This is the time we wish each other a Happy New Year. Fortunately, like tomorrow, it never comes and few of us realise the implications the concept of time and its categorisation has on our wellbeing. Since there is no past, no present (we can’t stop time even for a nanosecond) and of course no future, time is a […]
Roselyn Stone Roshi, Winding Road, Straight Path 26.1.2022 Cecilie M Lander Happy Australia Day 2022! Roselyn loved Australia and would love the Australia day celebratory lunch! My task today is to share something of the essence of our own woman Zen Teacher Roselyn Stone Roshi – Sei’un An. (RS) If only it were as easy as […]
The development of koans in Chan Buddhism and their adoption in Japan and Western modernity. A historical survey of koan development
The relationship between the Zen process of awakening, as taught and practiced in the Sanbō-Zen lineage, and the threefold training principles of the Eightfold Path: a review of contemporary practices and teaching materials. A master thesis presented by Arno Hess to the Faculty of Applied Buddhist Studies at the Nan Tien Institute in Wollongong NSW […]
Sanbō Zen lineage and history, compiled by Henry Shukman and Joan Rieck
Sesshin, (literally “touching the heart-mind”) is an intensive Zen retreat that is structured to guide us in the pursuit of finding our true-self, which is another expression for liberation or breaking through the barrier of dualism. To this end, a sesshin consolidates all Zen-practices for this purpose and provides the support structure that is required for […]
