Zen Meditation Center – Honora Zen Monastery – Zen Master – Retreat – Switzerland
Grüezi and welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. A place for zen meditation, retreat and meditation week in silence and emptiness. So that we can re-examine life and death wholeheartedly. This is how we achieve a truly meaningful and responsible life and rediscover the logos.
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Life and death are the great matter. Be watchful of your time. All is impermanent and passes swiftly away. Time waits for no one. The Great Way is gate-less, approached in a thousand ways. Once past this checkpoint you stride through the universe. The Phoenix must die before it can be reborn. Dear Son, dearest Daughter; it is not the path of comfort, but the path of sacrifice. The Father does not want words, but deeds and evidence.
Our family tradition is simple to find the '"Church in one's mind and God in one's Self"; a traditional teaching of self-cultivation; long forgotten by many in the East and long lost in the West. Strengthen me to choose what I would like to have chosen at the hour of my death. Father of consciousness, in your name, I want to consider what to do and what not to do. Before you I want to make up my mind, and with your mighty help I want to accomplish what I have decided to do.
The Logos
Meditation Stay
Welcome to your meditation stay. For a few months, weeks or days, the Honora Zen Monastery is a place of emptiness and silence where the true self is contemplated through Zen meditation. Here you will find more information...
Meditation Retreat
Every first week of the month the meditation zen retreat takes place in the Honora Zen Monastery. The retreat begins on the first Friday of the month at 3 p.m. and ends on the following Thursday at 3 p.m. Life in the Zen monastery is physically and mentally very challenging. Here you will find more information...
Mountainweek
Welcome to the mountainweek. Seven days count like one! To commemorate the enlightenment of the saints and wise men, the mountain week takes place twice a year. During this week we will not lie down and devote all activities to meditation. The meditation retreat begins on Friday at 3 p.m. and ends on the following Thursday at 3 p.m. Here you will find more information...
Meditation at the Cemetery
Twice a year (spring and autumn) the public meditation takes place in the cemetery. The cemetery offers an impressive contrast between living and dying to meditate on the true self.
Life Coach
Understanding our role in the world means recognizing the attainment of wisdom as our goal and setting out to achieve it. Father Reding is available for your counseling.
Ceremonies
Ceremonies mark an important phase of life or an event so that one can consciously take on new responsibility with the change. Baptism (Welcome Feast), Coming of Age, Parenthood, Wedding, Benediction, Midlife, Renewal Marriage Vows Ceremony and Funeral.
Online Talk
Welcome to Father Reding's Online Talk. The early bird catches the worm.
Pilgrimage
The two-day Zen pilgrimage in Switzerland takes place twice a year (spring and autumn). Step by step towards the goal.
Almsround
The almsround is an important part of Honora Zen Monastery's upkeep and sharing with the community. Not everyone has the determination to completely sacrifice their life and death in search of wisdom and truth, so this is a great opportunity to say thank you to the monks and nuns for their endeavours.
Dear Honora Zen Monastery,
I wanted to thank you for the Zen retreat from last week! At the beginning I had no idea what to expect, which was the whole point. Therefore I'm happy that even if I asked what's next, you just responded: "step by step". Furthermore, I'm not used to waking up at 4am, but it's incredible how you get used to things. The hike in the snow was challenging, but I am proud I made it. Now I understand what you said about physical exhaustion helping to meditate better and be more in tune with yourself. Stacking the wood was also a long process but satisfying after seeing the result.
The exceptional experience of this meditation week also has a lot to do with your entire engagement, from the 1-1 talk we had the first night and all the different discussions on the hikes, plus during the break.
Please keep doing what you are doing; it brings so much to the people who are willing to do the work to understand themselves better. Learn to accept the inevitable and be conscious of our own death. I remember we talked about the different phases of life, which really spoke to me. The Phoenix has to die; die thoroughly and to the core to be reborn in something new and powerful. The dying process can be excruciating by letting go of the old self, but it's the only path to enlightenment of the new life phase.
So now I'm back to the "normal" life, but I will not forget this experience.
All the best,
Nicolas
Dear Father Reding,
I would like to thank you and your family once more for letting me experience the intensive meditation week. A lot was new to me, and it was all the more important that I had to / was able to leave my comfort zone.
Unfortunately, nowadays a lot of people give up all too often and much too early, but it's always worth fighting and persevering. You went through and experienced this yourself in the Honora Zen monastery, but never gave up.
I think your attitude towards the family is brilliant, although today unfortunately we almost only see the opposite.
Thank you very much for your guidance.
Stefan
