It turned out to be a whole package after all: From November 8-12, 2023, I spent four days in the appealing Bavarian city, which seemed particularly large to me this time. Until I rang the doorbell of my friend Terry, who lives in a small, dark red-painted terraced...
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Retreat: Writing Peace in Auschwitz – Our last zazen on the morning of May 25, 2024 in Krakow: Sitting – Walking – Heart Circle Talk (Council)- The Four Great Vows
Photo by Regina Pietsch. At the Ash-Pond in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Embodying the Great Thanks. Let the lotus blossom with each step. This is the only way to create peace: Including everyone in this practice. Interweaving. Don't expect everyone to participate at the same...
II. I can write again – It becomes concrete
Bernie Glassman and Zenpeacemakers/The deep meaning of begging for malas/street retreats In 2007 I must have heard about Zenpeacemakers, probably through the Dharma teacher Werner Heidenreich, who told me about a meeting in Germany, perhaps in Solingen. I remember...
I. I can’t write – It’s about the whole thing Part I
Of course it is a writer's block that has had me in its grip since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, children, babies, old and sick people. I myself, as a distant witness, not even an eyewitness, am numb for minutes at a time until things start to flow...
A Pilgrimage to Hildegard von Bingen around my birthday: April 13-15, 2023
Saint Hildegard of Bingen - First German Poet and Doctor of the Church From April 13-15 this year, I traveled to Rüdesheim with my Buddhist friend and writing student Teresa Jansen as the only participant. I could have imagined a small group, but finally being two and...
Tempel-News – 02/2023 (English version)
Dear Seekers, Sitters, Sangha Friends, Here is a summary of the Zen and temple offerings available until Christmas: Current Offerings: Hybrid Zazen: In the summer, daily mornings from 6:30-7:30, followed by 7:00-8:00. Saturdays and Sundays: 8:00-9:00. Wednesdays and...
Video: Issho Fujita – Outstandly clear talk on Zazen of a Dharma-gate of Peace and Ease
Outstandly clear talk on Zazen of a Dharma-gate of Peace and Ease - This practice is about 'Harmonizing Mind and Body': POSTURE: Harmonizing the relationship with the ground BREATHING: Harmonizing the relationship with the air MENTALSTATE: Harmonizing the relationship...
She is whispering
Today. A year ago my Mom had a stroke and was taken, after lots of phone-calls between Bonn, Stuttgart and Bad Nenndorf, to a clinic an hour away from her home. She got three stents in an emergency surgery. Exactly a year ago on a Monday I booked a room in a hotel...
Real Encounters – on the tram
On my way back in the tram, from Detmold and dear Hajdi - I told you, it was crowded -, and it is a long ride with this tram, but as so much repairing work is done in our streets, it was the only solution to get home, or wait more than one hour. At my left a young...
Perhaps it is writing, Eve Marko. (the safe place)
Perhaps it is writing, Eve Marko. (the safe place) Your text is so wonderful, in so many aspects, I want to put it on my website. The arc as the loving action, fully inclusive, yes, I always loved it, every child does, and now we have to recall this action as a...
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