ABZE - La Sangha de Maître Roland Yuno Rech
Infos
Maredsous 2012 summer camp
Maredsous 2012 summer camp
Dear Friends,
Registrations for the 2012 summer camp are now open !!!
If you can take on a responsability for one of the samus, please contact Silvia Leyer : Silvia Leyer au mail : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Download the Maredsous summer camp information (pdf)
Better and faster : ! On line registration ... !
Thank you,
Gasshô,
Pascal-Olivier Kyosei Reynaud
Exposition photographies
Photo Exhibition Maredsous 2012 - ABZE Commission “Zen and Nature”
The ABZE Commission “ZEN and Nature” organizes a photo exhibition during the Maredsous summer camp 2012.
The photos should be the interpretation of Zen and nature in the eyes of the photographer.
All ABZE members and persons of Roland Yuno Rech sangha are invited to participate to this exhibition with an own photo (two or three).
The photo(s) must be digital, with the author’s name, the name of the dojo where the photographer practices, should have a title and it is possible to write a little commentary.
Please send the photo per mail or through the post to: Isolde Schnorbach :
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or Matthiasstrasse 20, 54290 Trier - Allemagne.
Deadline for one or more photos: June 20th, 2012.
For further information please contact Isolde Schnorbach, Dojo Trier - Allemagne.
Take part !
What is zen ?
The word Zen means silent meditation (zen in Japanese, chan in Chinese and dhyâna in sanscrit).
It defines one of the main schools of Mahâyâna Buddhism from Japan (sôtô Zen school) which favors the practice of sitting meditation going back to the experience of the Buddha Shakyamuni who, two thousand five hundred years ago, realized awakening.
This practice contains the essence of its teaching, whose message is carried universally.
It is called zazen or shikantaza, and essentially consists of “just sitting”, “simply sitting” facing the wall. It is not based on any dogma or ideology. Simply knowing texts is insufficient for understanding Zen.
The posture of zazen
Sit on the zafu (cushion) cross legged. In lotus position, put your right foot on the left thigh and bring the left foot up onto the right thigh. In half-lotus, put your right foot on the left thigh and alternate. The weight of the body is placed on three points: the knees pushing against the ground and the perennial muscle which presses against the zafu. The spine is straight and vertical. The back is flexed, and the shoulders are relaxed. The chin is tucked in, the back of the neck is stretched. Push the top of your head up towards the sky. The mouth is closed and the tongue touches the upper palate and the inside of the two front teeth. This calms “interior chatting”. The eyes are semi- closed and look down towards the ground, about one meter in front, without looking at anything in particular.
Who we are?
The Zen Buddhist Association of Europe (ABZE) was created by Master Yuno Rech’s disciples in July 2007.
Its main objective is to organize and spread the practice of Soto Zen Buddhism,
transmitted from Buddha Shakyamuni by Masters such as Bodhidharma, Tosan,
Dôgen, Keizan, Kodo Sawaki, Taïsen Deshimaru, Niwa Renpo, Yuno Rech and his disciples, in the spirit of person to person transmission proper to this school.
Master Roland Yuno Rech
Born in 1944, Master Roland Yuno Rech graduated from the Institute of Political Science in Paris (Science Po) and received a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Paris VII. At the end of a trip around the world, he discovered the Zen practice in a temple in Kyoto and decided to return to France to study the teachings of Master Deshimaru. He was his disciple from 1972 until 1982 when Master Deshimaru died. Following his Master’s recommendations, he went back to working in an industrial field, which was an opportunity for him to experiment with the practice of Zen in daily life, within an economic and social environment. When his Master died in 1982, he dedicated his activities mainly to the practice and teaching of Zen and was president of the International Zen Association (AZI) until1994.
