Were you deeply touched by other wise men?
Apart from Deshimaru and the great Zen Masters, were you deeply touched by other wise men, alive or dead, or other traditions (or out of all traditions!)?With gratitude
15
Oct
25
Sep
Sport or meditation, or both?
hello Master, according to scientific research, to do at least 3 X 45 minutes sport per week, would be an effective way of being in shape, sport acts on the neuro transmitters and would support the well being!According to you master, Which one is necessary to do, sport or meditation, or both?
01
Apr
Is breathing in Zen automatic and natural ?
Is breathing in Zen automatic and natural, or is there a techniqueor form to breathe. How do we determine correct breathing for ourselves?What does it feel like? Is this breathing in any sense controlled?
In reality in zen, people learn a breathing technique which consists in concentrating their energy below the navel and to press on the ...
02
May
Family
When a member of your family, unconsciously and only because of his karma, i.e., despite the fact that he's a being who keeps good , scarce, but deep because of blood ties, relationship with us. . . This hurts us very much, up to the point of not willing to live because one feels he must lose life; how do you solve ...
27
Apr
Creative God?
Master, I see that you spoke about Big Bang, so avoiding speaking about a creative God (you are right because nobody can prove his existence or either to deny him) you did like Buddha, to avoid speaking about the question. Probably you also made it to avoid influencing your correspondent on the net. But what is your real thought? If Big Bang ...
31
Mar
the death of my parents (2)
thank you for your kind words of common sense, i am a christian but feelso much sadness when i enter my church, it no longer gives me comfort,in fact it makes me cry, so im searching.... what for i dont know, wheredo i find the conentment and humility that you seem to have where do istart, i want to know more
24
Dec
To practise zazen in a dojo of the AZI and to have the ordination by Kosen Master.
For my convenience I am living in Lausanne. Is it possible to practise zazen in the dojo Zen of Lausanne affiliated to the AZI and to have the ordination of boddhisatva, monk... by Kosen Master? After considering well all the options and in accordance with what is good for me as what my conscience suggests to me, I want to be a disciple of Kosen...
01
Jul
Reincarnation and Japan
To Whom It May Concern: I am acquainted with a man whom claims re-incarnational memories. He claims that he has experienced many incarnations, that one was of a Zen-monk from Southern Japan, at a monastery just outside of the Prefect of Osaka, and that he was a member of a select group that worked on a project for the Emperor of Japan; in that...
02
Jul
To become your disciple?
I wanted to know what does exactly mean to become your disciple. For example, does he/she need necessarily to become a nun or a monk?I suppose that there are meetings, can you enlighten me a little more please?
29
Apr
Attachment
Can we do otherwise than to try to keep what pleases us and avoid what is painful?
27
Jun
The education we give our children.
For some years now my 19-year-old son "has turned bad"; firecracker, tags, police custody and already did 22 months in prison... I live alone with him and his sister who, by the way, doesn't cause any trouble. He drags a heavy karma and I feel impotent. It is nevertheless a good boy with whom I can have a dialogue and who respects me but he has ...
01
Apr
Could you enlighten me on the question of death ?
Cher Maître, Pourriez vous m'éclairer sur la mort ? Emmanuelle
01
Apr
During kin-hin, when we go forwards, should we lay the heel first then the sole of the same foot ?
Bonjour, Bravo pour votre site ! Pouvez vous svp me donner une précision sur le KIN-HIN : Doit-on, quand on avance, poser le talon de la jambe avant en premier puis la plante du même pied ensuite ?
07
Nov
Buddhist without being a monk?
Many regards. I wanted to know if one can be considered oficially Buddhist Zen without the need to be a monk. And if possible, how can you do it? Thank you very much
04
Jul
a zen-student should have a teacher
dear kosen roshiyou say in your book revolution aus der stille-that a zen-student should have a teacher.i do satsen since 7 years now and did meet yakusho kwong roshi and baker roshi ,and that was very good to practice even more-but in a way i know that i have to do everything by myself-sit,go and work-just to sit seems enough-although there ...
26
Sep
..it is nothing to be done..
Why it is such a problem to have people arround me? I feel like i loosemyself, when there are other people arround. Maybe because i pretend tobe somebodyelse arround others.My entire life i didn't want to do anything, but i did a lot of things,i just wanted to sit and do nothing. I feel like i have to do a lot ofthings in life but i don't know ...
23
Jul
Changing karma
Hello. I have recently begun to go to church every morning before work to pray the rosary by myself on my knees and breathe calmly. After work, I have been going every day to two hours of Bikram yoga. This all began due to a relationship ending where I believe I was not positive during parts of the relationship. Yet, I was also doing ...
19
May
The christian faith.
I am a layperson devoted in the Christian faith, I have been feeling for some time now the physical need to know how to meditate better, to look further into my step, to be in sincerity, and this I feel it physically; I have some testimonies of Christian brothers for whom there is no antagonism to be Christian and to practise Zen. I would like ...
01
Apr
How to stop terrorism ?
How do we stop the terrorism? How should Buddhists respond to the Taliban, a group that bans Buddhism, destroys our heritage, and believes we should be killed as infidels? Doug Bates
01
Apr
If Zen is personal, what is the use of asking questions ?
If Zen is personal, what is the use of asking questions ?
01
Apr
How can we escape from a bad karma?
How can we escape from a bad karma?
06
Dec
When the monk Kosen awakens Stéphane the man.
Dear Stéphane, You said while answering somebody that it is Stéphane the man who is more important than the monk Kosen because it is him whom must wake up. My question is as follows: when the monk Kosen awakens Stéphane the man, is it then that Master Kosen appears?? Friendly, Laurent
01
Apr
Zen and sciences
Since the 70' a lot of people have been talking about comparisons
that should exist between for instance zen and the physics of the
twentieth century - quantum physics and theories of relativity. Do
you consider these parallells substantially ? Is there a real growth
of knowledge in these fields, the western sciences and the mystics or
...
27
Aug
Nervousness in various circumstances
I sometimes feel very nervous in front of an unexpected situation. Today, for instance, I got almost locked in the bathrooms and felt anxious and nervous. Can zen help me in such situations? How can I fight and avoid them?
23
Jul
changing karma 2
Hello,Thank you so much for your quick response. I understand what you have said. It is very meaningful to me. My final questions are, how do I develop a sense of importance or confidence when I am so used to being negative about myself? And, do you think that if I or someone makes these positive changes of mind and spirit, that if a ...
10
Oct
What does one request in Zen?
if god is inside each one of us, what does one request in Zen? In Zen, is there a higher being? (It is what is said as in the first interview on zen Buddhism of Arnaud Desjardins with Maître Deshimaru)
01
Sep
Ego or personality?
Ego or personality? zazen? ego = prison, personality = freedom? Can we recognize what is it that concerns the personality and what concerns the ego?gassho
03
Sep
The true ego and the false ego
I've read in books that it exist a false and a true ego. What's the true ego and what's the false ego
01
Apr
How can I both be "awake" and "think about nothing" at the same time ?
How can I both be "awake" (be aware of all things) and "think about nothing"(be empty) at the same time ?For me that is a contradiction that I cannot solve
01
Apr
Is there a relation between Zen and psychosis?
Is there a relation between Zen and psychosis?
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