01
Apr
Do you think that Zen makes man better ?( without considering bad or evil).
23
Dec
Discuss together.
Dear Stephan,I’ve read the various confrontations between Roland and you, and it makes me really happy that you can discuss together, as you had answered it to me. You are very different, but I do not cease being persuaded that you received the same marrow, and that you both try to retransmit it as well as possible, each one his way. I do not ...
31
Jul
Saving mankind
Why so little people practice and appreciate zazen when it can change the karma of mankind?
11
Jul
Abortion
What is the Zen position about abortion?
07
Nov
Vitality?
Introduction: I have been practicing zazen for 15 years. Dokusho Villalba taught me. I am in the habit of having a very low arterial pressure and it is difficult to activate myself. I suspect that the abdominal breathing, which I already do spontaneously during the whole day, influences the excessive slowering of my metabolism.Question: How can ...
14
Jun
Enjoying zazen
Since a few months ago, I keep on practicing zazen almost in spite of me, but I do not feel any longer the stamina and the eagerness that fear of impermancence used to give me. On the other hand, I've quite understood that one should not expect anything from practising, except maybe the satisfaction of knowing that one doesn't have ...
01
Apr
Do you believe that using hallucinogens is a valid path to spiritual enlightenment?
Hello, and thank you for this great opportunity. My name is John Paul Gamiere, and I am an aspiring Anthropologist. My main intrests lie in Ethnobotany, Shamanism, Ethnomusicology, and Altered States of Consciousness. My question to you concerns the use of hallucinogenic drugs by Shamans. After researching shamanic journeys, I have found many ...
27
Oct
Is the Sangha of Master Kosen recognised by the Sotoshu of Japan?
Is the Sangha of Master Kosen recognised by the Sotoshu of Japan?
23
Jul
Reincarnation
by dr david darling..what do you think ?"reincarnation? Yes and no. Death defines the ultimate limits of selves and exposes how fragile, artificial, and essentially unimportant these creations of the living human brain really are. Will you live again? Once more, it is the present self-in-charge that wants to know. And perhaps the best, most ...
14
Jul
Feelings
Dear Kosen, I'm from Brazil! That does not prevent me from loving you! Yes, this is strange! I'm male and I can asure you: heterosexual! This love has not to do with sex. . . just to make things clear!But when I watch your videos. . . see your smile and the beauty of your words. . . I can't avoid this feeling of love. . . maybe ...
16
Oct
Where did bad karma begin?
Where did bad karma begin, why did we lose our natural condition, the nature of Boudha?many thanks
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
...
04
Jul
Homosexual couple.
I'm homosexual and living with somebody for 5 years already, we have plans for the future, including artificial insemination. I'd like to know what this is all about for you and what you think about such things
01
Apr
I would like to know your, as a zen-buddhist, point of view on the essens of man.
Hello, I would like to know your, as a zen-buddhist, point of view on the essens of man. I have heard different theories of what mankind is made of.The behaviorist claimes that we are like robots. We were born without a soul, tabula rasa=empty painting. We are formed by our surroundings, by the environment. Everything we are, can be explained by...
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?
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 ...
23
Jul
duality vs non duality
I assume in a non-dual world,I might mistakenly bite my hand ,instead of the sandwich ...?so I am assuming non-duality can not be an unqualified good..???
19
Nov
Harada's sesshin.
How is it possible that you are the only one to have refused to take part in the sesshin of Harada and that all the other disciples of Master Deshimaru were there knowing that he criticized and envy their Master?
12
Nov
You cannot explain zazen.
I have always read and heard that zazen cannot be explained but practice, while you give so many explanations why?
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
26
Oct
In what way is the Zen taught by Master Deshimaru different from the Soto Zen?
In what way is the Zen taught by Master Deshimaru different from the Soto Zen? Isn’t the gasoline of all this shikantaza?
23
Jul
escape?
Dear Master!I`m writing from Norway, where I got back 3 times to take a job, try myself and get to know myself. i feel the same all the time, I can`t do it, but insist on it to fullfit my dream and attain the knowlidges and find myself even if I`m alone and am among uknown people. If I feel the pain in my stomach in hara it means i have to ...
01
Apr
Does one have to cure those who are not sick?
You answered Bruce Rose that the practice of Zen was reserved for people in good health. I believed, forgive me, that Zen cured. Does one have to cure that which is not sick? Are you a zen monk, or the spokesman of a new extremist branch called "Satori with people in good health!"? Didn't you think for a second that M.Bruce Rose could be ...
17
Mar
Nichiren.
hi, i recently started practicing the buddhism of nichiren daishonin and i have many doubts, one is why there are so many diovisions in buddhism, and the other, is what do you think about the buddhism of god, and where we come from, because i was told that you don't believe in god, but there is a line of buddhism that do, and i'd like to know ...
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
01
Apr
Master, do you believe that the way of Zen is the only way which conducts to the realization of the self or to the spiritual freedom ?
Maître, croyez-vous que la voie du Zen soit le seul chemin qui conduit à la réalisation de soi ou à liberté spirituelle ? Car il existe à mon point de vue tant d'écoles, de disciplines qui prônent ce résultat ; et l'on dirait que je suis attiré par plusieurs disciplines et groupes à la fois. Merci Denis Blondeau
20
Nov
Obliged to caricature the Easterners.
Aioli that means hello in Provence! Caro Stéphane, On our premises we would say, no it is a guy, I’m right! and the other buddy, says "it seems to me he is not a guy, he is a monk" A fatchedecon! He is dressed in fashion, he is a samurai, or then he is Chinese! Besides he’s got a Bartez haircut done. Without talking cock! I’m not talking...
01
Apr
How does one become a Zen Monk?
How does one become a Zen Monk?
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
Apr
Magic powers
To which kind of magic powers does Master Deshimaru refer in his answer to
" What about magic powers ?" in the offered list of questons and answers ?
I can read that you mention Castaneda in the Introduction of your book.
Is there in the teachings of the zen masters a part dealing with "lucid dreams" ?...