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: [...]
Autumn Zenten
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 [...]
Sesshin schedule for the next year
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) [...]
Ango 2nd Period – Samu in a Couple of Pictures
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 [...]
Mind and Environment
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 [...]
Buddha and the Non-Buddhist
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, [...]
The secret of Buddhism
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. [...]
Stopping and Seeing
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. [...]
Mushotoku mind
I always speak of mushotoku during zazen. To see the mind mushotoku, without seeking anything: otherwise we are in error. Zen means to stop everything, to give up everything, to get rid of all thought and idea, to get [...]