The Diamond Sutra says, "If anyone is despised by others, even if he has committed some serious transgression in a former life and been doomed to fall into the evil world, the transgression in the former life is wholly wiped out by virtue of the fact that he is despised in this life."
Even if now you hold fast and now you let go, you are not yet an expert. To infer three things from one example is not enough. Even if you can move heaven and earth, dumbfound the four quarters, crash like thunder, flash like lightning, upset the ocean, overturn mountains, and pour down like torrents of rain, you still fall far short of it. Is there anyone among you who can control the center of the heavens and the axis of the earth?
When one holds the jewel, merit is rewarded. Without merit, the jewel no longer reflects anything. Truly without reason, heaven seeks in vain. Gautama, Gautama, do you know the secret? "Everything is open," says Setcho again.
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The Honora Zen Monastery is currently only open for consultation hours by appointment only. The meditation stay is exclusively available to friends of the family.
The meditation weekend takes place once a month in the Mountain Hotel Schwänzelegg in Grüsch-Danusa.
We are looking for a good, loyal, trustworthy and faithful soul for the Zen monastery and the family.
The balancing act between running a monastery and family life is not always easy to master. The Honora Zen Monastery is therefore looking for an additional home so that both can be carried out more easily.