Koan study in Johanneshof
Hello, next week master Myoken, master Keisen and a few disciples will go to Johanneshof for the yearly koan study with Baker roshi. This time the 21st koan from the Shoyoroku will be studied. The koan goes like this: [...]
Mokusho2018-02-24T11:32:11+01:00February 4th, 2018|Sangha Activity, Zen|
Hello, next week master Myoken, master Keisen and a few disciples will go to Johanneshof for the yearly koan study with Baker roshi. This time the 21st koan from the Shoyoroku will be studied. The koan goes like this: [...]
Mokusho2018-01-19T09:34:17+01:00January 19th, 2018|Sangha Activity|
Hello, the Mokusho Zen House wishes a happy new year and strong practice for everybody! There are many exciting programs waiting for us in 2018, some of them are still taking shape. Some of the future dates have been [...]
Mokusho2017-11-14T07:29:00+01:00October 24th, 2017|Sangha Activity|
Dear Friends, this autumn we will have our traditional ZenTen in Budapest. We begin on the 27th of October, Friday 17:00 in Taisenji. If the weather is beautiful we will spend the first practice weekend in the Hoboji. From [...]
Mokusho2017-09-21T08:45:08+01:00September 21st, 2017|Sangha Activity|
Hello, we have prepared the sesshin schedule of the Mokusho Zen House for the next year! You can find it under the Events menu! We offer two sesshins for this September: the first one is held in Bulgaria (Vratsa) [...]
Mokusho2017-07-25T14:35:51+01:00July 25th, 2017|Sangha Activity|
Hi guys! Before watching the photos, here are some samu updates on what has been done along the 2nd period. We've managed to clear and transport all the wood from Taisenji garden to Hoboji. Kalman and team completely reworked the [...]
mirmos2017-07-25T12:02:04+01:00July 19th, 2017|Sangha Activity|
The second period of the Summer Camp will take place in Taisenji between 17th to 27th of July. Come, come..
Mokusho2017-07-25T12:05:16+01:00June 23rd, 2017|Shoyoroku, Zen|
Yangshan asked a monk, “Where are you from?” The monk said, “From Yu province.” Yangshan said, “Do you think of that place?” The monk said, “I always think of it. ” Yangshan said, “The thinker is the mind and [...]
Mokusho2017-07-25T12:15:18+01:00June 22nd, 2017|Mumonkan, Zen|
A Non-Buddhist said to the Buddha, "I do not ask for words; I do not ask for silence." Buddha just sat quietly. The Non-Buddhist said admiringly, "The compassion of the World-Honored One has opened the clouds of my illusion, [...]
Mokusho2017-04-01T12:54:41+01:00April 1st, 2017|Mokusho|
To abandon these particular conditions, the individual conditions, it is to become a monk. To quite the family, to leave the house and to never return to our home. The secret of Buddhism, the secret of religion is this non-possession. [...]
Mokusho2017-04-01T12:53:18+01:00April 1st, 2017|Tiantai, Zen|
As for the stopping and seeing of the mind, sitting straight, correctly mindful, one clears away wrong consciousness and abandons errant thoughts. Do not think at random, or grab on to appearances, just focus solely on the realm of reality. [...]