For my english speaking friends
Schreiben gehört natürlich dazu, zu den Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation, des Teilens, des Publizierens. Eine eher kurze, spontane Form, die meinen Bedürfnisse sehr entgegen kommt.

Temple-News – 4/2021 – English Version
TEMPLE-NEWS: DATES FOR THE LAST TIME PUBLIC Dates until 31.12.2021 still here. Such an incredibly rich year is behind me, behind you as well.. Yes, why shouldn't we begin to look back and wonder, already in November? The (almost) daily zazen offerings in the mornings,...

Videos from the Book Study Group “What is Zen? Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind.”
A whole book - read for you, chapter after chapter! Monika Winkelmann is reading the Book “What is Zen - Plain Talk by a Beginner‘s Mind“, written by Norman Fischer and Susan Moon, chapter by chapter, each one in YouTube Format. The project was planned as an...

Spiritual Biography of Monika Winkelmann
English version of the short "spiritual bio", to be found on the website of "Waldhaus - Zentrum für Buddhismus und Bewusstes Leben" (Monika has been offering there intuitive, contemplative writing together with formal meditation since more than two decades) and the...

Innocent Eyes
From Jan. 7-14, 2020, three women made a pilgrimage to Southern Italy: More precisely, the destination of their trip was the International Cemetery in Tarsia/Calabria, on which the internet only gave few informations. The politically right-wing orientation of the...

Ultimately, it’s about being human
We called and call our actions or the attitude behind them "Being human in our city/region/country". (Having started a zenpeacemaker circle again, in 2015, some beautiful compassionate actions have arisen, and we will soon share about them.) I speak as a Zen...

Requiem for our Asian Sisters
Our hearts go out to the killed women: May they rest in peace. To the beloved ones of the murdered women. May their wounds be healed. To the witnesses. May their understanding enhance. To their communities and neighborhoods. May they become loving spaces. To the...

Being a teacher
I understood what being a teacher means in essence through a lecture given by Norman Fischer. He meant it primarily or exclusively in terms of spiritual teachership, helping us to live in decency and dignity, according to moral principles and in harmony with cosmic...

Note
All humans will die. All dictators will die. Dictators fear death out of measure. They often suicide themselves. To face the inevitable is too painful for them. For us, still surviving this life, but how long?, the only valid question is and will be: 1. How will I...

REPORT ON THE AUSCHWITZ-BEARING-WITNESS-RETREATS 2010-2014 and 2019
Dear friends and companions! This text appeared in the June issue of the Austrian Buddhist magazine Ursache & Wirkung (Cause & Effect) No. 112 / 2020: Ready to engage: Bearing witness retreats in Auschwitz – how Monika Winkelmann experienced grief I...

It is about Life and Death – A Reflection on Three Levels
This headline was literally in several newspapers in the past few days. I read and understand these words on three levels: firstly, in the way our politicians Laschet, Merkel, Spahn certainly mean them: "Dear compatriots, please take the crisis seriously, please....
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