Meditation Stay Switzerland – Honora Zen Monastery – From the very beginning, there has been no birth and death!
Welcome to your meditation stay. For a few months, weeks or days, the Honora Zen Monastery is a place of emptiness and silence where the true self is contemplated through Zen meditation. “meditation in motion” and “meditation in silence” are equally valued. Work is a great opportunity to meditate and discover your true self. Life in the Zen monastery is physically and mentally very challenging.
The dog chases the ball, the tiger bites the thrower!
Schedule Meditation Stay
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05:00 Meditation
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05:45 Breakfast
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07:00 Module
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12:00 Lunch
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free
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18:00 Dinner
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19:15 Meditation (3x 45min)
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22:00 Lights out
Modules (not selectable): hiking (in all weather conditions), household, cooking, meditation, gardening, etc. Every Sunday we attend Mass at the local church. The daily schedule may vary with time.
Etiquette
The etiquette in the Honora Zen monastery are rules that should make life together smoothly and pleasantly. They provide a framework in which to consciously carry out one's own words and actions. What is served will be eaten (vegetables, meat, fish, etc.) and we are grateful!
Oblations
1 Day: 80 CHF
WE (Fri - Sun): 200 CHF
1 Week: 500 CHF
2 Weeks: 800 CHF
1 Month: 1500 CHF
If you would like to stay with us for longer than 3 months, please contact us for further information about a longterm stay.
All oblations are in Swiss Francs (CHF). No refund of the oblation. Donation page
Q&A
Here you will find the most important questions and answers about your stay at the Honora Zen Monastery.
Monthly Zen Retreat
Every first week of the month the meditation retreat takes place in the Honora Zen Monastery. The retreat begins on the first Friday of the month at 3 p.m. and ends on the following Thursday at 3 p.m. More information about the retreat...
Registration
Please read the etiquette and the most important questions and answers about your stay carefully. Use the contact form to find out if there are still vacancies.
Contemplation - Meditation Stay - Switzerland
Only one thing remains spiritually alive; Its remarkable functions are manifold. From the very beginning, there has been no birth and death. However, do you really understand this? Having cast aside the six thieves and their objects, its essence now appears in all its fullness. The entire earth, with its mountains and its rivers, will be one's own home.
Who can pass though the realms of darkness bearing gold and silver? You can face the Lord of Death with your good and evil deeds alone.
According to conditions, your true nature is returning home. But how could you bleached bones ever reach the pure land? For the sake of Truth, forget the body and tread the path to enlightenment! In the same way as all the sages, as you reach the other shore, you will find your place of origin.
Since your true nature is always present, it is truly the Great Way. Since your spiritually active radiance shines everywhere, it is truly the Lord of the ten thousand things.
Zen Order of Switzerland
