Tales, Legends in the Transmission of Zen by Jean Marc Kukan Delom By Jean Marc Kukan Delom Zen is full of stories and tales from multiple sources, reworked, told and polished over time. Tales and stories do not speak of religion or transcendence but simply…continue reading 
Renovating the Small Dojo at the Lanau Zen Centre - A Call to the Sangha! - It will soon be the two summer camps in July and August, and we look forward to seeing you again in Lanau to practice together. There will be a…continue reading 
What kind of spirituality does our world need today? It is an unimaginable challenge to try to innovate by oneself without relying on personal ideas, our preferences or dislikes. Every personal opinion is limiting for others, but also for oneself. Every evolution must be inspired…continue reading 
"Abiding in peace" is the translation of the word ango, describing the retreat which would bring the monks together around the Buddha or a senior person, during the rainy season. By extension, it has become the training period that monks and nuns must follow after…continue reading 
Toshoji : A monastic life for foreign monks and nuns - By Sebastian Volz ~ By Sebastian Volz Shinto priests had seen for a long time, in the hollow of this amphitheatre of hills with luxuriant vegetation , a place protected from typhoons, a calm…continue reading 
An Ango at Toshoji Sebastian Volz's Experience Three months of monastic life can be summed up in a single day. Waking up to the drum, the day gets started with a long zazen, followed by a ceremony, Oryoki, housekeeping, tea, Samu, lunch, siesta, another Samu,…continue reading 
An Ango at Toshoji Jean-Marc Delom's Experience The heat was suffocating when I began this Ango to live what appeared to me to be an experience. In my little room tucked away from everyone, I reminded myself of the reasons that had brought me to…continue reading 
An Ango at Toshoji Javier's Experience " In the field , only straw remained. Then they burnt that too …..And now, new green shoots appear here and there. This is the chance to see what rises from the ashes…" ~JMR Kôzan From a subjective point…continue reading 
An Ango at Toshoji Pere's Experience Dear friends of Tenborin, If I were to sum up the experience of my Ango in Japan, I would say that it was an intense, enriching and profound experience, but also a little difficult. I am still digesting it,…continue reading 
