Benedictine Monastery Einsiedeln – Mary, our Mother – Black Madonna
Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery and is famous for the Black Madonna. The abbey is the largest pilgrimage site in Switzerland …
Meditation and Zen Retreat Weekend for the whole Family – Swiss Mountains
Welcome to the Zen weekend in Graubünden. The Berghaus Schwänzelegg in Grüsch-Danusa offers a meditation weekend for the whole family. Zen Master …
Zen in the Mountains – Berghaus Schwänzelegg – Meditation Retreat in Grüsch-Danusa
Welcome to the Zen meditation weekend at the Berghaus Schwänzelegg in Grüsch-Danusa Switzerland. Friday 18:30 Arrival 19:15 (Meditation 3x 45min) 22:00 …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 1 – The Great Promise
Verse – The Great Promise And he said, “Whoever finds the interpretation of these words will not taste death.” Comment Anyone who …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Cookies of Zen – Case 1 – Zen Master Yun-Men’s Mount Sumeru
The Case A disciple asked Venerable Master Yun-Men, “When this student did not raise any thought, was there sin or not?” Zen …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Hekiganroku – Case No. 1 – Emperor Wu Asks Bodhidharma
The Case Emperor Wu of Liang asked Bodhidharma, “What is the first principle of the holy teachings?” Bodhidharma said, “Emptiness, no holiness.” …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 1 – Zen Master Joshu’s Dog
Case A monk asked Joshu, “Has a dog the Self-Nature or not?” Joshu answered, “Mu.” Mumons Comment In order to master Zen, …
Monk Chant – Chanting – Oral Tradition – Such a blessing comes to me from God’s love!
During the monastic training, chanting (monk singing) is an important part in order to pass on the teachings according to oral tradition …
Swiss Zen Monk – Vows of Saints and Sages – Brother and Father for Society!
The Zen monk ‘s vows are expressions and reinforcements and motivate the daily practice of compassion and wisdom, for the practical implementation …
Jesuit – Father Lassalle – Zen Meditation for Christians – Zazen as a modern “Cloud of Not-Knowing”
Zen master Father Reding talks about Jesuit Father Lassalle – Zen meditation for Christians – Zazen as a modern “cloud of not-knowing” …
The Song of the Phoenix – Give us wisdom, give us courage to stand up for the truth and see the need around us!
The Song of the Phoenix are songs about the Holy Spirit. Give us wisdom, give us courage for the fears, for the …
Small steps bring about big changes – Persistent practice and small steps lead to big changes.
What do the Zen path and solution focus have in common? A search for clues leads to a surprising number of similarities …
Time Out – Meditation – Since you can clearly see the path, you should make a firm decision to move forward quickly!
Welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The monthly meditation week offers you a break, time out meditation and peace. Contemplation …
The journey into silence is not a silent journey – meditation and death – The journey into silence begins and ends with the true self!
Every journey into silence begins where it is loudest and darkest. The whole world is burning, where do you want to hide? …
Welcome to the Open Day 2023 at the Honora Zen Monastery in Reichenburg – Switzerland
Welcome to the Open Day 2023 at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Once a year, the Zen monastery opens the temple …
Family – Husband – Father – Truth and Love
Father Reding from the zen monastery talks about family, husband and to become a father. It should be guided by your wisdom …
Manpukuji Obaku Zen School – Uji – Japan – Through the gateless Gate, you have to go!
An ancient Zen Buddhist temple called Wanfu Temple is located on Mount Huangbo in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Its abbot Yinyuan Longqi, …
Rinshoin Zen Temple – Japan – Zen Meditation in the middle of the great city of Tokyo
Rinshoin is a large and historically significant Rinzai Zen temple in the heart of Tokyo, right next to Tokyo University and not …
Koutokuji Zen Temple – Japan – Tokyo – Graveyards of the Samurai
Koutokuji Temple belongs to the Daitokuji Zen Lineage. Gengoro Ota, the third son of Ujimasa Hojo, the head of the Hojo clan …
Enshoin Zen Temple – Tokyo – Japan
Enshoin Zen Temple belongs to the Daitokuji Zen lineage and is located in the city of Nerima in Tokyo, Japan. Abbot Tenchu …
Seikenji Zen Temple – Kyoto – Japan – Sokan Osho
Seikenji Temple was built in the Koei Era (about 650 years ago) during the Northern and Southern Judgment Periods (about 650 years …
Empukuji Zen Monastery – Kyoto – Japan – Cave of Bodhidharma
Empukuji Zen Monastery belongs to the Rinzai Zen School in Japan. Myoshinji is the mother monastery. A statue of Bodhidharma, said to …
Hogonji Zen Temple – Japan – Osaka – Zen Master Koutoku
Zen Master Noritake Koutoku is the Abbot of Hogonji (宝厳寺) Zen Temple in Osaka, Japan. Every Sunday he offers Zen meditation and …
Korea – Gaesimsa Zen Temple – Hidden in the Korean mountains, the Seon monks investigate life and death!
Gaesimsa is a Seon Temple of Korean Zen Buddhism. Located in a dense forest in Mount Sangwangsan and 6 kilometers from Haemi-myeon. …
Sudeoksa Zen Temple – Southkorea – The whole world is a single flower!
Sudeoksa is a main Zen temple of Korean Zen Buddhism. It is located on the southern slopes of Mount Deoksungsan in Deoksan-myeon …
Dongsa – Korea – Zen Temple of the Zen Patriarchs of Korea
The year of establishment of Dongsa Temple is not clear, but the records inform that it was not destroyed even during the …
Swiss Television RSI – La 25esima Ora – Every city has its secrets and the best time to tell them is at night.
The Swiss television RSI accompanies Zen Master Father Reding in meditation in the Sihlfeld Cemetery in the city of Zurich. Every city …
Guided Meditation – It should be guided by your wisdom which tells you about the Logos and the Truth – The Will of the Father
Guided Meditation – Father Reding from the zen monastery talks about meditation. It should be guided by your wisdom which tells you …
Sleep Meditation – A meaningful Day gives a good Sleep – Introduction into Zen Meditation
Sleep Meditation – Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland talks about sleep and meditation. But what about Father and …
Baptism – Naming – Welcome party and Blessing for the Child
The baptism, naming, welcome party and blessing of the child with Father Reding from Honora Zen Monastery. To be baptized means to …
Zen Patriarch – Zen Master – Father Reding – Hear with your eyes and see with your ears!
Zen Patriarch in Switzerland, Father Reding welcomes you. As the founder of the Zen Order in Switzerland, he presides over the Honora …
Zen Master – Father Reding – Switzerland – Japan – Korea – Founder of the Zen Order in Switzerland
Zen Master Father Reding welcomes you to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Now that the journey of my life is over …
A call to Repentance and Renewal – The insatiable struggle and pursuit of sensual pleasure and that life turned away from God!
A call to repentance and renewal – From my great-grandmother’s prayer book (1900) from Einsiedeln. The 90-year-old father of Christianity (Pope Leo) …
The Godless – Prayer Against the Wicked – Grant us such a light of faith that we may see the snares of the ungodly!
The Godless – The Wicked – Prayer for the Oppressed Holy Church. From the prayer book of my great-grandmother (1900) from Einsiedeln. …
A call to salvation of the soul – One must likewise rouse the slackened spirits from their spiritual slumber
A call to save the soul – from the prayer book of my great-grandmother from Einsiedeln (January 10, 1900). The 90-year-old father …
The Lord’s Prayer – Without God, our life is meaningless and aimless – Without him, everyone fights against everyone else
The Lord’s Prayer from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Always has been, and always will be. NB: Men and women …
Your Marriage and Family – The holier the marriage and family, the holier and sane the people
Your marriage and family from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Always has been, and always will be. Marriage has a …
No human spirit likes to fathom the great mystery of The Holy Mass – Above all, God has given us the gifts of the Spirit
The Holy Mass from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). No human spirit likes to fathom the great mystery of the …
Introduction – Men in Prayer – Whoever thinks correctly, the intellect will surely lead him to God
Introduction: Men in Prayer – Whoever thinks correctly, the intellect will lead him to God. But every man knows that this relationship …
The Divine Virtues: Masculine Strong Faith – Unshakeable Hope – Enthusiastic Love
The divine virtues from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). The three great virtues must dwell in us; A manly strong …
The Grace – Meal Prayer – O God, praise and thanks be to you for food and drink for all good things
The Grace from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Before Meal O God from whom we have everything We praise you …
The Morning Prayer – The days bury your life, the hours are its gravediggers – Every day is a task that needs to be solved correctly
The morning prayer from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Every day of life is a task that needs to be …
Are you a Buddhist or a Christian? – The confused Mind is going on forever
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Are you a Buddhist or a Christian? This question …
Way of St James – Benedictine Abbey Einsiedeln – Place of Pilgrimage – Switzerland
On the second day, the pilgrimage route leads from the Honora Zen monastery in Reichenburg over the Linth plain via the forest …
Pilgrimage – Autumn – Hiking, Meditation and Prayer – Switzerland
The Zen pilgrimage takes place twice a year (spring & autumn). The first day begins at the pilgrimage site of Einsiedeln on …
Adventure – Pick your Adventure wisely because you will not survive it
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Adventure – Pick your Adventure wisely because you will …
Truth and Religion – The Ocean of Wisdom – Self-Nature and Meditation
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Truth and Religion – Has nothing to do with …
Zen Meditation – The Journey into Silence is not silent
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Zen Meditation – The Journey into silence is not …
What is zen meditation? – Transcending opposites is one of its most important tasks!
What is zen meditation? The winter zen meditation retreat ends today. The zen master begins the ritual. His voice is crisp and …
Mysticism in the Monastery – The Way to Liberation – Meditation Hall – People should ask questions about their own existence!
The winter retreat (100 Days) will end tomorrow. Spring is just around the corner. It is a warm and sunny afternoon. I …
Loneliness – The Life of a Zen Monk – The importance of loneliness. A story from the zen monastery!
The importance of loneliness. A story from the zen monastery. Whether they want to or not, zen monks live apart from their …
Resolution and Commitment – Zen Meditation means to sacrifice yourself completely!
In meditation I have to review the year just passed. Humans are different than animals not just because they can assume an …
How to die properly – What we can learn from the monks! Fathers and Grandfathers show us how to die!
An old story from the zen monastery on how to die properly. A monk who suffered severely from tuberculosis prepared his back …
Zen Practice – Enlightenment can only be attained through the contemplation of God!
After sometime, differences in zen practice begin to appear among the zen monks. Zen monks live with their question to attain the …
Materialism vs Spirituality – Try to ignore your Body and you will fall into hell!
Can Enlightenment achieved only by self-mortification? Materialism vs Spirituality. I think about this a lot. There are a few zen monks who …
Repentance – The Desire to escape life and death through Enlightenment – Zen Meditation
Repentance Ceremony is also the time for the zen monks to shave the head. The junior monks offered the small bathroom to …
Karma and Fate – Consequences for Life – The will to overcome Suffering
The karma of zen monk. There are no blankets in the zen meditation hall. When sleeping the zen monks cover their feet …
Enlightenment – The spiritual Journey risking everything to gain true Life!
The members of this zen meditation retreat are diverse. Their ages range from sixteen to seventy comprising three generations. They represent all …
Zen Master – Honora Zen Monastery – When the truth is spoken, there is nothing to do but listen!
Once they were two zen monks on their way to a hermitage to visit an enlightened zen master. They were about 4 …
What is Zen? – Meditation and the Search for a meaningful Life and Death – A warning is given three times!
What is Zen? To sacrifice yourself to the good and the truth. Reexamine body and mind continuously and wholeheartedly. What is Zen? …
Hell Week – Life and Death Survial Meditation – The sleep dragon began to attack me. It is the first crisis of the first day!
Welcome to the hell week at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Twice a year we reexamine life and death without sleep. …
Great Faith – Great Doubt – Great Provocation
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Great Faith – Great Doubt – Great Provocation
Meditate into the Abyss of your own Self – Introduction to Zen Life
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland welcomes you to the online talk. Meditate into the Abyss of your own …
Flying Zen Masters – Switzerland
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. The flying zen masters from Switzerland. Ninja Style – …
Swiss National Day
Grüezi and welcome to the original and rustic Honora Zen monastery. We celebrate the August 1st celebration and celebrate the Swiss National …
Memorial Service – Swiss Alps – Grindelwald – Jungfraujoch
Farewell party and burial in Grindelwald: Abbot Reding from the Honora Zen Monastery, as the funeral speaker, organizes the farewell party according …
The Revolution – Eats its own Children alive – The deadly Sins
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Spiritual Revolution eats it own children alive. We are …
Commitment – Are you willing to die?
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland welcomes you to the online talk. Commitment: are you willing to die?
Abortion – Ending the life of an human
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. A sad story about abortion. Your body and mind …
Holy Mother Mary – The spiritual guide to motherhood
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Let us reexamine and find out why was the …
Pride – A deadly sinful Trap – Selfglorification
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Let us reexamine Pride. Why do we celebrate wrong …
Happy Birthday Father Reding
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery wishes you all a happy birthday.
Fathers and Mothers – Decline of the Family – Civil War between Men and Women!
Dear Fathers, dear Mothers, As a young man I went into the dark forest. Far, far from home. With my teachers and …
Father Reding – Fatherless Society and Single Mothers – Decline of Society
Father Reding from the Honora zen monastery talks about the fatherless society and single mothers. Fathers and mothers are not equal before …
Meditation and Hiking – Honora Zen Monastery – Pilgrimage – Switzerland
Meditation and hiking on the two-day pilgrimage at Honora Zen Monastery. Einsiedeln – Honora Zen Monastery The drizzle greeted us in the …
Nihilism and Eternalism – The Deadly Traps of Zen Meditation in the West!
There are many people who, after persevering in their practice for a while, do not feel that they are progressing. They then …
Farewell Ceremony – Memorial Service – Zurich
Farewell Ceremony and Funeral service in Zurich: Abbot Reding from the Honora Zen Monastery, as the funeral speaker, arranges the farewell service …
Mindfulness – Meditation – Self-Consciousness – Psychological Marxists
Without goal and telos, all mindfulness in the world is useless. You can sit there for hours, even years, and “meditate” aimlessly. …
Zen Priest – Zen Monk – Abbot Reding – Switzerland
Zen Priest Abbot Reding (Zen Monk) welcomes you to Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Zen priest As a Zen priest, I can …
Phoenix – Zen Meditation – Retreat
Welcome to Honora Zen Monastery. The Phoenix Zen Meditation Retreat takes place once a month. One must die before you can rise …
Order – Life Crisis – Rebirth into the new Responsibility!
Welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The monthly meditation week offers you peace to get out of the life crisis. …
City of Zurich – Funeral Service – Memorial Service
City of Zurich Funeral Memorial Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery organizes the funeral service according to your wishes.
Zug – Funeral Service – Memorial Service
Zug Funeral Memorial Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery organizes the funeral service according to your wishes.
Tenzo – Christmas Roast
Abbot Reding (Zen monk) from the Honora Zen monastery in Switzerland, as the monastery cook (Jap. Tenzo 典座), prepares the Christmas roast …
Memorial Service – Switzerland – Funeral Ceremony
Abbot Reding (zen monk) from the Honora zen monastery, organizes the memorial service according to your wishes.
Sakura – Hanami – Cherry Blossom Meditation – Switzerland
Winter is slowly gone and we enjoy the blooming of the cherry blossoms (sakura). Meditation – Sakura – Hanami Welcome to the …
LGBTQ – Children of Our Time – Believers by Sigmund Freud – A Symptom of Our Culture
What happened? A symptom of our time – LGBTQ – Our children and their ideas. A little analysis of our time. One …
Newsletter 2022 Spring
Newsletter 2022 Spring
City of Zurich – Zen Meditation
City of Zurich – Zen Meditation
City of Basel – Zen Meditation
City of Basel – Zen Meditation
Welcome to the monastic training at the rustic Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. To become a monk means to sacrifice one owns life and death. → 22. March 2022
Dharma – Zen Master Myo Vong – Korean Zen Patriarch
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. We talk about Zen Master Myo …
Roshi – Zen Master – Father Reding – Meditation Center – You discover that there is a possibility!
Roshi (jap. Zen Master) Father Reding welcomes you to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Trained in Japan and Korea, he founded …
Dharma Online Talk – Easy Meditation – Try to think nothing at all
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Easy meditation? What is difficult meditation?
Compassion is not Pity – Factual Error – The truth that appears at the moment of death is lost in fear and terror!
Compassion. More compassion, then all problems would be solved! But it is often confused with pity, for compassion, like the true self, …
Mystics & Agnostics – After all, dragons live among snakes! Remember!
Mystics and agnostics continually examine the true self. With great faith, great doubt and great provocation. Contemplation – Mystics This old …
Zen Leadership – Meditation – Week – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland
Welcome to the Leadership Meditation Week for Executives. Accustomed to taking responsibility and going to the limits of what is possible, the …
Dharma Online Talk – Gingerbread House – You will be eaten alive
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Gingerbread House
Swiss Alphorn Meditation
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Swiss Alphorn Meditation.
Skiing Zen Master – Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Skiing Zen Master in Switzerland.
Master of Ceremonies – MC
Master of Ceremonies (MC) Abbot Reding (zen monk) guides you through the ceremony. Ceremony – Master of Ceremonies The ceremony with abbot …
Dharma Talk – Self Control and Discipline – Self Master
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Self-Control and Discipline
Meditation Center – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland
The Honora Zen Monastery is a rustic and small meditation center in Switzerland. Here you can find more information and register for …
Dharma Talk – Your Wedding Speaker for your Ceremony
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Wedding Speaker
Dharma Talk – Funeral Orator – Funeral Service Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Funeral Orator
Dharma Talk – Prayer – Meditation – Spiritual Guidance
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Prayer
Dharma Talk – The Unknown has to be conquered
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The Unknown
Dharma – Attachment – Meditation – Logos
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Attachment
Dharma – Betrayal is so grave because you do not trust yourself anymore
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Betrayal
Dharma Talk – Running around like a Beheaded Chicken
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Beheaded Chicken
Dharma – Chaos Monkey – Adventure
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Chaos Monkey
Dharma – Beauty and Art
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Beauty and Art
Dharma Talk – Extreme Meditation – Meaningful Life and Death
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Extreme Meditation
Dharma – Rohatsu Sesshin – Intensive Zen Meditation – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Rohatsu Sesshin
Dharma – Logos – The living Word
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Logos
Dharma – Guest and Host – Rolemodel
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Guest and Host
Dharma – Zen Meditation – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Zen Meditation
Dharma – Take the highest Responsibility for your own life and death
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Responsibility
Dharma – Buddhism and Christianity – From the Origin of Jesus
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Buddhism and Christianity
Dharma – All Saints Day
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. All saints day
Dharma – Real Compassion is not Pity
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Compassion
Dharma – Old Fox is reborn again and again
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The old fox
Dharma – Don’t be a Hero but sail into the storm
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Don’t be a Hero
Dharma – Your future Self is important
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Your future Self
Dharma – Judgement Day is already here
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Judgement Day
Dharma – Life is Suffering so pick your adventure right
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Life is suffering
Dharma – Mother and Father – Responsibility and the Unity of Parents
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Mother and Father
Dharma – Graveyard
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Graveyard
Dharma – Cemetery
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Meditation at the cemetery
Dharma – Listen with your Eyes and speak with your body
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Listen with your eyes
Dharma – Marketplace Meditation
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Marketplace
Dharma – Resilience Meditation and Training
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Resilience
Dharma – The monks are trained Swordsmen and Practitioner
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Swordsmen
Dharma – Chanting – Oral Tradition of the Monks
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Chanting
Dharma – Emptiness is not Nihilism – Stupidity
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Emptiness
Dharma – Owner of your House – Meditation
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Owner of your House
Dharma – Spirit of the Parents – Guidance into a meaningful Life
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Spirit of the parents
Dharma – Contemplation is Meditation with Body and Mind
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation
Dharma – Wheel of Causality (Karma) – In it, but not bound by the World
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Wheel of causality
Dharma – Victimhood – A sinful trap and weak excuse
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Victimhood
Dharma – Survival of the Fittest or the Weakest?
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Survival of the fittest
Dharma – Pilgrimage and Zen Meditation
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Pilgrimage
Dharma – Troublemaker – Adventurer
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Troublemaker
Dharma – Giving Birth – How we give birth, so we will die!
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Giving Birth
Dharma – Merry Christmas
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Merry Christmas
Dharma – The Rarest Thing in the World
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The rarest thing in the world
Dharma – Meditate to gain Wisdom, do not to sit down and stop thinking
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Wisdom
Dharma – Real Girls like Brickstones
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Real girls like brickstones
Dharma – Hermit Monk in Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Hermit
Dharma – Santa Clause is coming to town
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Santa Clause
Dharma – Christmas
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Christmas
Dharma – Barista Coffee Meditation
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Barista Coffee Meditation
Dharma – Zen Meditation and Meaningful Life
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Meditation
Dharma – Walking Meditation – Kinhin
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Walking Meditation
Dharma – Honora Zen Monastery Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Zen Monastery Switzerland
Dharma – Warrior Monk – Switzerland
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Warrior Monk
Dharma – My Wife is the mother of my children
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the Dharma online talk of the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. My Wife
All is One – But where does the One go? This God, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible.
Everything is one. Everything is energy. All is the one spirit. Everything is Buddha, everything is God! But where does one go …
Confession – Life Counseling – To share the burden in private – Examine your life in a protected and trustful setting!
During confession you have the opportunity to examine your life in a protected and trustful setting with the abbot of the Honora …
Golden Calf – Idolatry – Decline of our Society
In Christianity or in Buddhism, the golden calf is universal. When society (and you) falls apart, everyone dances around the golden calf …
Mumonkan – Zen Hwadu – Koan Collection
Mumonkan is a Hwadu (koan) collection.
Hekiganroku – The Blue Cliff Record – Koan Collection
Hekiganroku Koan Hwadu Collection
Monastic Consecration – Ordination
Monastic Consecration, the Monk Ordination at the Zen Order in Switzerland.
Heart Sutra – Logos of the Heart – The essence of the sublime crossing to the other shore of wisdom.
The Heart Sutra is the essence of the sublime crossing to the other shore of wisdom. This is how I heard it: …
Meditation Week – July – If one’s mind is unattached, one becomes a saint!
Welcome to the July meditation zen retreat at the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – Meditation Retreat July If one’s …
Meditation Retreat – December – Reflect upon this question so intensely that you are like a starving man!
Welcome to the December meditation retreat at the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – December Meditation Retreat Ask yourself repeatedly, “What …
Meditation Week – November – No one ever comes to visit this place. It is the monk’s place!
Welcome to the zen meditation week in November at the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – Meditation Week – November In …
Meditation Week – October – Truth has nothing to do with knowing or not knowing. Drop the mind of wishing to be awakened!
Welcome to the meditation week in October at the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – Meditation October Truth has nothing …
Meditation Week – September – In what of my activities is the mind empty and tranquil as well as divinely self-gnostic?
Welcome to the meditation week in September at the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – Meditation Week – September In …
Hardcore Zen Week – August Meditation – Retreat – When one mind is confused follows to the six sense-realms!
Welcome to the hardcore zen meditation week in August at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland: the Mountain Week Hardcore – Contemplation …
Meditation Week – June – Go back to the listener and hear, too, of your nature of hearing!
Welcome to the meditation week in June at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – Meditation Week June There are …
7 Days – Meditation Retreat – May – When a good thought has arisen, it begets heaven!
Welcome to the 7 days meditation retreat in May at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation – Meditation Week When …
7 Days – Meditation Retreat – April – Wisdom is like the sun and intelligence is like the moon!
Welcome to the 7 days meditation retreat in April at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Although there is still some snow …
Meditation Retreat – March – If you don’t have faith, in future lives you will be eaten by tigers over and over again!
Welcome to the meditation retreat in march. Most of the time there is still some snow in the higher elevations, which makes …
Meditation Retreat – February – I have lost another day without realizing my Mind!
Welcome to the meditation retreat in February at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation One zen master began meditating from …
Meditation Week – January – Keep it before you by raising doubt and by questioning yourself!
A warm welcome to the meditation week in January at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Contemplation Let your examination and observation …
Eremita Zen Temple – Switzerland
Zen Master Father Reding founded the Eremita zen temple (est. 2015) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. A place for meditation, contemplation, monastic training and …
Zen Order of Switzerland
Zen Master Abbot Reding founded in 2014 the Insopor Zen Academy in Switzerland. The zen order of Switzerland preserves and carries on …
Yoga and Vipassana – Lost Sexuality and lost Motherhood – Back to Paganism
The religious vacuum drives many to yoga and vipassana practices. Since we no longer use and understand the body and mind in …
Swiss Warrior Monk – The Sword of Wisdom, which kills and gives life at the same moment!
As a warrior monk, one always lives on the battlefield of wisdom. The Logos is the sword that kills and at the …
Zen Order
The Honora zen monastery part of the Zen Order of Switzerland. Founded by Zen master Father Reding.
Father Marcel Reding – Memorial Service
Funeral Orator Father Marcel Reding is a Zen monk and abbot of the Honora Zen monastery in Reichenburg. Through his many years …
Zen Master – Patriarch – Switzerland – The Zen Master manifests the Logos and lives truly!
The Zen Master manifests the Logos and lives truly. Without these role models, I could never have imagined that such a life …
Funeral Service in the forest
Abbot Reding led the farewell ceremony in the woods around Wetzikon. The burial in the forest was carried out with a procession …
Funeral Service Switzerland
Your funeral orator Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery organizes the funeral service, sacred and spiritually according to your wishes.
Zen – Vita Innocentis – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland
Free from life and death. Out of the tyranny of the Zen monastery, through the desert of the marketplace and finally into …
Insopor Zen Academy News 2022 January – Exclusion of Alain M. Lafon – Exclusion of Monika Bieri
Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland Homepage and email from now on only on: zen-monastery.com info@zen-monastery.com Exclusion of Alain M. Lafon Dharma …
Professions and Classes – Teach me the courage to completely control myself and thus also my work!
The professions and classes from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). For a good Choice of Status You, oh god, know …
Prayer to the protector of our homeland – You give us the courage to strive in our profession and status for the benefit of our family and fellow human beings
The prayer to the protector of our homeland from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). You, O God, are the giver …
The Great Prayer of the Confederates – Let us pray to the praise and glory of the wisdom in which God was in creating all things
The great prayer of the Confederates from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Let us pray to God the Father and …
Peace Prayer to the Holy Father Brother Klaus – Saved the homeland from imminent destruction
Peace prayer to the Holy Father Brother Klaus from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Holy Brother Klaus, glory and honor …
Our Homeland – God, you have given us a glorious fatherland and have protected it up to now; continue to give him your blessings!
Our home from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). In addition to the first commandment, which my mother engraved in my …
Chan Buddhism – Bodhidharma a monk from India founded the Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
Bodhidharma a monk from India founded the Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism (5th century). Student: Is it possible to become Buddha without seeing …
Obaku Zen School – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland
Welcome to our family tradition. Zen master Ingen from China, visited Japan and founded Obaku-san Manpuku-ji (1661) in Kyoto, Japan. The beginning …
Soto Zen School – The Patriarch Zen Master Dogen (1200 – 1253) laid the foundation for today’s Soto Zen in Japan.
The Patriarch Zen Master Dogen (1200 – 1253) laid the foundation for today’s Soto Zen in Japan. Tired of idolatry in the …
Tibetan Buddhism – The Yogi Milarepa was a Tibetan Patriarch and was very influential!
The Yogi Milarepa (1040 – 1123) was a Tibetan patriarch and was very influential in Tibetan Buddhism today. I bow at the …
Saint Michael the Archangel – Shield us in battle; protect us against the wickedness and snares of the Evil Enemy
Saint Michael the Archangel from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Holy Archangel Michael, protect us in battle so that we …
Saint Joseph – Man of work and duty – You did not complain and grumble, but simply did your duty
Saint Joseph from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Prayer to Saint Joseph Saint Joseph, you are the man of work …
Funeral Orator Switzerland – Abbot Reding – Einsiedeln
Your funeral orator Abbot Reding organizes the farewell ceremony sacred and spiritually according to your wishes. Sacred and Spiritual Funeral We were …
The Holy Church – Protect the purity of hearts! Give everyone loyalty and strength to become good people!
The Holy Church from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Common Prayer Almighty Eternal God, Lord Heavenly Father! Look at our …
Monk Chanting – Oral Tradition – Until the invention of writing, the transfer of knowledge was passed on in oral tradition!
During the monastery training, chanting (monk singing) is an important part in order to pass on the teachings according to oral tradition …
Funeral Planning – Barbara Schärz
Barbara Schärz from Funeral Planning is there for you throughout Switzerland before, during and after a death. As a matter of course, …
The Holy Rosary – No one prays the Rosary for any length of time without getting better
The Holy Rosary from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). No one prays the rosary for any length of time without …
Thurgau – Funeral Service
Thurgau funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will gladly guide you through the funeral ceremony in the canton of …
Christmas
At Christmas, the celebration of family, love and the logos. We focus on the star on the tree, the good, that guides …
A visit in front of the Tabernacle – House of God – Many forget you and pass you by without realizing your love
A visit in front of the tabernacle from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! It …
Prayer to Christ the King – You have conquered death, conquered the kingdom of Satan and reserved the Last Judgment for yourself
Prayer to Christ the King from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Jesus Christ, King of kings and Ruler of all …
Sacred Heart of Jesus Litany – Unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus litany from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Lord have mercy on us Christ, have mercy on …
Our Mother – Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb
Our mother from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Holy spotless virgin! With what praise shall I praise you, I don’t …
Little Stations of the Cross – Open my eyes to the school of suffering, then I can deal with what stands in the way of my life
Little Stations of the Cross from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). At The Beginning My savior and redeemer, you want …
Wedding in Italy – Villa Mapelli Mozzi – Wedding Celebrant
As a wedding speaker and celebrant it was a honor to conduct the wedding Italy at the Villa Mapelli Mozzi. Location: Villa …
Entry of the Bride
The entry of the Bride marks the beginning of the wedding ceremony. As your wedding speaker, Abbot Reding from the Honora zen …
Family Name – Marriage
Which name should be the family name? Wedding Celebrant Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery from Switzerland welcomes you to reexamine …
Wedding Rings – Ritual – Responsibility – Freedom
What actually is the meaning of the wedding rings? The wedding rings symbolize a chain. One is chained to one another. With …
Nondenominational Funeral Ceremony – Switzerland
Often a nondenominational funeral or farewell ceremony in the church without a pastor is desired. But this is only possible with the …
The Holy Communion – The greatest thing that can be said of a man is that he loves God
Holy Communion from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Saint Paul warns very emphatically that everyone who wants to approach the …
Swiss Holy and Wise One – Niklaus von Flüe – The fear of God teaches how often the children become like their father
Brother Niklaus died on March 21, 1487. Around 1493 the Obwalden government gave the Bernese Magister Heinrich Wölflin commissioned the first official …
The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Rinzai
Zen Master Rinzai is a patriarch of Zen Buddhism. Compiled by Ma Fang Zen Master Rinzai (Linji) was trained by the master …
Gospel of Thomas – These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke!
The Gospel of Thomas. These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke, and that Didymos (the twin) Judas Thomas wrote …
The Holy Bible
The Bible. The logos. The old testament – The Bible The five books of Moses: The book of Genesis The book of …
The Meaning of Marriage – The Holy Sacrament – The highest path of family is not difficult, if you just stop choosing!
What does it mean to marry and enter into marriage? Marriage is a sacred covenant. One sacrifices one’s ignorance and voluntary blindness …
Mass for the Deceased – You make them wait for their salvation in the place of purification in their deserved punishment
Mass for the Deceased in Honor of the Bitter Passion of Jesus Christ from my grandfather’s Prayer Book (Men in Prayer). Prayer …
Mass on Sundays and Holidays – As it was in the beginning, so now and always and forever
Mass on Sundays and Holy Days from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). The priest kneels on the steps of the …
What is true Faith – Wisdom – Logos – Leap of Faith – Shin Jin Mei
In the Shin Jin Mei, Sosan studies the profound nature of the mind and transmits the essence of Zen: neither choosing realize …
Sexual Desire – Attachment – True Love – If you saw the self nature, sexual desire would already be void and serene!
Student: The layperson has a wife and children, so he can not yet cut out sexual desire. How can he become Buddha? …
Seung-Sahn Sunim – Founder of Kwan-eum Zen School in the U.S
Well known Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn Sunim [Haeng-Won], founder of Kwan-eum Zen School in the U.S., was once staying in the …
Church, What is a Church? – A holy and sacred place
Student: In the Sutra, building a church and carving holy images, burning incense, scattering flowers, burning everlasting candles, or having a ceremony …
What is proper Nourishment for the Mind? – I am just searching for the mind!
There are five different kinds of proper nourishment for the mind: The first, the enthusiastic one; Follow the right path, enjoy it …
What is true Prayer? – Meditation and Wisdom – Prayer means always being in accordance with the Truth!
‘Prayer’ means always being in accordance with the Truth. The essential meaning of the act of prayer can be understood by the …
Jesus and Buddha – The Origin of Religion is Self Awareness – The Discovery of the Will!
Was Jesus Christ a Boddhisattva or a Monk? Buddha, the World-honored One was born a prince, as the son of Suddhodana in …
The Lord’s Prayer – Pater Noster – It is a celebration and manifestation of the Logos!
The Lord’s Prayer, also called the Our Father and the Pater Noster, is a venerated christian prayer that, according to New Testament, …
Japanese Zen – Master Hakuin – They are all elite students from the far corners of the country.
Zen Master Hakuin is a patriarch of japanese Zen Buddhism. Zen Master Hakuin – A chat on a boat in the evening! …
Dying – What is your Original Face? True, profound Truth has never been created nor annihilated!
Living and dying. What is your original face? True, profound Truth has never been created nor annihilated. How often have we transformed …
Love – Responsibility – Sacrifice of the Ego – Foremost, one should introspect upon oneself with vigilant doubt!
For the seeker of truth and love preoccupied with Study, that which must principally be avoided is maintaining the idea that “I …
Korean Seon (Zen) – Zen Master Kyung Ho – Translated from Korean by Zen Master Myo Vong.
The text from korean seon Master Kyung Ho was originally translated from Korean by Zen Master Myo Vong. Korean Seon Korean Zen …
Zen Master Koan – Master Yunmens Koan – To provoke the “great doubt” and test his student’s progress in Zen practice.
The koan is a dialog between Zen Master Yunmen and his student, by which the master used his statement to provoke the …
The Holy Mass – The closer we come to this understanding, the more the light will shine for immeasurable love
The Holy Mass from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). No human spirit likes to fathom the great mystery of the …
Your Holy Confession – I would not have the courage to return on my own – The light shows the truth, even if it is bitter
Your Holy Confession from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Man’s greatest enemy is sin. It is more severe than the …
Your Holy Confirmation – Wisdom and Understanding, Counsel and Strength, Knowledge and Godliness and with the fear of God
Your Holy Confirmation from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Baptism has made you a child of God, bought by the …
Your Holy Baptism – Chasing away the darkness, daylight has enlightened your senses
Your Holy Baptism from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). There are times when human life means little. But it means …
The Evening Prayer – Sleep is like Death – With calm courage we think of our Death
The evening prayer from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). The day is coming to an end. As the farmer drives …
The Common Prayers – Pray for us, poor sinners, now and at the hour of our dying
The common prayers from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). The Sign Of The Cross In the name of the Father …
Prayer in Severe Temptation – For behold, your enemies are raging in me
The prayer in severe temptation from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Oh God, don’t be silent Don’t be still and …
Hell – Terrible torments await those who find themselves in these hells!
The area of hell: The realm is divided into two parts: the hot and the cold hells; these two forms of hell …
Animals and hungry Ghosts – The characteristic emotion of animals is ignorance.
The realm of animals: Animals are not able to reflect on their own situation and to free themselves sustainably from their respective …
Humans – Reincarnation – Enlightenment and Responsibility – Although subject to great suffering, the human world is the most favorable!
The realm of humans: Although subject to great suffering (birth, aging, illness, death, grief, separation), the human world is the most favorable …
Demigods – Demand Equality with the Gods – Jealousy and Resentment – The jealous demigods constantly quarrel with the gods!
The Realm of jealous Demigods: They are also called Titans. The jealous demigods constantly quarrel with the gods and try to take …
The spoiled Gods – Narrow Minded and Pride – They are not free from suffering and death and are still subject to suffering!
The form of existence as gods is not redemption. They too are not free from suffering and death and are still subject …
Hungry Ghost – Greedy, selfish people who have been cursed!
The hungry ghost is a man-eating ghost. Mostly it is the spirits of greedy, selfish people who have been cursed (after death) …
Trinity – Three Jewels – You should take refuge in the three treasures of the Self-Nature!
The ancient Patriarch said, “You should take refuge in the three treasures of the Self-Nature (Trinity).” What is God (the Buddha)? The …
The five hindrances obscure one’s true self and prevent one from introspection!
The five hindrances obscure one’s true self and prevent one from introspection. Sensual desire is opposed to renunciation. Sensual desire is the …
Three Poisons destroy one’s view of one’s own nature and one lives blindly and meaninglessly
The three poisons destroy one’s view of one’s own nature and one lives blindly and meaninglessly. Greed Hate Ignorance Contemplation – Three …
Noble Eightfold Path leads to the Original Self – Meditation
The noble eightfold path leads to the original face. Right Resolve or Intention: contemplation of impermanence, suffering, and non-Self Right Speech: no …
Four Noble Truths show the Way through the gateless Gate!
The four noble truths show the way through the gateless gate. Do not shoot the messenger! The First Noble Truth is …
Swiss Patriarchal Zen Lineage – Zen Tradition
Welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Where the swiss patriarchal zen lineage is reexamined and continued. Meditation – Logos – …
Funeral Speaker – Funeral Service Switzerland
Funeral speaker abbot Reding from the Honora zen monaster will gladly guide you through the funeral service in Switzerland. Contact us anytime.
Wedding Celebrant Switzerland
As your wedding celebrant in Switzerland, Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the wedding ceremony.
Wedding Speaker – Palazzo Gallio – Lake Como
Your wedding speaker Abbot Reding (Zen monk) will be happy to guide you through your wedding on Lake Como in the Palazzo …
Martial Arts – Meditation – Self Control – Learn to fight, that you don’t have to fight!
In the Zen monasteries, the martial arts were a very important part to protect the monasteries. The monasteries had their own police …
Fasting Retreat – Hypocrite Vegan in Self-Deception trapped in Self-Abuse
The monk who’s been a vegan and been eating only raw vegetables and uncooked grains declared that he would begin a solitary …
God – Without God, there is no individuality and everything is aimless and lost!
Without God, there is no individuality. What are we imitating? If we know what we’re imitating, then we know what kind of …
Equality of Outcome – Equality of Opportunity – Factual Error
Equality of outcome must be clearly distinguished from equal of opportunity. Often, however, we have a factual error. If I don’t understand …
Eating Meat – The war against our own flesh and Body
Why eating meat is important. Welcome to the rustic Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. We eat what is served. Contemplation – Eating …
Meaning of life – literally – We all have the logos (meaning of life), but are we using it properly?
What is the meaning of life? We all have the logos (meaning of life), but are we using it properly? The sword …
Zen Buddhism – Bodhidharma – The continuous study of the logos!
Bodhidharma was a monk who lived in China in the 5th or 6th century. His teaching and practice focused on Zen Meditation …
Meditation – Let the awakening and watching be perpetually alive and bright!
Zen is the gateless gate. Just awaken the mind and be alert. Turn your attention from the outside and radiate within. Let …
Personal Responsibility – Whether entering or exiting, whether coming or going, it is free and divine!
Personal responsibility is the most important issue to reexamine life and death. Even a mountain, river or great wall cannot obstruct this. …
Zen Monk – Bodhisattva Vows – Honora Zen Monastery – Switzerland – Becoming a Monk
The zen monk vows are expression and reinforcement and motivate the daily practice of compassion and wisdom, for the practical implementation in …
International Zen Center – Omnipresent luminous, and it sees the outer perspectives without hatred or delight but with brightness!
The Honora Zen Monastery is a rustic and small international zen center in Switzerland. Here you can find more information and register …
Zazen – Sitting Meditation – If you completely understood the self-nature, it would not be that way!
The zazen sesshin meditation week is a resilience training. Zazen means in Japanese “sitting meditation.” To sit in the true Self. do …
Sesshin – Meditation Retreat – Because this is the place where the enlightened one can dwell and have sanctity!
The sesshin is a meditation week where we reexamine life and death wholeheartedly. Now, the one who completely understands the true mind …
Rohatsu Sesshin – Meditation Retreat – There is no indigent-being who does not have divine nature of enlightenment!
Welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The mountain week (jap. rohatsu sesshin) is a resilience training where we meditate 24/7. …
Resilience Training – If so, then, after this corpse passes away where this one spirit take refuge?
Welcome to the monthly resilience training (zen retreat) at the Honora Zen Monastery. One who did not understand the true mind, because …
Hardcore Zen – Meditation Retreat – Wants to be free from life and death by accomplishing Enlightenment!
Welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. The mountain week is a hardcore zen meditation retreat. Meditation It is no small …
Patriarchal Zen Lineage – One time Zen Master Hye-Am citied the famous dialogue!
One time Zen Master Hye-Am citied the famous dialogue about doctrinal teachings and patriarchal zen lineage teachings. Doctrinal Teaching Speaker (DOC): They …
Resilience Meditation – That is why the Buddha and Jesus told us the law of cause-and-effect!
Welcome to the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland. A place for Resilience Meditation. Contemplation – Resilience In the outer perspectives there …
Reexamination and Truth – To die meaningfully and without resentment!
The reexamination of life and death, to have a meaningful life. Milk of Truth Bodhidharma is talking about truth and reexamination with …
A Dialogue On The Contemplation Extinguished – The Great Way is deep and void, sublime and still, beyond comprehension!
A dialogue between Attainment and Gateway, in one scroll about contemplation. The Great Way is deep and void, sublime and still, beyond …
Self-Control – Meditation – Wisdom – Selfcultivation – Everthing stays in Order!
Self-Control means to discipline body and mind. Discipline Body and Mind means, ‘everthing stays in order’; this means, cultivate the body and …
Destination Wedding Switzerland
Your Destination Wedding Switzerland. As your wedding celebrant Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will gladly guide you through …
Wedding Ceremony Switzerland
Your wedding speaker Abbot Reding from the Honora Zen Monastery will gladly guide you through your wedding ceremony in Switzerland.
Abbot Reding – Wedding Celebrant Switzerland
Your wedding speaker Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will gladly guide you through your wedding ceremony in Switzerland. Contact us …
Buddhist Wedding Ceremony Switzerland
Your wedding speaker Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will gladly guide you through your buddhist wedding ceremony in Switzerland.
Symbolic Wedding Switzerland
Your wedding speaker Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will gladly guide you through your symbolic wedding in Switzerland. Contact us …
Buddhist Funeral Service – Switzerland
Your funeral speaker, Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the Buddhist funeral service in Switzerland according to …
Zurich – Funeral Service
Zurich Funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the funeral ceremony according to your wishes.
Lucerne – Funeral Service – Mountain Burial
Lucerne Funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the funeral ceremony according to your wishes.
Schwyz Funeral Service
Schwyz Funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the funeral ceremony according to your wishes.
St Gallen Funeral Service
St Gallen Funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the funeral according to your wishes. Contact …
Schaffhausen Funeral Service
Schaffhausen Funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery will guide you through the funeral according to your wishes. Contact us …
Funeral Celebrant – Switzerland – Memorial Service
Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will guide you as a funeral celebrant in Switzerland through the funeral ceremony …
Mountain Burial – Memorial Service Switzerland
Memorial Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will guide you as a funeral speaker through the mountain burial …
River Burial – Memorial Service Switzerland
Memorial Service: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will guide you as a funeral speaker through the river burial …
Funeral Service Glarus
Funeral Service Glarus: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will be happy to guide you through the funeral according …
Wedding Speaker – Villa Balbianello – Lake Como
As your wedding speaker, abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will gladly guide you through your destination wedding. Location: …
Zurich Wedding Speaker
Your zurich wedding speaker, Zen monk Marcel Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland, will be happy to guide you through …
Lucerne Wedding Speaker
Lucerne wedding speaker: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery from Switzerland will guide you through your wedding ceremony according to your …
Liechtenstein Wedding Speaker
Liechtenstein Wedding Speaker: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland, will be happy to guide you through your wedding ceremony …
Wedding Speaker – Baden Württemberg
Your wedding speaker Baden Württemberg: Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland guides you through your wedding ceremony. Contact us …
The Dolder Grand Hotel – Wedding Speaker – Wedding Ceremony
Welcome to The Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich. Your wedding speaker Abbot Reding from the Honora zen monastery in Switzerland will gladly …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 114 – Unio Mystica
Verse – Unio Mystica Simon Peter said to them, “Let Mary depart from among us, for women are not worthy of life.” …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 113 – Everything is Inside
Verse – Everything is Inside His disciples asked him, “When will the kingdom come?” Jesus said, “It will not come by waiting for …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 112 – The God-Man
Verse – The God-Man Jesus said, “Curse the flesh that depends on the soul, and curse the soul that depends on the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 111 – Eternal Being
Verse – Eternal Being Jesus said, “The heavens and the earth will be rolled up before you, and he who lives among the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 110 – The Kingdom of God
Verse – The Kingdom of God Jesus said, “Whoever has found the world and has become rich should renounce the world.” Comment Whoever …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 109 – Be a Treasure Hunter!
Verse – Be a Treasure Hunter! Jesus said, “The kingdom is like a man who had treasure hidden in his field, but did …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 108 – Christianization
Verse – Christianization Jesus said, “Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me, and I will become him, and the hidden things …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 107 – Reunification
Verse – Reunification Jesus said, “The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of the largest sheep went …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 106 – Mystical Wedding
Verse – Mystical Wedding Jesus said, “If you make the two into one, you will become children of Adam, and you will say, …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 105 – Secret of Oneness
Verse – Secret of Oneness Jesus said, “Whoever knows father and mother will be called the son of a prostitute.” Comment This saying, …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 104 – I Am Here!
Verse – I Am Here! They said to him, “Come, let us pray and fast today.” Jesus said, “What sin have I committed? …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 103 – Strength from Within
Verse – Strength from Within Jesus said, “Praise those who know where the rebels will attack. They can come, invade, and take their …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 102 – Inner Christianity
Verse – Inner Christianity Jesus said, “Damn the Pharisees! They are like a dog that lies in a trough; it neither eats nor …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 101 – The Divine Mother
Verse – The Divine Mother “Whoever does not hate his father and mother as I do cannot be my disciple, and whoever …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 100 – Clear Decision
Verse – Clear Decision They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, “Caesar’s servants are demanding taxes from us. He …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 99 – Brotherhood of the Awakened
Verse – Brotherhood of the Awakened The disciples said to him, “Your brothers and your mother are standing outside.” He said to …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 98 – Gate of Life
Verse – Gate of Life Jesus said, “The kingdom of the Father is like a man who wanted to kill a powerful …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 97 – Exhortation to Wisdom
Verse – Exhortation to Wisdom Jesus: “The Kingdom of the Father is like a woman carrying a jar full of food. As …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 96 – Leaven of Truth
Verse – Leaven of Truth Jesus: “The Father’s kingdom is like a woman who takes some leaven, hides it in dough and makes …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 95 – The Golden Rule
Verse – The Golden Rule Jesus: “If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give it to those from whom …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 94 – Certainty of Achieving Goals
Verse – Certainty of Achieving Goals Jesus: “He who seeks will find, and to him who knocks on the inner part of the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 93 – Giving with Wisdom
Verse – Giving with Wisdom Jesus said, “Do not give what is holy to dogs, lest they throw it on the dung heap. …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 92 – The Path of Meditation
Verse – The Path of Meditation The Path of Meditation – Jesus said, “Seek and you will find.” In the past, I did …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 91 – The Inner Helper
Verse – The Inner Helper They said to him, “Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you.” He said …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 90 – Secret of Devotion
Verse – Secret of Devotion Jesus said, “Join me, for my yoke is easy and my rule is gentle, and you will find …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 89 – Outer World and Inner World
Verse – Outer World and Inner World Jesus said, “Why do you wash the outside of the bowl? Do you not understand that …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 88 – The Second Illumination
Verse – The Second Illumination Jesus said, “The messengers and prophets will come to you, and they will give you what is yours. …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 87 – The Living Man
Verse – The Living Man Jesus said, “How miserable is the body that depends on the body, and how miserable is the soul …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 86 – The Inner Homeland
Verse – The Inner Homeland Jesus said, “Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 85 – Certainty of Oneness
Verse – Certainty of Oneness Jesus said, “Adam came from great power and great riches, but he was not worthy of you. For …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 84 – Bliss of Self-Awakening
Verse – Bliss of Self-Awakening Jesus said, “When you see your own images, you will join them again. But when you see your …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 83 – Image and Archetype
Verse – Image and Archetype Jesus said, “The images are manifest to men, but the light that is in them is hidden in …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 82 – The Inner Fire
Verse – The Inner Fire Jesus said, “Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from me is …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 81 – Rule by Serving
Verse – Rule by Serving Jesus said, “Let those who have become rich rulers rule, and let those who have renounced renounce.” …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 80 – Bearer of Eternal Life
Verse – Bearer of Eternal Life Jesus said, “Whoever has come to know the world has found the body, but whoever has found …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 79 – Inner Rebirth
Verse – Inner Rebirth A woman from the crowd said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 78 – The Inner Word
Verse – The Inner Word Jesus said, “Why have you come out into the country? To see a reed shaken by the wind? …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 77 – The Light of the Universe
Verse – The Light of the Universe Jesus said: “I am the light that is above all things. I am one: from …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 76 – The Highest Value
Verse – The Highest Value Jesus said, “The kingdom of the Father is like a merchant who bought goods and found a pearl …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 75 – The New Spirit
Verse – The New Spirit Jesus said, “There are many standing at the door, but those who come alone will be able …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 74 – The Water of Life
Verse – The Water of Life He said, “Kind Lord, there are many standing around the well, but there is nothing in the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 73 – Right Realization
Verse – Right Realization Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray to the Lord to send laborers …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 72 – Right Divorce
Verse – Right Divorce A man said to him, “Tell my brothers to divide my father’s goods with me.” He said to him, …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 71 – The Power of the Spirit
Verse – The Power of the Spirit Jesus said, “I will destroy this house and no one will ever be able to rebuild …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 70 – The Three Worlds
Vers – The Three Worlds Jesus said, “If you cultivate what is in you, what you have will save you. But if you …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 69 – Solution to suffering from within
Verse – Solution to suffering from within Jesus said: Praise be to those who were persecuted in their hearts: they are those who …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 68 – Constant Self-Testing
Verse – Constant Self-Testing Jesus said, “Praise be to you, when you are hated and persecuted, but no place is found where …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 67 – All-Immediacy
Verse – All-Immediacy Jesus said, “He who knows all things and yet fails to see himself, fails to see all things.” Comment Anyone …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 66 – The Cornerstone
Verse – The Cornerstone Jesus said, “Show me the stone that the builders refused to take: that is the cornerstone.” Comment It says …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 65 – The Unwise
Verse – The Unwise He said, “A certain man had a vineyard and rented it out to tenants so that they could …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 64 – Living Right
Verse – Living Right Jesus said, “A man was receiving guests. When he had prepared the meal, he sent his servant to invite …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 63 – New Humanity
Verse – New Humanity Jesus said, “Once upon a time there was a rich man who received a lot of money from a …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 62 – Secrets are Reprimands
Vers – Secrets are Reprimands Jesus said, “I reveal my secrets only to those who are worthy of my mysteries. Therefore, do not …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 61 – Being Ready is Everything
Verse – Being Ready is Everything Jesus said, “Two will rest on one bed, one will die and the other will live.” …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 60 – Right Abstention
Verse – Right Abstention He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. He said to his disciples, “What does …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 59 – Here and Now
Verse – Here and Now Jesus said, “Seek the living wholeness while you live, lest you die and then have to seek …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 58 – Lightward Leading Suffering
Verse – Lightward Leading Suffering Jesus said, “Praise the one who suffered and found life.” Comment Nothing makes a person more likely to …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 57 – Eternal Harvest
Verse – Eternal Harvest Jesus said, “The kingdom of the Father is like a man who sowed good seed. His enemy came …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 56 – World Knowledge
Verse – World Knowledge Jesus said, “Whoever has known the world has discovered a corpse, and whoever has discovered a corpse of that …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 55 – Self-Realization
Verse – Self-Realization Jesus said, “If anyone does not hate his father and mother, he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 54 – Promise of Abundance
Verse – Promise of Abundance Jesus said: “Praise the poor, for they (also) belong to the kingdom of heaven.” Comment Becoming aware …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 53 – Clearing of the Being
Verse – Clearing of the Being His disciples asked him, “Is circumcision useful or not?” He said to them, “If it were useful, …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 52 – The Living One
Verse – The Living One His disciples said to him, “Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel, and they all spoke about you.” …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 51 – The New World
Verse – The New World His disciples asked him, “When will the dead rest, and on what day will the new world come?” …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 50 – Children of Light
Verse – Children of Light Jesus said: “If they say to you, ‘Where do you come from?’ then say to them, ‘We come …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 49 – The United
Verse – The United Jesus said, “Praise those who are alone and chosen (whole), for they will find the Kingdom. For from it …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 48 – Inner Unity
Verse – Inner Unity Jesus said, “If two people make peace in a house, they will say to the mountain, ‘Be moved,’ …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 47 – Reflection On What Remains
Verse – Reflection On What Remains Jesus said, “It is not possible for a man to ride two horses, nor can he bend …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 46 – On the Way to Oneness
Verse – On the Way to Oneness Jesus said, “From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women there was no …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 45 – Working from the Spirit
Verse – Working from the Spirit Jesus said, “Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor are figs gathered from thistles; they do …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 44 – Renewal through the Spirit
Verse – Renewal through the Spirit Jesus said, “Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the Son will …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 43 – Right Knowledge
Verse – Right Knowledge His disciples said to him, “Who are you that you can tell us this?” Jesus said to them, “You …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 42 – Being a Transient!
Verse – Being a Transient! Jesus said: “Be passers-by!” Comment All things and events in the world teach us two things: firstly, the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 41 – The Open Hand
Verse – The Open Hand Jesus said, “To him who has something in his hand more will be given, and from him …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 40 – From Eternal Life
Verse – From Eternal Life Jesus said, “A vine planted outside the Father is not strong enough; it will be taken by …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 39 – Key to Knowledge
Verse – Key to Knowledge Jesus said, “The Pharisees and the scribes received the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They neither …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 38 – Night of the Soul
Verse – Night of the Soul Jesus said, “Often you have desired to hear these words that I now tell you, and …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 37 – On True Freedom
Verse – On true Freedom His disciples said, “On what day will you appear to us, and on what day will we …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 36 – Turning to the Essential
Verse – Turning to the Essential Jesus said, “Do not worry from morning to evening and from evening to morning about what …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 35 – Be Awake and Dare!
Verse – Be Awake and Dare! Jesus said, “No one can enter the house of a strong man and take it by force. …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 34 – Reality Blindness
Verse – Reality Blindness Jesus said, “If a blind man leads a blind man, they will both fall into a pit.” Comment …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 33 – Being the Bringer of Light
Verse – Being the Bringer of Light Jesus said, “Preach from the roof of a house what you would gladly hear with your …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 32 – The Inner Support
Verse – The Inner Support Jesus said, “A city built on a mountain and fortified cannot be taken, but neither can it be …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 31 – Power of Faith
Verse – Power of Faith Jesus said, “No prophet is welcomed into his own village, and no doctor heals those who know …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 30 – Divine Omnipresence
Verse – Divine Omnipresence Jesus said, “Where there are three gods, there are gods. And where there are two, there I will …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 29 – Body and Mind
Verse – Body and Mind Jesus said, “If the flesh came into existence through the spirit, it is a miracle, but if …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 28 – Call to Reflection
Verse – Call to Reflection Jesus said, “I took my position in the midst of the world and appeared to them in flesh …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 27 – The Way Up
Verse – The Way Up “If you do not withdraw from the world, you will never find the kingdom. If you do not …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 26 – Loving God in your Neighbour
Verse – Loving God in your Neighbour Jesus said, “You know the speck that is in your friend’s eye, but you do not …
Mysticism – Gospel of Thomas – Case 25 – Redeeming Power of Love
Verse – Redeeming Power of Love Jesus said, “Love your friends as your own soul; watch over them, protect them as you …
Mysticism – Gospel of Thomas – Case No. 24 – The Inner Light
Verse – The Inner Light His disciples said, “Show us the place where you really are, because it is important for us …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 23 – Awakening and Awakened
Verse – Awakening and Awakened Jesus said, “I will choose you, one out of a thousand and two out of ten thousand, …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 22 – Awakening to Oneness
Verse – Awakening to the Oneness Jesus saw babies being suckled. He said to his disciples, “These little ones who are being …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 21 – Awake to the Essential
Verse – Awake to the Essential Mary Magdalene asked Jesus, “What are your disciples like?” He said, “They are like little children …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 20 – Growing from Small Things
Verse – Growing from Small Things The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like.” He said …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 19 – Trees of Life
Verse – Trees of Life Jesus said, “Bless the one who has become what he was before he became. If you become …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 18 – The Way to Perfection
Verse – The Way to Perfection The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us, what will it be like when we die?” Jesus answered, …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 17 – Wealth from Within
Verse – Wealth from Within Jesus said, “I will give you what no eye has ever seen, nor ear ever heard, nor hand …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 16 – The Divine Fire
Verse – The Divine Fire Jesus said, “Perhaps people think that I have come to spread peace in the world. They do not …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 15 – Right Insight
Verse – Right Insight Jesus said, “When you see him who was not born of woman, fall on your face to the ground …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 14 – The Inner Decides
Verse – The Inner Decides Jesus said to them, “If you fast, you will incur a sin; if you pray, you will be …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 13 – Christ In Us
Verse – Christ In Us Jesus said to his disciples, “Compare me to anything and tell me who I am like.” Simon Peter …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 12 – The Inner Guide
Verse – The Inner Guide The disciples said to Jesus, “We know that you are going to leave us. Who will then …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 11 – Living from the Spirit
Verse – Living from the Spirit Jesus said, “This heaven will pass away. And the one above it will pass away. The …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 10 – Heart Ignition
Verse – Heart Ignition Jesus said, “I have poured fire upon the world, and behold, I watch over it until it blaze.” Comment …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 9 – Right Action
Verse – Right Action Jesus said, “Behold, a sower went out and took a handful of seed and scattered it. Some of it …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 8 – The Imperishable Treasure
Verse – The Imperishable Treasure And he said: “Man is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 7 – Overcoming the World
Verse – Overcoming the World Jesus said, “Blessed is the lion who becomes man by being eaten by man. And cursed is the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 6 – Right Attitude
Verse – Right Attitude His disciples asked him, saying to him, “Do you want us to fast? How should we pray? Should …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 5 – Inner Growth
Verse – Inner Growth Jesus said, “Know what is before you, and what is hidden from you will be revealed to you. …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 4 – Child of God
Verse – Child of God Jesus said, “The man of old days will not hesitate to ask a little child of seven …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 3 – The Inner Kingdom
Verse – The Inner Kingdom Jesus said, “If your leaders tell you, ‘Behold, the kingdom is in heaven,’ the birds of the …
Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 2 – Those who seek God are those who are sought by God
Verse – Those who seek God are those who are sought by God Jesus said, “He who seeks must not stop seeking until …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 29 – Iron Yoke Around the Neck
When Zen Master Woon-Moon arrived at Venerable Master Sul-Vong’s pavilion, he saw a monk and asked him, “Are you going to see …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 28 – Walking Seven Steps
When the World-Honored-One was born, he looked around, walked seven steps in four directions, and, pointing one finger to heaven and one …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 27 – Thirty Blows
Thirty Blows: Under the Sixth Patriarch, Hui-Neng, was Namak Heu-Hyang (677 – 744). After him Ma-Cho was transmitted by Heu-Hyang. One day …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 26 – Seven Wise Women
In Buddha’s time there was a story about the seven wise women which I (Hye-Am) have often heard. On August 3rd 1975, …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 25 – Comfort and Consolation
When the Venerable Master Jon-Kang was staying in the Korean Son Academy in Seoul, Venerable Master Hye-Am visited him and asked, “To …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 24 – What is the First Phrase?
At Junghye-Sa Temple in Daksan, the venerable master Mann-Gong was in residence, he once said, “Zen Master Sul-Vong’s ‘Aposiopesis’ is merely the …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 23 – Putting His Feet Out of the Coffin
Under the Twin Sara Trees, the World-Honored-One passed away. Seven days had already passed when Mahakasyapa arrived. He walked around the coffin …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 22 – Sharing the Seat
In the Pagoda Park for Many Sons, the World-Honored-One was talking to the inhabitants of the Human and Heaven Worlds, when Venerable …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 21 – The Flower of Enlightenment
When Buddha was holding a meeting at Eagle’s Peak, millions gathered. At that time, Buddha held up one flower and showed it …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 20 – Knocking Down the Flagpole
After Buddha entered Nirvana, Mahakasyapa became the head of the Community. He recalled 500 venerable monks to Kapila where they were about …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 19 – The Sixth Patriarch
In Panya-Sa temple in Seoul, the monks once come from all over the country to hold precept ceremonies together. Venerable Zen Master …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 18 – Suddenly the Self-Nature is Seen
Suddenly the Self-Nature is seen. Whether one is a materialist, spiritualist, realist, idealist, philosopher, priest or scientist, he has knowledge. Contrarily, Venerable …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 17 – The Four Servants: From the Book of Zen
Zen Koan – Four Servants – One Zen student came to the Venerable Master Hye-Am and asked about the Koan concerning the …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 16 – Transmitting the Robe and Bowl
Transmitting the Robe and Bowl – Venerable Zen Master Hye-Am once had a dharma talk for the members of the Korean Bodhidharma …
Zen Koan & Mystik – Cookies of Zen – No. 15 – Man Hanging Over A Poisonous Snake Pit by Only a Slender Vine
A man was walking in a vast field when suddenly a wild elephant came chasing after him. Feeling great danger, he fled. …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 14 – Decayed Tree and Cold Boulder
Once upon a time there was a shrine master who was attended with complete devotion by an old woman and her daughter. …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 13 – Pine Nut Tree in the Garden
In the Ch’an Mirror, written by the famous Korean Patriarch Chong-Ho Hyu-Jong (1520 – 1604), he commented on the Koan, “What is …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 12 – The Essence of Bodhidharma’s Coming from the West
After winter-retreat was over in Doksung Chonglim monastery, one monk, with his three fellow monks dropped by and asked, “What is the …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 11 – Three Three in Front Three Three in Back
A visiting monk came into the Venerable Zen Master Hye-Am’s room, prostrated three times and said, “You are three three in front …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – No. 10 – Sound and Color
A student came to the Great Venerable Zen Master Pop-An (Fa-Yen Wen-I 885 – 958) and asked, “How should I understand color …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – No. 9 – Ten Different Kinds of Diseases From the Koan “Mu” (Nothingness)
One monk asked zen master Chao-Chou (788 – 897), “Does even the dog have a Self-Nature?” The Venerable master Chao-Chou said, “Mu …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 8 – Zen Master Deok-San’s Bowl!
One day Zen master Deok-San (Te-Shan Hsuan-Chien 781 – 867) was on the way to the dining room when he met Sul-Vong …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 7 – Speaking, Silence, Movement and Stillness!
Koan: A long time ago the venerable master Mann-Gong and Yong-Song had a little conversation at the Korean Zen Academy. Master Yong-Song …
Cookies of Zen – Koan – Case No. 6 – Brighten Eye by Re-Examination
Brighten Eye by Re-Examination: In the year 2468 (1924), Master Hye-Am was in Winter Retreat under Venerable Master Song-Wol at Tongdo Temple’s …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – No. 5 – Four-Line Verse
That one raises a sincere faith on the Four-Line Verse is not just a formal request for belief. Zen Verse: Whatever has …
Zen Koan – Cookies of Zen – Case 3 – Zen Master Hye-Am “Losing Body and Extinguishing Life”
The Case Once the Venerable zen Master Hye-Am was staying at Kwangdok Temple in Choognam, when, late in the night, a tattered-clothed …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 100 – Zen Master Haryo “Sword Against Which a Hair Is Blown!”
The Case A monk asked zen master Haryo, “What is the sword against which a hair is blown?” Haryo said, “Each branch …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 99 – Zen Master Cha “Ten-bodied Herdsman”
The Case Emperor Shukuso asked, zen master Chu, “What is the ten-bodied-herdsman?” Chu said, “Go trampling on Vairocana’s head!” The emperor said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 98 – Zen Master Tempyo “Two Wrongs!”
The Case When zen master Tempyo went on a pilgrimage visiting teachers, he stayed with Sai-in. He always said, “Don’t say you …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 97 – The Diamond Sutra’s “The Transgression Is Wiped Out”
The Case The Diamond Sutra says, “If anyone is despised by others, even if he has committed some serious transgression in a …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 96 – Zen Master Joshu “Three Turning Words!”
The Case Zen master Joshu said, “Clay Buddhas cannot pass through water. Metal Buddhas cannot pass through a furnace. Wooden Buddhas cannot …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 95 – Zen Master Chokei Discusses the Holy Words
The Case Zen master Chokei one day said, “Even if you say that the Arhats still have three poisons, you should not …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 94 – The Scriptures
The Case In the scriptures the World-honored says, “When unseeing, why do you not see the unseeing? If you see the unseeing, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 93 – Zen Master Taiko “You Fox-Devil!”
The Case A monk asked zen master Taiko, “What is the meaning of Chokei’s words, ‘He seems to observe reflection and thanksgiving …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 92 – The World-honored One Takes His Seat!
The Case The World-honored One one day took his seat on the platform. Manjusri struck the table with the gavel and said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 91 – Zen Master Enkan “The Rhinoceros Fan”
The Case Zen master Enkan one day called to his attendant and said, “Bring me the rhinoceros fan.” The attendant said, “The …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 90 – Zen Master Chimon “The Essence of Wisdom”
The Case A monk asked zen master Chimon, “What is the essence of wisdom?” Chimon said, “The oyster swallows the full moon.” …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 89 – Zen Master Ungan “The Whole Body Is Hand and Eye”
The Case Zen master Ungan asked Dogo, “What use does the great Bodhisattva of Mercy make of all those hands and eyes?” …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 88 – Zen Master Gensha “Man of Three Disabilities”
The Case Zen master Gensha said to the assembly, “Every teacher in the land talks of saving things and delivering mankind. When …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 87 – Zen Master Ummon “Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other”
The Case Zen master Ummon said to his disciples, “Medicine and sickness cure each other. All the earth is medicine, where do …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 86 – Zen Master Ummon “Everybody Has His Own Light”
The Case Zen master Ummon spoke to his assembly and said, “Everybody has his own light. If he tries to see it, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 85 – The Master of Toho Hermitage Roars Like a Tiger
The Case A monk cam’ to visit the zen master of Toho hermitage and said to him, “If, on this mountain, you …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 84 – Yuima “The Gate to the One and Only”
The Case Yuima asked Manjusri, “What is the Bodhisattva’s Gate to the One and Only?” Manjusri answered, “To my mind, in all …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 83 – Zen-Master Ummon “The Old Buddha Communes with the Pillar”
The Case Zen master Ummon spoke to his disciples and said, “The old Buddha communes with the pillar. What level of spiritual …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 82 – Zen-Master Tairyu “Indestructible Dharma Body”
The Case A monk said to zen master Tairyu, “Man’s body will ultimately decompose; what is the indestructible Dharma body?” Tairyu said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 81 – Zen Master Yakusan “King of the King Deer”
The Case A monk said to zen master Yakusan, “On the grassy plain there is a herd of deer, with the king …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 80 – Zen Master Joshu “A Newborn Baby”
The Case A monk asked zen master Joshu, “Does a newborn baby possess the six senses or not?” Joshu said, “It is …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 79 – Zen Master Tosu “Every Voice Is the Buddha’s Voice”
The Case A monk said to zen master Tosu, “It is said ‘Every voice is the Buddhas voice. Is that true?” Tosu …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 78 – Enlightened Ones in the Bath
The Case In ancient times, there were sixteen Enlightened Ones. At the monks’ bathtime, following the rule, they had baths. They suddenly …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 77 – Zen Master Ummon “Sesame Bun”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, “What is the teaching that transcends god and patriarchs?” Ummon said, “A sesame bun.” …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 76 – Zen Master Tanka “Have You Had Your Dinner?”
The Case Zen master Tanka asked a monk, “Where are you from?” The monk replied, From the foot of the mountain.” Tanka …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 75 – Zen Master Ukyu’s “Unfair Blows”
The Case A monk came from zen master Joshu’s assembly to Ukyo, who said to him, “What do you find in Joshu’s …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 74 – Zen Master Kingyu and the Rice Pail
The Case At every midday mealtime, zen master Kingyu would himself bring the pail of boiled rice and, in front of the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 73 – Zen Master Baso and the Hundred Negations
The Case A monk said to zen master Baso, “Independent of the four propositions and transcending the hundred negations, tell me plainly …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 72 – Zen Master Ungan “Do You Have Them or Not?”
The Case Zen master Hyakujo asked Ungan, “With your mouth and lips closed, how would you say it?” Ungan said, “Master, do …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 71 – Zen Master Goho “Shut Up!”
The Case Zen master Hyakujo said to Goho, “With your mouth and lips dosed, how would you say it?” Goho said, “Master …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 70 – Zen Master Isan “I Would Ask You to Say It!”
The Case Zen master Isan, Goho, and Ungan were standing together in attendance on Hyakujo. Hyakujo said to Isan, “With your mouth …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 69 – Zen Master Nansen Draws a Circle
The Case Zen master Nansen, Kisu, and Mayoku were on their way together to pay their respects to Chu Kokushi. When they …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 68 – Zen Master Kyozan Asks Sansho’s Name
The Case Zen Master Kyozan asked Sansho, “What is your name?” Sansho said, “Ejaku!” Kyozan said, “Ejaku is my name!” Sansho said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 67 – Zen Master Fu Concludes His Lecture on the Scriptures
The Case Emperor Wu of Liang asked zen master Fu to give a lecture on the Scriptures. Fu mounted the platform, struck …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 66 – Zen Master Ganto Laughed Loudly
The Case Zen master Ganto asked a monk, “Where are you from?” The monk said, “From the western capital.” Ganto said, “After …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 65 – A Philosopher Questions the Buddha
The Case A non-Buddhist philosopher said to the Buddha, “I do not ask for words; I do not ask for non- words.” …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 64 – Zen Master Joshu Puts His Sandals on His Head
The Case Zen Master Nansen told the previous story [Case 63] to Joshu and asked his opinion. Joshu then took off his …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 63 – Zen Master Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two
The Case Zen master Nansen one day saw the monks of the Eastern and Western halls quarreling over a cat. He held …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 62 – Zen Master Ummon’s “One Treasure”
The Case Zen master Ummon said to the assembled monks, “Between heaven and earth, within the universe, there is one treasure. It …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 61 – Zen Master Fuketsu’s “One Particle of Dust”
The Case Zen master Fuketsu said to the assembled monks, “If one particle of dust is raised, the state will come into …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 60 – Zen Master Ummon’s Staff Becoming a Dragon
The Case Zen master Ummon held out his staff and said to the assembled monks, “The staff has transformed itself into a …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 59 – Zen Master Joshu’s “Why Not Quote to the End?”
The Case A monk said to zen master Joshu, “‘The real Way is no difficult. lt only abhors choice and attachment. If …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 58 – Zen Master Joshu’s “No Justification”
The Case A monk said to zen master Joshu, “You so often quote the words, ‘The real Way is not difficult. It …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 57 – Zen Master Joshu’s “I Alone Am Holy Throughout Heaven and Earth”
The Case A monk said to zen master Joshu, “It is said, ‘The real Way is not difficult. It only abhors choice …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 56 – Zen Master Kinzan “One Arrow Piercing the Three Barriers”
The Case Ryo Zenkaku asked zen master Kinzan, “What about when one arrow pierces the three barriers?” Kinzan said, “Bring out the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 55 – Zen Master Dogo’s “I Would Not Tell You”
The Case One day zen master Dogo accompanied by his disciple Zengen, went to visit a family in which a funeral was …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 54 – Zen Master Ummon Stretches Out His Hands
The Case Zen master Ummon asked a monk, ”Where have you recently come from?” The monk said, “From Saizen.” Ummon said, “What …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 53 – Zen Master Hyakujo “The Wild Duck”
The Case When zen master Ba Daishi [Baso] was out walking with Hyakujo, he saw a wild duck fly past. Daishi said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 52 – Zen Master Joshu’s “Stone Bridge”
The Case A monk said to Zen Master Joshu, “The stone bridge of Joshu is well known, but when I come here, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Case No. 51 – Zen Master Seppo’s “What is This?”
The Case When zen master Seppo was living in his hermitage, two monks came to pay their respects. As Seppo saw them …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 50 – Zen Master Ummon “Particle After Particle’s Samadhi”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, “What is particle after particle’s samadhi?” Ummon said, “Rice in the bowl, water in …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 49 – Zen Master Sansho “The Golden Carp out of the Net”
The Case Sansho said to zen master Seppo, “The golden carp is out of the net! Tell me, what will it feed …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 48 – O Taifu and the Tea Ceremony
The Case O Tifu went to Shokei Temple for the tea ceremony. Ro Joza, lifting the kettle to bring it to Myosho, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 47 – Zen Master Ummon’s “Beyond the Six”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, “What is the true Body?” Ummon said, “Beyond the six.” Engo’s Introduction Heaven never …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 46 – Zen Master Kyosei’s “Voice of the Raindrops”
The Case Zen master Kyosei asked a monk, “What is the noise outside?” The monk said, “That is the voice of the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 45 – Zen Master Joshu’s “Seven-Pound Hempen Shirt”
The Case A monk asked zen master Joshu, “All is reduced to oneness, but what is oneness reduced to?” Joshu said, “When …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 44 – Zen Master Kasan “Beating the Drum”
The Case Zen master Kasan said, “Learning by study is called ‘hearing’; learning no more is called ‘nearness’; transcending these two is …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 43 – Zen Master Tozan’s “Nor Cold or Heat”
The Case A monk said to zen master Tozan, “Cold and heat descend upon us. How can we avoid them?” Tozan said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 42 – Ho Koji’s “Beautiful Snowflakes”
The Case Ho Koji (Layperson) was leaving zen master Yakusan. Yakusan let ten Zen students escort him to the temple gate to …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 41 – Zen Master Joshu and the Great Death
The Case Zen master Joshu asked Tosu, “What if a man of the Great Death comes back to life again?” Tosu said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 40 – Zen Master Nansen “This Flower”
The Case Riku Taifu, while talking with zen master Nansen, said, “Jo Hoshi said, ‘Heaven and earth and I are of the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 39 – Zen Master Ummon’s “Golden-Haired-Lion”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, “What is the pure body of the Buddha?” Ummon said, “Kayakuran” [the fence around …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 38 – Zen Master Fuketsu and the Seal of the Patriarch
The Case Zen master Fuketsu took the high seat in the government office of Eishu and said, “The Seal of the patriarch …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 37 – Zen Master Banshan “Three Worlds, No Law”
The Case In the middle of teaching his listeners, Zen Master Banshan called into the hall: “In the three In the realms …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 36 – Zen Master Chosha Went for A Walk
The Case One day zen master Chosha went for a walk. When he returned to the gate the head monk said, “Ohsho, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 35 – Manjushri’s “Three and Three”
The Case Manjushri asked zen master Muchaku, “Where have you recently come from?” Muchaku said, “From the south.” “How is Southern Buddhism …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 34 – Zen Master Kyozan’s “You Have Not Visited Rozan”
The Case Zen master Kyozan asked a monk, “Where are you from?” “Mount Rozan,” answered the monk. “Have you ever visited Gorehe …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 33 – Chinso Shosho Comes to Visit Zen Master Shifuku
The Case Chinso came to see zen master Shifuku. Shifuku drew a circle in the air. Chinso said, “I have no object …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 32 – Zen Master Rinzai’s “What is the Essence?”
The Case Jo Joza asked zen master Rinzai, “What is the essence?” Rinzai, getting up from his seat, seized him, slapped him, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 31 – Zen Master Mayoku Comes to Zen Master Shokei
The Case Zen Master Mayoku came to Shokei carrying his bell staff with him, walked around Shokei’ s seat three times, shook …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 30 – Zen Master Joshu’s “A Big Radish”
The Case A monk asked zen master Joshu, “I have heard that you closely followed zen master Nansen. Is that true?” Joshu …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 29 – Zen Master Daizui’s “It Will Be Gone with the Other”
The Case A monk asked zen master Daizui, “When the kalpa fire flares up and the great cosmos is destroyed, I wonder, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 28 – Zen Master Nansen’s “What the Holy Ones Have Not Preached”
The Case Zen master Nansen came to see Hyakujo. Hyakujo said, “Is there any Law that the holy ones have not preached …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 27 – Zen Master Ummon’s “Golden Breeze”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, ”What will it be when trees wither and leaves fall?” Ummon said, “You embody …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 26 – Zen Master Hyakujo Sits on the Great Sublime Peak
The Case A monk asked zen master Hyakujo, “What is the mostwonderful thing?” Hyakujo said, “I sit alone on this Great Sublime …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 25 – The Master of Rengeho’s Staff
The Case The master of the hermitage held out his staff and said to his disciples, “When, in olden times, a man …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 24 – Zen Nun, the Old Female Buffalo!
The Case Zen Nun Ryutetsuma came to zen master Isan. Isan said, “Old Female Buffalo, so you have come!” Tetsuma said, ”Tomorrow …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 23 – Zen Master Hofuku’s Marvelous Mountain Top
The Case When zen master Hofuku and Chokei went out for a walk, Hofuku, pointing with his finger, said, “This is Myohocho …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 22 – Zen Master Seppo’s Turtle-nosed Snake
The Case Zen master Seppo, speaking to the assembly,said, “There is a turtle-nosed snake on the South Mountain. You should have a …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 21 – Zen Master Chimon’ s Lotus Flower and Lotus Leaves
The Case A monk asked zen master Chimon, “What will the lotus flower be when it has not yet come out of …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 20 – Zen Master Ryuge Asks Suibi and Zen Master Rinzai
The Case Ryuge asked zen master Suibi, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the West?” Suibi said, “Pass me the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 19 – Zen Master Gutei’s “One Finger Zen”
The Case Zen master Gutei, whenever he was asked a question, only raised a finger. Engo’s Introduction When even one particle stirs, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – Nr. 18 – Emperor Shukuso Asks About the Style of the Pagoda
The Case Emperor Shukuso asked Cho Kokushi, “You are a hundred years old, what shall I do for you?” Kokushi answered: “Make …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 17 – Zen Master Kyorin’s “Sitting Long and Getting Tired”
The Case A monk asked zen master Kyorin, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the West?” Kyorin said, “Sitting long …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 16 – Zen Master Kyosei’s Instruction on Pecking and Tapping
The Case A monk said to zen master Kyosei, “I want to peck from the inside. Would you please tap from the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 15 – Zen Master Ummon’s “No Preaching on Oneness”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, “What is it when no thought is stirring and nothing presents itself?” Ummon said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 14 – Zen Master Ummon’s ”Preaching Facing Oneness”
The Case A monk asked zen master Ummon, ”What is the teaching of the Buddha’s lifetime?” Ummon said, “Preaching facing oneness.” Engo’s …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 13 – Zen Master Haryo’s “Snow in the Silver Bowl”
The Case A monk asked zen master Haryo, “What is the Daiba school?” Haryo said, “Snow in the silver bowl” Engo’s Introduction …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 12 – Zen Master Tozan’s “Masagin”
The Case A monk asked zen master Tozan, “What is Buddha?” Tozan said, “Masagin!” [three pounds of flax]. Engo’s Introduction The death-dealing …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 11 – Zen Master Obaku’s “Partakers of Brewer’s Grain”
The Case Zen master Obaku addressed the assembly and said, “You are all partakers of brewer’s grain. If you go on studying …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 10 – Zen Master Bokusha’s “Empty-headed Fool”
The Case Zen master Bokushu asked a monk, “Where are you from?” The monk gave a shout. Bokushu said, “This old monk …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 9 – Zen Master Joshu’ s Four Gates
The Case A monk (with the nearby city of Joshu in mind) asked the master of the same name, deliberately omitting the …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 8 – Zen Master Suigan’s Eyebrows
The Case Zen Master Suigan, at the end of the summer session, spoke to the assembly and said, “During the summer session …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 7 – Zen Master Hogen’s “You are Echo”
The Case A monk said to zen master Hogen, “My name is Echo. I ask you, what is the Buddha?” Hogen said, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 5 – Zen Master Ummon’s “Every Day Is a Good Day”
The Case Zen master Ummon addressed the assembly and said, “I am not asking you about the days before the fifteenth of …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 5 – Zen Master Seppo’s “A Grain of Rice”
The Case Zen master Seppo addressed the assembly and said, “All the great world, if I pick it up with my fingertips, …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 4 – Zen Master Tokusan visits Isan
The Case The wandering scholar Tokusan came to the monastery of the Zen master Isan. With the bundle under his arm he …
Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 3 – Zen Master Baso’s “Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha”
The Case The great zen master Baso was seriously ill. The chief priest of the temple came to pay his respects. He …
Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 2 – Zen Master Joshu’ s “The Real Way Is Not Difficult”
The Case Joshu spoke to the assembly and said, “The real Way is not difficult. It only abhors choice and attachment. With …
Zen Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 48 – Zen Master Kempo’s One Road
The Case A monk said to zen master Kempo, “It is written, ‘Bhagavats in the ten directions. One straight road to Nirvana.’ …
Zen Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 47 – Zen Master Tosotsu’ s Three Barriers
The Case Zen Tosotsu Etsu set up three barriers for his disciple: You leave no stone unturned to explore profundity, simply to …
Zen Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 46 – Proceed On from the Top of the Pole
The Case Zen master Sekiso asked, “How can you proceed on further from the top of a hundred-foot pole?” Another eminent teacher …
Zen Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 45 – Zen Master Hoen’s “Who Is He”
The Case Zen master Hoen of Tozan said, “Even Shakya and Maitreya are servants of another. I want to ask you, who …
Zen Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 44 – Zen Master Basho’s Staff
The Case Zen master Basho said to his disciples, ”If you have a staff, I will give you a staff. If you …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 43 – Zen Master Shuzan’s Staff of Office
The Case Zen Master Shuzan held up a staff of office before his disciples and said, “You monks! If you call this …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 42 – The Girl Comes out of Meditation
The Case Once, in the old days, in the time of the World-honored One, Manjusri went to the assembly of the Buddhas …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 41 – Bodhidharma’s Mind-Pacifying
The Case Bodhidharma sat facing the wall. The Second Patriarch stood in the snow. He cut off his arm and presented it …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 40 – Tipping Over a Water Bottle
The Case When zen master Isan was with Hyakujo, he was head cook, of the monastery. Hyakujo wanted to choose a master …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 39 – A Mistake in Speaking
The Case Zen monk said to master Ummon, “The brilliance of the Buddha silently illuminates the whole universe…” But before he could …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 38 – A Buffalo Passes the Window
The Case Zen master Goso said, “A buffalo passes by the window. His head, horns, and four legs all go past. But …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 37 – Zen Master Joshu’s Oak Tree
The Case A monk asked zen master Joshu, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming to China?” Joshu said, “The oak tree …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 36 – When You Meet a Man of the Way
The Casee Zen master Goso said, “When you meet a man of the Way on the path, do not meet him with …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 35 – Seijo’s Soul Separated
The Case Zen Master Goso said to his monks, “Seijo’s soul separated from her being. Which was the real Seijo?” Mumon’s Comment …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 34 – Zen Master Nansen’s “Reason Is Not the Way”
The Case Zen master Nansen said, “Mind is not the Buddha; reason is not the Way.” Mumon’s Comment Nansen, growing old, had …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 33 – Zen Master Baso’s “No Mind, No Buddha”
The Case A monk asked Baso “What is the Buddha?” Baso answered, “No mind no Buddha.” Mumon’s Comment If you understand this, …
Koan – Mumonkan – Case No. 32 – A Non-Buddhist Philosopher Questions the Buddha
The Case A non-Buddhist philosopher said to the Buddha, “I do not ask for words; I do not ask for non- words.” …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 31 – Zen Master Joshu Investigates an Old Woman
The Case A monk asked an old woman, “What is the way to Taisan?” The old woman said, “Go straight on.” When …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 30 – Zen Master Baso’s ”This Very Mind Is the Buddha”
The Case Daibai asked Baso, “What is the Buddha?” Baso answered, “This very mind is the Buddha.” Mumon’s Comment If you directly …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 29 – The Sixth Patriarch’s ”Your Mind Moves”
The Case The wind was flapping a temple flag, and two monks started an argument. One said the flag moved, the other …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 28 – Zen Master Ryutan Blows Out the Candle
The Case Tokusan asked zen master Ryutan about Zen far into the night. At last Ryutan said, “The night is late. Why …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 27 – Zen Master Nansen’s “Not Mind, Not Buddha, Not Things”
The Case A monk asked zen master Nansen, “Is there any Dharma that has not been preached to the people?” Nansen answered, …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 26 – Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds
The Case When the monks assembled before the midday meal to listen to the lecture, the great Hogen of Seiryo pointed at …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 25 – Zen Master Kyozan’s Dream
The Case In a dream zen master Kyozan went to Maitreya’ s place and was led in to sit in the third …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Cookies of Zen – Case 2 – “The Iron Wheel”
The Case This Hwa-Du (Koan), which is very important for the new disciple, was originally often asked by Venerable Master Song-Wol. “Almighty …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 24 – Fuketsu’s Speech and Silence – Zen Koan & Mysticism
The Case A monk asked zen master Fuketsu, “Both speech and silence are faulty in being ri or bi. How can we …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 23 – Think Neither Good Nor Evil – Zen Koan & Mysticism
The Case The Sixth Patriarch was pursued by the monk Myo as far as Taiyu Mountain. The patriarch, seeing Myo coming, laid …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 22 – Kashyapa’s “Knock down the FlagPole” – Zen Koan & Mysticism
The Case Ananda asked Kashyapa, “Th World-honored One gave you the golden robe; did he give you anything else?” “Anandal” cried Kashyapa. …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 21 – Zen Master Ummon’s “Kanshiketsu” (Shit-Stick)
The Case A monk asked zen master Unmon, “What is Buddha?” Unmon replied “Kanshiketsu (shit-stick)!” Mumon’s Comment Zen master Ummon was too …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 20 – The Man of Great Strength
The Case Zen master Shogen asked, “Why is it that a man of great strength does not lift his legs?” And he …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 19 – Zen Master Nansen’s “Ordinary Mind Is the Way”
The Case Zen monk Joshu asked zen master Nansen, “What is the Way?” “Ordinary mind is the Way,” Nansen replied. “Shall I …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 18 – Zen Master Tozan’ s “Masagin”
The Case A monk asked Tozan, ”What is Buddha?” Tozan replied, “Masagin [three pounds of flax]. Mumon’s Comment Old Tozan attained the …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 17 – Cho the National Teacher Gives Three Calls
The Case The National Teacher Cho called his attendant three times, and three times the attendant responded. The NationaI Teacher said, “I …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 16 – When the Bell sounds
The Case Zen master Unmon said, “The world is vast and wide; Why do you put on your seven-piece robe at sound …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 15 – Zen Master Tozan’s Sixty Blows
The Case Tozan came to study with Ummon. Ummon asked, “Where are you from?” “From Sato,” Tozan replied. “Where were you during …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 14 – Zen Master Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two
The Case Zen master Nansen saw monks of the Eastern and Western halls quarreling over a cat. He held up the cat …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 13 – Zen Master Tokusan Holds His Bowls
The Case One day Tokusan went down toward the dining room, holding his bowls. Seppo met him and asked, ”Where are you …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 12 – Zen Master Zuigan Calls His Master
The Case Zen master Zuigan called to himself every day, “Master!” and answered, “Yes, sir!” Then he would say, “Be wide awake!” …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 11 – Zen Master Joshu Sees the Hermits
The Case Joshu went to a hermit’s cottage and asked, “Is the master in? Is the master in?” The hermit raised his …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 10 – Zen Master Seizei Is Utterly Destitute
The Case The monk Seizei said to zen master Sozan, “Seizei is utterly destitute. Will you give him support?” Sozan called out, …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 9 – Daitsu Chisho Buddha
The Case A monk asked Kyo Seije, “Daitsu Chisho Buddha sat in zazen for ten kalpas and could not attain Buddhahood. He …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 8 – Keichu the Wheelmaker
The Case Zen master Gettan said, “Keicha, the first wheelmaker, made a cart whose wheels had a hundred spokes. Now, suppose you …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 7 – Zen Master Joshu’s “Wash Your Bowl”
The Case A monk said to Joshu, “I have just entered this monastery. Please teach me.” “Have you eaten your rice porridge?” …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 6 – The Buddha Holds Out a Flower
The Case When Shakyamuni Buddha was at Mount Grdhrakuta, he held out a flower to his listeners. Everyone was silent. Only Mahakashyapa …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 5 – Zen Master Kyogen’s “Man up in a Tree”
The Case Zen master Kyogen said, “It is like a man up in a tree hanging from a branch with his mouth; …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 4 – The Western Barbarian with No Beard
The Case Master Wakuan said, “Why has the Western Barbarian no beard?” Mumon’s Comment Study should be real study, enlightenment should be …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case No. 3 – Zen Master Gutei’s Finger
The Case Whenever master Gutei was asked about Zen, he simply raised his finger. Once a visitor asked Gutei’s boy attendant, “What …
Zen Koan & Mysticism – Mumonkan – Case Nr. 2 – Zen Master Hyakujo and the Fox
The Case Whenever Master Hyakujo preached the law, an old man would appear and listen with the monks. If they left, he …
House and Yard – O God, you also created the useful domestic animals as a consolation and reward for our efforts and work
House and yard from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Prayer against Livestock Diseases 1. Supplication O God, you also created …
Sickness and Death – Every day of my short life should be important to me. I can’t do good without being good myself
Sickness and Death from my grandfather’s prayer book (Men in prayer). Prayer for a Sick Person Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God; …