Buddhist mind training often goes against our instinctive, spontaneous behavior patterns. This is in line with the struggle of those who have undergone longer therapies. We practice, learn, with benevolent guidance, to get closer to ourselves, to become more...
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Schreiben gehört natürlich dazu, zu den Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation, des Teilens, des Publizierens. Eine eher kurze, spontane Form, die meinen Bedürfnisse sehr entgegen kommt.
Jonas Hackethal: PIRÄUS (English version)
This wonderful text by Jonas Hackethal about our pilgrimage to Greece/Piräus and a refugee camp has been written seven years afterwards. Don't miss it! After nine years we have met again two days ago. I have invited him for a meal in Poppelsdorf on the occasion...
„Touching The Wound Of Auschwitz Poetically“
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Meine Lehrerinnen und Lehrer
Der Einfachheit halber beginne ich hier mit dem Zen-Priester, Buchautor und Dichter Norman Fischer, mit dem ich seit 2019 studiere und praktiziere. Im Dezember vom Rohatsu-Retreat in Mexico mit dem Ehepaar Fischer wiedergekommen, mit einem Schlüsselbeinbruch, werde...
Stumbling Stones and „Faces“: With Terry Swartzberg in Munich – Nov 8-12, 2023
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...
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...
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