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Verantwortung für Beruf und Alltag! Innere Ruhe, klare Gedanken, Selbstbewusstsein, Kraft, Energie, Konzentration . . . sind für Sie ein Thema! Zen–Meditation kann ein Weg sein, Herausforderungen mit mehr Gelassenheit zu begegnen, Gedanken auf das Wesentliche zu lenken und die täglichen Aufgaben im Berufs- und Privatleben bewusster zu gestalten. Um Zen kennen zu lernen, bieten wir Einführungsabende für Neueinsteiger. Während dieser ca. 3 - 4 stündigen Veranstaltung gehen wir detailliert auf Körperhaltung, Sitzvarianten und Atemübungen ein. In verkürzten »Sitzrunden« gewinnen Sie erste praktische Eindrücke.
Liebe Dharma-Freunde, bei unserem nächsten Dogen-Gesprächskreis wird Yudo J. Seggelke Roshi das Kapitel Hachi Dainingaku aus Dogen Zenjis Shobogenzo behandeln. 20. März 2010 Das Tun eines wirklich großen Menschen 14 - 17 Uhr im Zendo-Frankfurt
Verantwortung für Beruf und Alltag! Innere Ruhe, klare Gedanken, Selbstbewusstsein, Kraft, Energie, Konzentration ... sind für Sie ein Thema! Zen–Meditation kann ein Weg sein, Herausforderungen mit mehr Gelassenheit zu begegnen, Gedanken auf das Wesentliche zu lenken und die täglichen Aufgaben im Berufs- und Privatleben bewusster zu gestalten.
»Asso-Blog« nennt er ihn, und ich denke, er meint damit nicht die "Assoziation revolutionärer bildender Künstler", die mal unter dem gleichen Namen firmierten. Offenbar soll es auch dort um falsche Mönche gehen, und er stellt Texte ein, die hier mal im Zenforum standen und nun nicht mehr zu lesen sind. Der Asso-Blog
Liebe Dharma-Freunde, der erste Dogen-Gesprächskreis im neuen Jahr hat zum Thema Erleuchtung, Natur und Zazen Kapitel Sansui gyô 16. Januar von 14 - 17 Uhr. Bei dieser Gelegenheit möchte Yudo Seggelke Roshi auch intensiv auf das Fukan Zazengi eingehen.
Liebe Dharma-Freunde, wer sich einen Eindruck von unseren Aktivitäten im nächsten Jahr machen möchte, kann sich das Jahresprogramm 2010 als PDF-Flyer downloaden. Regina Dogen-Sangha-Frankfurt
am Samstag, 5. Dezember 2009, 9:30 - 18:00 Uhr und Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2009, 9:30 - 16:00 Uhr im Yoga Mitte, Sophienstr. 39, 70178 Stuttgart mit Sitz- und Gehmeditation, Vortrag, Einzelgespraechen, Yoga, Chanting, Imbiss und Teepause Kostenbeitrag: 30 €/Tag Anmeldung: ekkijdfg@gmx.de oder Handy 0178 7903859 www.furnacemountain.org
Der nächste Dogen-Gesprächskreis am 14. November 2009 mit dem Thema Die Natur lehrt uns die Wahrheit - Auch in der heutigen Zeit? bietet wieder eine gute Gelegenheit, sich mit Dogen Zenjis Lehren intensiver auseinanderzusetzen. Yudo J. Seggelke Roshi wird das Kapitel Mujô seppô aus dem Shobogenzo erläutern. Vorkenntnisse sind nicht notwendig. Interessierte können sich hier schon mit dem Thema vertraut machen.
Nach langen Überlegungen und zahlreichen Diskussionen mit Freunden habe ich mich entschlossen, hier die Möglichkeit des Austausches in einem Diskussionsforum nicht mehr zur Verfügung zu stellen. Es tut mir sehr leid, diesen Schritt gehen zu müssen, aber auch zahlreiche Aufrufe zur Mäßigung haben kein entsprechendes Resultat gezeigt.
Eine Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Psychoanalytiker Ralf Zwiebel und dem Zen-Lehrer Michael Sabaß "Eines Tages ging ein Lehrer mit seinem Schüler im Wald spazieren. Plötzlich sprang ein schneeweißes Kaninchen vor ihnen auf und flitzte davon. Der Lehrer nutzte den Augenblick und frage seinen Schüler: 'Nun, was hältst du davon?' Der Schüler antwortete begeistert: 'Es war wie ein Gott!' Der Lehrer blickte ihn verächtlich an und sagte: 'Du bist ein erwachsener Mann, aber du redest wie ein Kind.' 'Na, gut,' gab der Schüler, zweifellos leicht eingeschnappt zurück, 'was hältst du davon?' ,Es war ein Kaninchen.' antwortete der Lehrer." (Kapleau: Der vierte Pfeiler des Zen, 1997, S. 21) Psychoanalyse und Zen achten beide darauf, wie Wirklichkeit erfahren wird. Sie besitzen jeweils eigene Methoden, die Sicht des Menschen auf die Welt zu verändern, um sie so wahrzunehmen, wie sie ist.
Die Buddhistische TagesPresse
Buddhistische-TagesPresse.de (verantwortl. Werner Liegl)
"Meditate & Destroy" Brings Together Punk Rock And Buddha Der Erstlingsfilm von Sarah Fisher "Meditate & Destroy" portraitiert den Punkrocker, Buddhisten und Buchautoren Noah Levine ("Dharma Punx"). MoviesBlog, 29.10.2008
88 - Pilgern auf japanisch Vergnügte, persönliche Reisedoku über die Wanderung auf dem japanischen Pilgerpfad, die - mal staunend, mal ironisch - das Erhabene und Kuriose im alltäglichen und spirituellen Japan entlang des Weges beobachtet und dabei die Subjektivität des eigenen Blickes nicht ausspart. Cinefacts, ohne Datum
Should we question the Sutras? Eine lebhafte Diskussion zu der (sicher nicht neuen) Frage nach der "Echtheit" der Sutras des Palikanons und des Mahayana. livejournal, 28.10.2008
Buddhists Get Engaged in Race for President Unvermeidlich scheint im amerikanischen Präsidenten-Wahlkampf auch eine Beteiliung der US-Buddhisten. Eine kurze Übersicht der Lage. beliefnet, 28.10.2008
Buddhistischer Abt zu Gast an der Uni Witten/Herdecke Der buddhistische Abt Nissho Takeuchi eröffnet am 29.10.2008 eine neue Runde der Reihe "Theatron Logou - Schauplatz der Gedanken" an der Universität Witten/Herdecke. Der Titel seines Vortrags lautet: "Wohin geht die Menschheit nach der großen Wende der Zivilisation?" Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 28.10.2008
Geist der Offenheit "Der tibetische Buddhismus in der Ausprägung des Diamantweges - Konkurrenz zu den christlichen Kirchen?" Diese Fragestellung des von der katholischen und der evangelischen Gemeinde Immenstadt gemeinsam organisierten Vortrags von Michael von Brück stieß bei der Bevölkerung auf erhebliches Interesse. all-in.de, 25.10.2008
What would the Buddha do? Der singalesische Theravada-Mönch Bhante Walpola Piyananda beschreibt in seinem Buch "The Bodhi Tree Grows in L.A." einen praktischen Buddhismus für unsere Zeit. Buddhist Channel, 23.10.2008
Children's Book Review: Zen Shorts In seinem Buch "Zen Shorts" lässt John J. Muth den Pandabären Stillwater seinen drei Nachbarkindern zenbuddhistische Weisheiten näherbringen. Helium, ohne Datum
Buddhismus und Quantenphysik: Zwischenräume Christian Thomas Kohl fasst den Inhalt seines Buchs "Buddhismus und Quantenphysik. Die Wirklichkeitsbegriffe Nagarjunas und der Quantenphysik" zusammen. China Observer, 23.10.2008
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In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o'clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. Whenever he felt like eating, he ate, and when he felt like sleeping in the daytime he slept. One day Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking wine at the time, not even a drop of which is suppposed to touch the tongue of a Buddhist. "Hello, brother," Tanzan greeted him. "Won't you have a drink?" "I never drink!" exclaimed Unsho solemnly. "One who does not drink is not even human," said Tanzan. "Do you mean to call me inhuman just because I do not indulge in intoxicating liquids!" exclaimed Unsho in anger. "Then if I am not human, what am I?" "A Buddha," answered Tanzan.
The Buddha was asked: -To what extent can a person be a speaker of the way? He answered: -If a person teaches the way in order to transcend the tyranny of the material things and to teach how to transcend feelings, perceptions, impulses, and consciousness - teaching nonattachments with regard to these - then that person can be called a speaker of the way. If he is himself trying to transcend the pull of the material world and feel nonattachment toward it, then it is fitting to say he is living in accordance with the way. If he is liberated by this transcendance an nonattachment, then you can say he has found nirvana here and now.
Find a place where you are alone and train yourself in this way: When you breathe in, experience breathing in. When you breathe out, be fully conscious that you are breathing out. If you cherish and practice this, it will bear great fruit. Whatever you are doing and wherever you are, you will find steadiness, calm, and concentration if you become conscious of your breathing. From "Majjhima Nikaya" of the Buddha
When a monk was traveling on the road, he met an old woman, and asked: -I would like to know which way that leads to Chao-chou, would you please give me the direction? The old waman replied: -Just go straight, don't make any left turn or right turn. When the monk met Cha-chou, he said: On the road comming here, I met an old woman, it seemed that she understood Ch'an very well. Chao-chou said: -Let me see the old woman and test her for you. Chao-chou then went to see the old woman. When he met her, he asked: -I would like to know which way that leads to Chao-chou, would you please give me the direction? She replied: -Just go straight, don't make any left turn or right turn. When Chao-chou was back to his place, he said to the monk: -The old woman did not know at all. It was that Chao-chou stood right in front of her, wasn't it?
Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master. Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting. Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written to her, she said: "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."
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Today begins the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising that resulted in the exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama's annual address on the anniversary is online; here are some of the major points in the speech: He reiterated that if once the Tibet issue is resolved, he would take no political position in Tibet. His Holiness has said this many times, but it doesn't seem to get across to his critics. In one of the strongest paragraphs in the speech, His Holiness said that Buddhism in Tibet is in peril: Today, the Chinese authorities are conducting various political campaigns, including a campaign of patriotic re-education, in many monasteries in Tibet. They are putting the monks and nuns in prison-like conditions, depriving them the opportunity to study and practise in peace. These conditions make the monasteries function more like museums and are intended to deliberately annihilate Buddhism. Read more...51 Years of Exile originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 11:56:57.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Almost every time I blog about His Holiness the Dalai Lama I hear from someone who says His Holiness really is a dreadful person and that everything I write about him is a lie. This may be because I sometimes do depart from the Official Chinese Government Version of whatever happened. So, in the interest of fairness, today I will blog about an item taken from Xinhua (official Chinese government news agency) itself. According to Xinhua -- His Holiness simply cannot reincarnate any way he wants to. This is from Padma Choling, Chinese-appointed governor of the "Tibetan Autonomous Region": "There have been 14 Dalai Lamas... It is unreasonable to do whatever he wants (about reincarnation) when it comes to the 14th Dalai Lama. There's no way for him to do so," said Padma Choling, adding the 14th Dalai Lama himself was approved by the Nationalist Government, the then central regime of China. Read more...Bureaucracy of Rebirth originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 14:01:53.Permalink | Comment | Email this
The Panchen Lama and his family live in Tibet, according to the Chinese-appointed governor of the "Tibetan Autonomous Region." This is being reported in news media as "confirmation" that Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the boy recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the Panchen Lama in 1995, is still alive. However, I am skeptical. Gillian Wong reports what the governor said for the Associated Press: "As far as I know, his family and he are now living a very good life in Tibet," Padma Choling said at a news conference on the sidelines of China's annual legislative session. "He and his family are reluctant to be disturbed, they want to live an ordinary life." To me, this is not a firm confirmation. Padma Choling sounds as if he is passing on a rumor, not presenting actual knowledge. Read more...China Says Real Panchen Lama Is Alive in Tibet originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 09:12:19.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Occasionally people comment that they visited a dharma center -- or were reading Buddhist blogs -- and were disappointed that Buddhists were not perfectly agreeable and free of conflict. I've also heard people say they won't work with a teacher because even highly regarded teachers have been caught being less than perfect -- drinking too much, having affairs, etc. To the first complaint, I'd say -- get real. Nobody achieves perfection of character by walking through a door. People go into practice dragging all of their pain and fear and anger and issues with them. Why should that be less true for others than for you? If you are looking for a happy place where everyone else has achieved Perfection of Niceness and charitably overlooks how screwed up you are, you will be looking for a long time. On the other hand, when you're open to helping other people with their pain and fear and anger and issues, a dharma center might be just the place for you. Read more...Nobody's Perfect / Everybody's Perfect originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 15:39:45.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Bitterroot, a blogger at Bitterroot Badger's Bozeman Buddhist Blog, has two recent posts on monasticism in the West. These are "Western Monastic Life Part I: Off the Bleachers, Into the Game" and "Western Monasticism II: Important? Useless? Or Both?" The question considered in these posts is "How important is the monastic path for Western Buddhism?" The answer to this question might vary by tradition. The Nichiren-based lay organization Soka Gakkai International (SGI) seems to be thriving without ordained clergy of any sort, for example. For other traditions, however, monasticism has served as the container in which the dharma was carried forward through the centuries. So, big part of establishing Buddhism in the West involves finding a place for monasticism in Western life. And this, to put it mildly, is swimming against the tide. As Bitterroot points out in the second post, long-established Catholic monastic traditions are having a hard time of it also. In the West, nuns and monks ain't gettin' no respect. Read more...Buddhist Monasticism in the West originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 11:35:40.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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