Satsang – what is satsang? Sat is truth, sang is sangha. Satsang is the sangha gathered in the spirit of truth; or we could say it is the truth that is manifested in the sangha. In practice satsang is to spend time with the teacher, to sit in the pre
Podcast GS33: 14 de mayo de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
El otro día leí un informe de prensa sobre una pelea terrible entre el presidente Macron y su esposa. No leí los detalles del informe, pero pensé: “¿Qué esperas? Son una pareja. Las parejas
L’altro giorno ho visto un servizio a proposito di un brutto litigio tra il presidente Macron e sua moglie. Non ho letto i dettagli della notizia ma ho pensato: “Cosa vi aspettate? Sono una coppia. Le coppie litigano”. Ovviamente, se siete il preside
I’ve come close to death on a number of occasions and crossed the threshold a couple of times. Death – death is not the enemy. Death is not an enemy, it’s a friend. It’s something to look forward to. This attitude is the true spirit of Buddhism. It’s
The other day I heard a media report about how President Macron and his wife had had a terrible row. I didn’t read the details of the report, but I did think: “What do you expect? They’re a couple. Couples have rows.” But, of course, if you’re the pr
Podcast GS32: 10 de mayo de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
En el Budismo hablamos de los tres venenos. Los tres venenos son la codicia, el odio y el engaño. Son venenos en el sentido de que pueden destruir, o al menos hacer malsana, la vida espiritu
E’ un’ipotesi interessante che la tradizione della Terra Pura possa risalire non solo al Buddha, ma anche oltre, a Zarathustra, il grande saggio della Persia, che aveva fondato una delle prime religioni conosciute al mondo. Lo Zoroastrismo esiste an
In Buddhism we talk about the three poisons.The three poisons are greed, hate and delusion. These are poisons in the sense that they can destroy, or at least make unhealthy, the spiritual life. A poison enters into a whole body and makes it malfuncti
In der eben zitierten Passage von Freud finden wir den Begriff "Sublimierung". In vielen Interpretationen Freuds neigt man dazu, Sublimierung aus den oben genannten Gründen quasi als eine Form von Psychopathologie z
It’s an interesting speculation that the Pureland tradition may go back not only to the Buddha but even beyond to Zoroaster, the great sage of Persia who founded one of the first know religions in the world. Zoroastrianism still exists in the religio
IlDenkōroku(伝光録) è un libro scritto da Keizan, che fu un successore di Dogen Zenji. IlDenkōrokuè il Libro della Trasmissione, ha un capitolo per ogni antenato nella trasmissione del Dharma.
Il primo capitolo è sul Buddha Shakyamuni e termina con
E’ una bellissima mattina di primavera qui in Francia, luminosa e gelida, e uscendo questa mattina, sentivo gli uccelli cinguettare sugli alberi, preparandosi indaffarati alla costruzione del nido.
In queste condizioni risulta facile capire le parol
It’s a beautiful spring morning, bright and frosty here in France, and going outside this morning I hear the birds all twittering away in the trees, getting ready for a big day of nest construction. In these conditions it’s very easy to understand th
Genjō Kōan Eihei Dōgen La aparición del Tao de Buda Traducción al español, por Nando Maril, de la versión inglesa que aparece en The Dark Side of the Mirror / Forgetting the self in Dogen's GenjōKōan, Brazier, David 2019. Cambridge: Windhorse Publi
Podcast GS23: 29 de marzo de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
Esta Pascua tendremos un retiro en el que transmitiremos el texto “Sumario de Fe y Práctica”. El texto “Sumario de Fe y Práctica” se basa en el Ichimai Kishomon, el "Testamento de una hoja"
In one of our services, we encounter the words: „There are beings with little dust in their eyes, who are wasting through not hearing the Dharma. There will be those who will understand.” And, of course, when we hear these words, probably a bit of us
This Easter we are having a retreat in which to transmit the text Summary of Faith and Practice. The text Summary of Faith and Practice is based upon the IchimaiKishomon, the “One Sheet Testament”, written by Honen Shonen shortly before his death in
This coming weekend we are celebrating the Upavastha, our Full Moon event when we reflect upon the past and make resolutions for the future. This particular weekend we are also celebrating the memories of people who have been important to our Sangha
Il termine “sravaka” può essere tradotto come discepolo. La parola significa “colui che ascolta”, che presta attenzione, ma anche qualcuno che parla, che esprime. Da questo possiamo vedere quale sia il ruolo di discepolo. Il discepolo è colui che:
Podcast GS18: 24 de febrero de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
En nuestros retiros Upavastha de luna llena usamos el dharani de 100 sílabas Vajrasattva. Este dharani (un dharani es una especie de mantra extendido) está asociado con la purificación. V