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 
-By Odile Hoog About forty people from our sangha and elsewhere had the opportunity to participate to the seminar "Living by Vow" and to meet Okumura Roshi at Lanau. Okumura Roshi is 70 years old, but seems twenty years younger. As soon as you meet…continue reading 
From the 26 th Feb to the 1st Mar, we had the honour and the happiness to welcome Catherine Despeux to Lanau, a French sinologist And Professor Emeritus of the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco) and administrator of the Institute of Buddhist…continue reading 
