10
May
Are the extreme right "initiated" dangerous? Thank you for your (possible) answer
01
Apr
Zen and the problem of evil
Good day,A question worries me from a long time, concerning the possibility of evil. How the zen gives an explanation of the existence of evil, not the fact to steel an apple but concerning really monstruous acts like the ones which the paedophiles commit against children, and which are profoundly traumatizing and destructive?The answer of the ...
01
Apr
Where can I get a kesa?
Saludos: Desear'a saber dónde puedo adquirir un traje Zen (Kesa). ¿ Podrían enviarme la dirección? Gracias!!
12
Nov
I find your site a fresh puff of air.
Dear Master Kosen, Sunday October 29, 2006, with a limited knowledge on Zen and a poor practice of the meditation; I have always admired the mysterious simplicity of this seated meditation which one names zazen, the most beautiful of the churches. I wished to practise in group, but being a French resident in Taiwan, the moralizer lessons of this...
29
Nov
Practising Zazen when one has suicidal impulses.
Is it necessary or not recommended practising Zazen when one has suicidal impulses or tendencies to depression???
19
May
Who steals a great deal of his food.
Hello to you.What would you say to a practitioner who wonders if he is going to take the boddhisattva vows, one of the 4, and who steals a great deal of his food in supermarkets?
14
Dec
The absolute mastery.
Harmony soul-brother, I don’t know if I am very spiritually advanced, and I don’t mind in fact but what I know it is that I did not have any choice! Because I did not choose to reappear in a Corsican envelope of Man, Virgo star sign with Virgo ascendant with a dominant Mars, who is not afraid to be constantly Pure and Rightful, in an impure ...
21
Sep
Mondo with Sabine and the two Muslims
Master, The Buddha, the god, is without ‘noumène’ thus he has an infinite number of aspects, faces, forms. However the essence of the aspect is beyond the aspect or beyond the not aspect, ‘beyond’ meaning containing immediately 2 aspects: aspect and non-aspect. Isn’it so that the buddha can be seen. So isn’t zazen beyond the aspect ...
14
Dec
How it is possible to lead a professional life.
I do not manage to understand how it is possible to lead a professional life in our society (search of results, commercial goals, ambition.) with a regular practice of zazen (stoptou!). Too many paradoxes. Can you enlighten me on the question? In advance thank you
21
Apr
feeling of doubt
Hello ! I have a question wich is bothering me a long time regulary. It is about a feeling of doubt. Very deep in myself, i feel doubt about most of the things i do in life. Even if i get things i wished for a long time, once they appear it can not satisfy me and i feel it is just another "thing" which i got in my life, a nother present to the ...
10
May
Are there individual actions?
Since there is no separated existence, that we all are ONE, are there individual actions or every action and thought originates from the ONE? (or God, That, Vacuity, etc)
19
Apr
Zen at war
i work in iraq, i'm hired for protection reasons etcI feel like an animal, i want kill, have sex, and i'm very lost.I don't know why i'm here on earth, i don't know what i must do, i don't knowwhat i am. im not afraid of dying or killing its part of life. i eventhought of killing you, is this right or wrong. i don't ever tell peopleof such ...
18
Apr
The attitude to be adopted during the meals and the samu?
What is your teaching concerning the attitude to be adopted during the meals and the samu (especially during sesshins)?Gassho
14
Dec
Should melancholy be fought?
Should melancholy be fought? it is this which makes me sad and depressive, how do I have to take it, what to do? Thank you in advance for your answer Master.
26
Oct
The attachment to the Master.
I met in a sesshin people who followed a Western Master, panicked at the thought of being separated from him, losing it or being rejected. Eventualy, they've found a new family and a new attachment... which is reinforced with time; is it an insoluble contradiction!! It is annoying, isn't it?
12
Nov
Will you give Roland the chance of explaining to us his point of view?
Dear Kosen, Will you give Roland the chance of explaining to us his point of view, which will make it possible for us to come up with an opinion? This seems to be important to me: I say myself, Kosen is right perhaps, it seems sincere and to base its line on the greatest of ethics. But, I do not imagine Roland in a "treason" to his Master, a ...
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...
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" ?...
01
Apr
Is it possible to be a disciple in your community if one does not have any money?
¿ Se puede ser discípulo en su comunidad sin tener dinero?
01
Apr
Does Zen increase concentration powers?
Namaste,I have been curious about Zen for some timeabout 6 months and have been reading a lot about it. Ihave not started practicing yet.My question is since Zen meditation is stopping of thethought would it facilitate concentrated thinking whenwilled by the person practicing zazen ?in other words does it increase concentration powers ...
21
Dec
Karmic return.
Two questions: Firstly, I have practised for eighteen years, I haven’t stopped saying to myself that I am not in reality. What about reality? Secondly, Master Deshimaru taught that we go back inevitably to the infernal cycle of transmigration if our practice is not mushotoku. Do we follow this karmic return until our death? Thanks, all the ...
01
Apr
Is Zazen a disguised christian practice?
I went to the Latin America Zen center on December 24th to practize Zazen. Upon arrival somebody told me that Zazen was suspended because they ( the monks ) were having a party or something, later in the night. Is that a satori? everything is impermanent including Zazen?Is Zazen a disguised christian practice?
01
Apr
Difficulties in maintaining the zazen posture in my everyday life
I seem to find some difficulty in keeping the zazen posture in daily life. A lot of times I get scared and return to my slumped posture. This is especially true when I'm around people. I keep struggling with this. What can I do to overcome this? gassho.Thank you Francis Lui
24
Oct
What happened in the AZI for you to leave?
Without a criticizing spirit but just concerned to understand the history in which I fit, What happened in the AZI for you to leave? I imagine that the reasons were serious especially after the reading of a site of Luc Boussard who gave me a little chill down my spine when one does not have oneself the prespective to judge. It is what pushes me ...
01
Apr
How does one go onto heaven?
How does one go onto heaven?So many religions, too many ideas and myths. There must be a simpler way to answer this question. Could you possibly give me your input ?
01
Apr
I would like to meet other Zens
I am very new to the Zen ways, I am a Rosicrucian but, I am interested in Zen.I would like to meet other Zens here in the upper desert of Ca.I have been trying to be part on the newsgroup on the netbut there is to much bull to post there and get flamed by so called Christians. Looking forward to someone taking me by the hand and leading me. I am...
01
Apr
How does one deal with petty jealousies and insecurity ?
How does one deal with petty jealousies and insecurity ?I am a good man who does not wish to engage in this behaviour, however, it always seems to follow me and my family. I seek to hurt no none, yet my adversaries continually choose this path. When I was young I would lash out in anger, but now I am not the aggessor. Can you help ? ...
01
Apr
Could you teach me how to "defeat before fighting" ?
Dear Master Kosen,When I asked you the question about the aspect "do" of the Martial Arts, you answered me : "to defeat before attacking".I have thought about your answer, `to defeat before fighting' and I finished considering it as a koan. I asked myself : " to defeat whom, to defeat what ?" Nevertheless, I think I found an answer and I would ...
01
Apr
Is the Dojo in Montpellier a favourable place for the initiation to Zen ?Yann
Puisqu'il existe des différences entre les maîtres et leur qualité, je voudrais savoir si le dojo de Montpellier est un lieu favorable à l'initiation du Zen? merci yann
01
Dec
The Master is interested in the ignorant little worm I am. (continuation)
/You say: “I do not have a doubt the direction of the practice”, then later you regard yourself as an ignorant little worm, do you believe that this is the direction of the practice? Only the Buddhas can penetrate in the dojo, it is in this state that one is authorized to practice zazen. And the Buddhas raise questions to let the dharma be ...