Στις 5,6 και 7 Δεκεμβρίου ,θα βρίσκεται στο Zen Center ο Zen Master Bernd Bender. Τη Παρασκευή 05/12 στις 19:00-21:00 μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε δωρεάν την ομιλία του Bernd Bender, για τους αρχάριους και όχι μόνο, στη πρακτική της Ζεν ( ήσυχο κάθισμα ).
Παρακάτω ακολουθεί ένα εισαγωγικό σημείωμα του Δασκάλου για το θέμα συζήτησης του Σαββάτου και της Κυριακής καθώς επίσης το πρόγραμμα και το κόστος.
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When things fall apart — How to develop openness, authenticity and spiritual friendship on the Zen path.
Ananda, the cousin and student of the Buddha, asked his teacher once: „Is spiritual friendship half of the Buddhist Path?“ The Buddha’s remarkable answer was: „Don’t say that, Ananda. Don’t say that. Spiritual friendship, spiritual companionship, spiritual camaraderie is actually the whole of the Buddhist path.“
We all live in a world in which traditional relationships more and more fall apart. Especially in cities, where most people live, life is often marked by isolation, competitiveness and a lack of trust.Here Zen has an important and challenging message: To see and meet every human being as an equal, to engage with her or him with kindness, honesty and authenticity. If we develop these values and practice them together, this will enrich our lives and spread out, as positive values, into our communities.
In this retreat we will meditate to clear and open our hearts and minds. We will discuss how to create harmonious relationships as an important aspect of our being in this world.
Old habits, old patterns hold us back from what we all truly want: To relate and live with each other in an open, direct way.
Zen can teach us how to let go of such engrained patterns to make space for new, more wholesome and sustainable ones.