A Weekend "ZEN and nature"

A Weekend "Zen and nature"

During a week-end "Zen and Nature" in the "MeditationZentrum Neumühld/Saarland/Germany" we hiked after zazen, we had breakfast and did samu.

We walked for a while, sometimes in silent, in the protected area of "Saar-Hunsrück" at Traumschleifen. We looked for plants and animals, we were concentrated on the present moment, we could feel the wind in the face, heard the birds and the sound of the nature, smelt the plants.

After we walked we shared our impressions. In the evening we had a last zazen, ending the day with a peaceful mind and we slept very well.

Isolde Schnorbach Group of Trier

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The 108 luminous Dharma Gates

The Dharma Gates are teachings coming from nature and from sutras. They lead - if they are put into practice - to the awakening and a happy life, in accordance with this awakening.

The main Gate is zazen, the Zen meditation. But Buddha gave many more teachings which also lead to the awakening. An old sutra (which Master Dogen added to his Shobogenzo) contains 108 “Gates”, because they are the key of an unlimited enjoyment, as the Bodhisattva who presented them said.

You will find in this volume the last 62 Gates, translated and commented by Master Roland Yuno Rech.

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