent status – practicing (almost) without a sangha
This webspace is an offer to establish opportunities for practice and exchange, in short, let’s do ZAZEN together! Brad Warner encourages us in this recent video just to hang out our shingle and start something (I really felt understood, thank you very much, Brad!), so I’m up to inspire some
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