Soto Zen Practice at Europe

[Guest]

Hi

I share this one.

Jundo said at Zazenkai,I will go to Europe...

Umm.

I just invite to go from official Soto sect.

But I need to do lots of roles of here in Japan.

I feel air and sit Zazen at there.


Please wait Europe : )

Kakunen
Nine bows
Sat today
Gassho

[Kokuu]

Hi Kakunen

We look forward to receiving you when you are ready!

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Kakunen]

Hi

Head Monk Nakagawa at video.

I practiced at Zen temple at Myotoku-ji.

Head monk Furusaka who is teacher at Eihei-ji(1st temple) and teached at Fumon-ji.
And I met Monk Nakagawa at Myotoku-ji.

I feel our big Sangha is one

Gassho
Sat today
Kakunen

[Washin]

Hi Kakunen,
Thank you for the video which I was searching for.
And you're most welcome to Europe when feeling up to!

Gassho
Washin
sattoday

[Jundo]

Lovely!

Let me also take this opportunity to introduce some of Nishijima Roshi's other Dharma Kids in Europe. Many actually are kind of rebels who broke off from the Deshimaru Lineage when they felt it was becoming a bit too formal and churchy in its connection to Soto-shu, so they tend to be rather independent types. Like here. There are other good folks among Nishijima's students whom i don't know so well, but the following are well worth a visit if you ever are nearby.

in France ...

Jiun Éric Rommeluère is the founder of Un Zen Occidental in Paris, He is a great modernizer:

http://www.zen-occidental.net/enseignant.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpZ8ELarLas

Lyon has Jean-Marc Bazy, a great fellow ...

http://dogensangha.fr/index/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoHIC6XgK0Y&t=346s

My good friend Fr. Gustav Ericsson is also a priest in the Lutheran Church of Sweden. He visited Treeleaf Japan a couple of times ...

https://youtu.be/K-5bFTHsBBo

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Christian-Journey-Zen-Gustav-Ericsson/dp/1503226786

Yudo Seggelke is in Germany ...

http://yudoseggelke.de/

... as is Gabriele Linnneback in Dresden, who translated Shobogenzo into German with Nishijima Roshi ...

http://zen-dojo-dresden.de/lehrerin.html

Dagmar Doko Waskoenig is in Germany and Austria, and is a very interesting teacher who is very serious about the Vinaya, and became a full Vinaya nun ...

https://www.shobogendo.de/meditation/#meister

Here appears to be a TV profile about her and her Sangha ... she has such graceful movements and form ...

https://vimeo.com/66577611

I will think of more. They are very spread around, such as this group in Spain connected to Yudo i believe.

https://youtu.be/31HxlFIFde8

Of course, there is Taigu and his students at the Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage ....

https://www.facebook.com/bluemountainhermitage/

Gassho, J

STLah

[Geika]

We are a big family. And I'm proud to see that we are a little on the feisty side.

Gassho

Sat today, lah

[Meishin]

We are about to be in the Czech Republic and in Hungary. Anybody home there?

Gassho
Meishin
Stlah

[Kakunen]

Good morning from Japan.

I will keep on practicing in Japan for few month.

Antai-ji where I practiced at there,also and maybe lots of monk
and Sanzen-sha(参禅者）practice now.

I don't know what will happen in future.
I need to take breakfast right now : )

Gassho
Sat today
Kakunen

[Jundo]

We are about to be in the Czech Republic and in Hungary. Anybody home there?

Gassho
Meishin
Stlah

There is a group related to Nishijima Roshi in Czech, but I do not know them ...

https://www.dogenzen.net/

Gassho, J

STLah

[Meishin]

There is a group related to Nishijima Roshi in Czech, but I do not know them ...

https://www.dogenzen.net/

Gassho, J

STLah

Thank you, Jundo

Gassho
Meishin
Stlah

[Souchi]

Thanks for sharing this, Kakunen. You are very welcome over here in Europe

Gassho
Souchi

SatToday

[Shonin Risa Bear]

We are about to be in the Czech Republic and in Hungary. Anybody home there?

Gassho
Meishin
Stlah

In Hungary Wikipedia knows of six Zen sanghas, and of course Gabor Terebess lives there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Hungary

gassho
doyu sat today and lent a hand

[Meishin]

In Hungary Wikipedia knows of six Zen sanghas, and of course Gabor Terebess lives there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Hungary

gassho
doyu sat today and lent a hand

Thank you, Doyu.

Gassho
Meishin
Stlah

[Kakunen]

Soto Zen Practice at Europe

禅の種をまく

動画を共有します。私はここでは唯一の日本人ですか？

もう少しこの禅のきっかけを作った日本と日本人を尊敬してみてはどうですか？

合掌
九拝
廓然

[Jundo]

Hi Kakunen,

You say ...

Sowing the seeds of Zen

Am I the only Japanese person here?

How about respecting Japan and the Japanese who created the trigger for this a little more?

You may be the only Japanese member right now. Folks in Japan have plenty of opportunity to engage in Zen in Japanese language, online and offline.

Actually, Zen came from India and China, Korea and Japan, then moved on to the Americas, Europe and other places. In fact, Zen comes from the universe and Big Bang and maybe beyond that!

However, we do respect and honor Japanese Zen and Japanese culture! So much of what we do comes from and honors Japanese traditions, such as Oryoki and Master Dogen. It is interesting, because sometimes people criticize our Sangha for being TOO Japanese! Some Zen groups, like many of the Deshimaru Lineage groups in Japan, are trying to be very very Japanese (I sometimes say "more Japanese than the Japanese"), and that is good for them! All good.

Maybe it is like pizza. Japanese people now eat interesting pizza that looks and tastes like this, without consulting either Italians or Americans. However, it is very delicious to Japanese people (and to many non-Japanese too) and nutritious, so that is enough.



More here ...

https://gurunavi.com/en/japanfoodie/2016/08/13-Unusual-Japanese-Pizza-Toppings.html?__ngt__=TT0f6d61757005ac1e4ae071XFKNB-6n1KLv-OiXBxndlL

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

translation:

あなたは今唯一の日本人メンバーかもしれません。日本の人々は、オンラインでもオフラインでも、日本語で禅 に接触する機会がたくさんあります。

実際、禪はインドと中国、韓国と日本から来て、それからアメリカ、ヨーロッパと他の場所に移動しました。実 際、Zenは宇宙とビッグバンから来ています。その前かもしれません。

しかし、私たちは日本の禅と日本の文化を尊重し、尊重します！私たちがしていることの大部分は、應量器や道 元禅師などの日本の伝統に由来し、尊重されています。面白いのは、時には人々が私たちのサンガをあまりにも 日本風だと非難するからです！多くのDeshimaru 系統グループのように、いくつかのZenグループはとても日本風にしようとしています（私は「日本人より日 本人」と言うことがあります）。すべて良いです。

たぶんそれはピザのようです。日本人は今、イタリア人やアメリカ人のどちらにも相談することなく、このよう な外観と味の興味深いピザを食べます。しかし、それは日本人にとって非常に美味しく（そして多くの外国人に とっても）栄養価が高いので、それで十分です。