Now it’s autumn with its gorgeous colours. The earth is covered with dead leaves, the soil for new roots. Impermanence doesn’t really do anything new, yet doesn’t
stop for an instant. This is the teaching of emptiness, where beings and forms manifest, the immobile Presence, beyond the world, where everything appears and disappears without trace.
The Lanau Zen Centre has been for sale for some months now. That is not to say that activities there have come to a halt. Daily practice continues for the remaining residents and visitors. You are very welcome for a retreat or visit! We have…continue reading 
By Lana Hōsei Berrington In zen we chant this verse of repentance on some occasions: Ga shaku sho zo sho aku go Kai yu mu shi ton jin chi Ju shin ku i shi sho sho Issai ga kon kai san ge This means: All…continue reading 
Resting in the unborn -New Kusen collection of Guy Mokuhō Mercier(available in french only)By Liliann Shu Rei ManningRESTING IN THE UNBORN is the 3rd collection of Guy Mokuhō Mercier’s kusen. This booklet consists of five groups of kusen, delivered on various occasions, and a teisho…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 
