Zen Day schedule July 3rd

Practice is led by Knud Rosenmayr JDPSN and Lizzie Coombs JDPSN.
We have two excellent teachers from the US to give Dharma Talks; Father Kevin Hunt - a Christian monk practicing Zen for 40 years, and Zen teacher in the Japanese tradition, José Ramírez JDPSN - teaching Zen for over 12 years.
For Zoom link and login details please contact us.

7:00-7:30
Első belépés
First Entrance
108 LEBORULÁS
4 nagy fogadalom  
108 BOWS
4 Great Vows
7:30- 8:402 x 30 perc ülés  2 x 30 minutes Zen in sitting
8:40-8:50Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
8:50-10:00Reggeli (önállóan)  Breakfast (alone)
10:00-11:50
Második belépés
Second Entrance
3 x 30 perc ülés
KONG-AN  
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
KONG-AN  
11:50-13:00Ebéd (önállóan)  Lunch (alone)
13:00-14:50  3 x 30 perc ülés
KONG-AN
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
KONG-AN  
14:50- 15:50Dharma beszéd
Kérdések és válaszok
Dharma Talk
Questions and Answers
15:50-16:10    Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani
4 nagy fogadalom
Körbeszélgetés   
VÉGE  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
4 Great Vows
Circle Talk  
END  

Zen Day schedule June 12th

Practice is led by Hyon Ja SSN and Lizzie Coombs PSN.
For Zoom link and login details please contact us.

7:00-7:30
Első belépés
First Entrance
108 LEBORULÁS
4 nagy fogadalom  
108 BOWS
4 Great Vows
7:30- 8:402 x 30 perc ülés  2 x 30 minutes Zen in sitting
8:40-8:50Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
8:50-10:00Reggeli (önállóan)  Breakfast (alone)
10:00-11:50
Második belépés
Second Entrance
3 x 30 perc ülés
KONG-AN  
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
KONG-AN  
11:50-13:00Ebéd (önállóan)  Lunch (alone)
13:00-14:50  3 x 30 perc ülés
KONG-AN
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
KONG-AN  
14:50- 15:50Dharma beszéd
Kérdések és válaszok
Dharma Talk
Questions and Answers
15:50-16:10    Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani
4 nagy fogadalom
Körbeszélgetés   
VÉGE  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
4 Great Vows
Circle Talk  
END  

Zen Day schedule May 8th

Practice is led by Jan Sendzimir SDT and Lubor Kosut SDT.
For Zoom link and login details please contact us.

7:00-7:30
Első belépés
First Entrance
108 LEBORULÁS
4 nagy fogadalom  
108 BOWS
4 Great Vows
7:30- 8:402 x 30 perc ülés  2 x 30 minutes Zen in sitting
8:40-8:50Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
8:50-10:00Reggeli (önállóan)  Breakfast (alone)
10:00-11:50
Második belépés
Second Entrance
3 x 30 perc ülés
KONZULTÁCIÓK (Jan)  
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
CONSULTING INTERVIEWS (Jan)  
11:50-13:00Ebéd (önállóan)  Lunch (alone)
13:00-14:50  3 x 30 perc ülés
KONZULTÁCIÓK (Lubor)
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
CONSULTING INTERVIEWS (Lubor)  
14:50- 15:50Dharma beszéd
Kérdések és válaszok
Körbeszélgetés  
Dharma Talk
Questions and Answers
Circle Talk
15:50-16:10    Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani
4 nagy fogadalom    
VÉGE  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
4 Great Vows  
END  

Zen Day schedule April 17th

Practice is led by Hyon Ja SSN and Knud Rosenmayr PSN.
For Zoom link and login details please contact us.

7:00-7:30
Első belépés
First Entrance
108 LEBORULÁS
4 nagy fogadalom  
108 BOWS
4 Great Vows
7:30- 8:402 x 30 perc ülés  2 x 30 minutes Zen in sitting
8:40-8:50Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
8:50-10:00Reggeli (önállóan)  Breakfast (alone)
10:00-11:50
Második belépés
Second Entrance
3 x 30 perc ülés
KONG-AN  
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
KONG-AN  
11:50-13:00Ebéd (önállóan)  Lunch (alone)
13:00-14:50  3 x 30 perc ülés
KONG-AN
3 x 30 Minutes Zen in sitting
KONG-AN  
14:50- 15:50Dharma beszéd
Kérdések és válaszok
Körbeszélgetés  
Dharma Talk
Questions and Answers
Circle Talk
15:50-16:10    Chanting
Szív szútra és Nagy Dharani
4 nagy fogadalom    
VÉGE  
Chanting
Heart Sutra (German) Great Dharani
4 Great Vows  
END  

Spring & Summer online practice schedule

Tuesday zen practice starts at 18:30.
Once a month, on Saturdays, we hold a one-day practice with the Austrian and Slovak Sangha. Practice sessions are led by Zen Master Hyon Ja (SSN) and Dharma Masters (PSN) Lizzie Coombs and Knud Rosenmayr.
For Zoom link and login details please contact us.

April

APRIL 06LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GREAT VOWS. DH. TALK
APRIL 13HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVS KONG-AN
APRIL 17 SAT. ZEN DAYHYON JA SSN KNUD PSNSTART: 7 AM TO 16:30. KONG-AN Combined with Vienna, Hungary, Bratislava
APRIL 20LIZZIE PSN22 X 30 MINUTES. 10 MIN. PAUSE 4 GREAT VOWS
APRIL 27HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 10 MIN. PAUSE 4 GREAT VOWS

May

MAY 4LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GV. KONG-AN
MAY 8 SAT. ZEN DAYJAN SENDZIMIR SDT LUBOR KOSUT SDTSENIOR DHARMA CONSULTATION Combined with Vienna, Hungary, Bratislava
MAY 11HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVS DH. TALK
MAY 18LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVS
MAY 25HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVs KONG-AN

June

JUNE 1LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4VS. DH. TALK
JUNE 8HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GREAT VOWS
JUNE 12 SAT. ZEN DAYHYON JA SSN LIZZIE PSNSTART: 7 AM TO 16:30. KONG-AN Combined with Vienna, Hungary, Bratislava
JUNE 15LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MINUTE PAUSE 4 GVs KONG-AN  
JUNE 22HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MINUTE PAUSE 4 GREAT VOWS  
JUNE 29LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MINUTE PAUSE 4 GREAT VOWS  

July

JULY 3 SAT. ZEN DAYKNUD PSN LIZZIE PSNSTART: 7 AM TO 16:30. KONG-AN Combined with Vienna, Hungary, Bratislava
JULY 6HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVs KONG-AN  
JULY 13LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVs  
JULY 20HYON JA SSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVS DH. TALK  
JULY 27LIZZIE PSN2 X 30 MINUTES. 05 MIN. PAUSE 4 GVs KONG-AN  

December online practice with European teachers

Dear friends in the Dharma,

The month of December is the month of love and compassion. It is a really special time for us to come together — especially now when the Corona Virus is affecting everyone's health and lockdowns are making it impossible to come together face to face as it is traditionally done. The teachers of the Kwan Um School of Zen Europe invite all practitioners, not only in the European Sangha but also from around the world, to join a special online Zoom Zen Practice on the following Saturday mornings:

Dec. 5th with Opening speech: ZM Bon Shim with Dharma talk: ZM Hyon Ja
Dec. 12th with Dharma talk: ZM Ji Kwang
Dec. 19th with Dharma talk: ZM Gu Ja with Closing speech: ZM Bon Shim

Our schedule for each of these Saturday mornings in CET time:

8:00 Start
8:05 108 Bows
8:30 Dedicated chanting Kwan Seum Bosal
8:55 2 x 30 minutes Zen meditation (with 5 minutes break in between)
10:00 Dharma talk
10:20 Open space for questions and answers.
11:00 Four Great Vows and End.

Let's practice together and bring the light of our clear minds into the lives, of all around us! In the Dharma with much love,
Bon Shim I Ji Kwang I Gu Ja I Hyon Ja I Bogumila JDPS I Arne JDPS I Koen JDPS I Yuval JDPS I Knud JDPS I Tolo JDPS

LINK
Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84813555138…: Zen108
Meeting ID: 848 1355 5138
Fees for attending:
In the spirit of the month of giving, please donate either to your favorite non-profit charity or you can also choose to donate to the European Kwan Um School of Zen, which actively supports students to attend retreats or Zen events. Kwan Um School of Zen
/ IBAN: DE59 100500 000 190502142/ SWIFT: BELADEBEXXX

No Inside or Outside

What is the significance of a 49-day ceremony?

Chong Hae Sunim JDPS:
When someone passes away, in addition to a funeral service that usually occurs three or seven days after the death, we have a ceremony on the 49th day. Traditionally, the period of 49 days after someone dies is seen as a time for that person to check their consciousness and digest their karma. According to Buddhist teaching the bodhisattva Ji Jang Bosal helps the deceased during these 49 days to perceive their karma so when they return they are reborn to help this world, rather than continue in the cycle of birth and death. Religious Buddhism teachers that there is a life in this body, then a time of investigation or consideration, and then a new life in a new body.
But the truth is, we don't know what happens when we die. The Buddhist teaching about death can be helpful in that it gives us a good feeling, some sense of comfort in this mystery. This framework that can be helpful in the grieving process, but the Buddha taught that originally there is no life or death?our true self is infinite in time and space. Don't Know Mind doesn't have a beginning or an ending. Zen Master Seung Sahn's teaching is to wake up in this moment and attain our true nature. When we keep a Don't Know Mind we are addressing the big question of life and death moment to moment. The big meaning of a 49-day ceremony is to wake up just now. Actually, whenever anybody dies, they are teaching us that we must wake up, because our lives only occur in this moment [snaps fingers]. Just that.
We don't actually have a thing called a "life." When we talk about our lives we are usually referring to what happened in the past or speculating about what might happen in the future. But that is only thinking about what has already happened, already gone, or what may never happen. In Zen we say, "The past is already dead, and the future is just a dream." In the midst of all that talking and thinking about our so-called lives we overlook something? this moment. This moment is the only place where anything that we might call "our life" is actually happening. Indeed, the poignant meaning of someone dying is: wake up now!
Zen Master Seung Sahn has said that there are only two kinds of people: soon die and later die. We all like to think that we are in the later die category, but we really don't know, do we? So will we wake up, or will we just keep dreaming about the past and the future? During the ceremony we invite the deceased to wake up and attain their correct job. We invite all the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, all the great teachers and the deceased to the dharma room and we chant so that everybody wakes up together. At that moment, we wake up, the deceased wakes up, and this whole universe wakes up.
Someone once said to me, "It seems that these ceremonies with all the chanting are not about the inside Buddha, but about some outside Buddha, asking some outside Buddha for help." I explained that when we just chant Ji Jang Bosal, at that time the true meaning of Ji Jang Bosal appears. That is not an idea about Ji Jang Bosal. We're not looking inside or outside. We're not chanting to anything. We cut off all thinking and just do it. At that point, the whole universe completely becomes one. Life and death fall away. There is no inside or outside, coming or going. We completely become one?Ji Jang Bosal. This is the way we attain our life.