"Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one´s own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world." D.T. Suzuki
In tough times it’s easy to contract in your thinking and your activities. The tradition we come from doesn’t advise this. Shakyamuni Buddha teaches: “If people knew as I know the results of giving and sharing, they would not eat without having given… Even if they were down to their last bit of food, they [...]
Wishing you health, happiness and great success in 2012. New Year’s first snow — ah – just barely enough to tilt the daffodil. Basho This is a picture of Gyokuryuji, our home temple, in the snow. Over here in London it’s been a mild winter so far. We’re pleased to welcome Zen monk, Matt [...]
We’d like to invite you to a talk the on spiritual aspect of the samurai art of the sword at Zen Yoga on Sunday, November, 13th; 7-8:30pm. Our speaker is John Evans who trained for many years in Japan and is one of the highest ranking sword practitioners in the world. He’ll be talking about his [...]
In the Zen school, Rohatsu – the anniversary of the Buddha’s Enlightenment is traditionally celebrated in early December by meditating through the night to the dawn. It is said that the Buddha sat down beneath the Bodhi tree and made the great resolve, “Though only my bones and sinews remain and my skin and flesh [...]
Book review originally published in The Middle Way, Journal of the Buddhist Society, November 2010. BUDDHA RECOGNIZES BUDDHA, by Daishin Morgan, Throssel Hole Press, Northumberland, 2010, ISBN 0-9549139-1-4, pp 176, £8.00 “There is a profound nature at the heart of life that answers my human need to be at peace and to grow. It does [...]
The Buddha established what have been called, “The four classes of Buddhist” – male and female monastics and male and female lay practitioners. Members of each of the four classes have realised enlightenment., Zenways member, Ha Jisho Tran, has left work as a city lawyer to pursue her Zen practice full time. She is travelling [...]
