{"id":3575,"date":"2023-07-24T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domicilium.de\/sanbo-zendo\/?page_id=3575"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:32:41","slug":"sanbozen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/domicilium.de\/sanbo-zendo\/en\/sanbozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanb\u00f4 Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is Zen?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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History<\/h5>

The Japanese word Zen<\/em> (Chinese Chan<\/em>) comes from the Sanskrit word dhjana<\/em> and means \"deep inner contemplation\". The practice of Zen was especially cultivated in the Buddhist tradition of Mahayana in ancient China as a way to directly grasp the truth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The heyday of Zen Buddhism in ancient China extended from about the 8th to the 12th century. Five schools \u2013 S\u00f4t\u00f4, Rinzai, Unmon, Igy\u00f4, H\u00f4gen \u2013 crystallized as the main currents during this period. In the 12th and 13th centuries, this Buddhist movement reached Japan. The S\u00f4t\u00f4 and Rinzai Schools in particular continued to develop there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the west<\/h5>

In the 20th century, Zen became more and more known in the Western world. Initially, Zen attracted attention in the sense of a philosophy. But zazen as a form of practice, coming mainly from Japan, was also taken up in the 1960s and 70s, in America and Europe, where it has remained alive ever since.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Germany, Zen was seen less as a \"religion\" and more as a cross-denominational, universal way of practicing. In times of spiritual, social and ecological upheaval, this form of practice enables practitioners to center themselves and deeply experience what our \"being\" fundamentally is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is Sanb\u00f4 Zen?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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History<\/h5>

The school of Zen represented at Sanbo Zendo Weyarn is called Sanb\u00f4 Zen<\/em>. The Japanese word means \"Zen of the Three Treasures\", the Three Treasures representing Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. This Zen school has been an officially recognized Zen community in Japan since 1954. Grown out of the long tradition of the S\u00f4t\u00f4 School, it took over the central element of the Rinzai School, the koan training, and developed it further in its own way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The headquarters of Sanb\u00f4 Zen is the San'un Zendo,<\/em> the \"Practice Hall of the Three Clouds\" in Kamakura\/Japan. In recent decades, the Zen practice of Sanb\u00f4 Zen has spread worldwide. The international network takes this development into account.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lay movement<\/h5>

Sanb\u00f4 Zen is not subject to the traditional temple system within which Zen has been practiced in China and Japan for centuries. We are a lay community. Our concern is to provide a framework for practice in harmony with everyday life in today's world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Download<\/h5>

Excerpt of the \"Opening Comments\" from Kyosho (No. 386, 2018), the official magazine of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen Society.<\/a><\/p>

Here, the abbot of Sanb\u00f4 Zen, Yamada Ry\u00f4un, talks about the Kenshukai (continuing education seminar for Sanb\u00f4 Zen teachers) held at the Domicilium in the summer of 2018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What forms of Zen practice are there?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School, it is customary for those interested to receive a detailed introduction by a qualified teacher before the actual sitting begins. This usually takes place in the context of a zazenkai. Not only are the types of sitting demonstrated in detail, but also all aspects relevant to Zen practice are explained so that participants can begin the zazen practice with confidence. The introduction also offers an opportunity to clarify any questions that may arise.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After being introduced to zazen, daily practice is of great importance. This integrates the zazen practice into the biorhythm and in that way the effect becomes stronger and deeper. To facilitate daily zazen and consolidate the practice, we offer an \"early morning meditation\" online every day. more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Zazenkai<\/em> (Japanese: \"meeting for zazen\") in the Sanbo Zendo Weyarn is an opportunity to intensively work on zazen<\/em> (\"Zen in sitting\") in an assembly. It offers the opportunity to devote yourself exclusively and completely to zazen, accompanied by qualified teachers.<\/p>

As a rule, a zazenkai begins with dinner on Friday and ends with lunch on Sunday. The zazenkai runs similarly to a day in a sesshin, so in addition to sitting together, there are also teisho<\/em> (Japanese: \"presentation of the core matter of Zen\") and dokusan<\/em> (Japanese: \"individual coming to the master\"). At regular intervals, within this framework, runs the Introduction<\/em> to the zazen practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Sesshin<\/em> (Japanese: \"to gather the forces of the heart\" or \"to let the forces of the heart come into order\") is an intensive sitting exercise in deep and consistent silence lasting several days. This creates an inner intensification that could hardly be realized in any other way. For this reason, sesshin is the central form of practice in the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School. The communal sitting is accompanied by the daily teisho<\/em> and the regular dokusan<\/em>.<\/p>

The prerequisite for participating in a sesshin at Sanbo Zendo Weyarn is either to have taken part in an \"introduction\" in a zazenkai or to have been introduced to zazen elsewhere and prepared for the intensive sitting in the sesshin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Koan training<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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A special feature of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School is its thorough training path with koans. The regular Zen training begins with the intensive practice with an initial koan. Guided by a qualified teacher, the endeavor is to arrive at the experience of \u201cbreakthrough\u201d \u2013 this experience is commonly named kensho<\/em> (Japanese: \"seeing the (true) nature (of oneself)\") or satori<\/em> (Japanese: \"enlightenment\"). The prerequisite for this practice is a personal discipleship with an authenticated teacher.<\/p>

Subsequently, further koans and koan collections are dealt with. About 500 koan units in German and English translation are available for this purpose. This work is mostly done within the framework of dokusan in zazenkai and sesshin. Through intensive training, the initial experience of seeing the Essence can be further deepened and enriched.<\/p>

After the first \u201cgoing through\u201d of all the koans, there is the possibility of undergoing a \"repetitorium\" (a review work), through which the world of our Being is seen even more clearly and the world of the koans is appreciated more deeply. The repetitorium also serves as possible preparation to contribute to the spread of the Zen Way as a future teacher.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Three fruits of Zazen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The first fruit: Intensification of the \"samadhi powers\"<\/h5>

Through the repeated experience of inner immersion and absorption, the samadhi powers (J\u00f4riki<\/em>) will be strengthened. This can be described as the intensification of various qualities of mind. This gives you, among other things, better balancing of feelings (stress management), control of negative feelings (such as grief, jealousy, anger, hatred), strengthening of power of concentration, intuitive cognitive abilities and creativity, as well as the transformation of personality (more serenity, peacefulness, willingness to love, more active engagement in life).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"The clearer the inner eye, namely the eye of the Absolute, becomes, the more deeply one grasps this infinite Benevolence. There one sees how deeply and boundlessly one has always been loving all beings, all things; at the same time one realizes how infinitely deeply one has always been loved by all beings, all things. Where is there a reason for dissatisfaction? Where is there enmity, hatred, envy, anger? Here, quite naturally, a life of boundless peace opens up with boundless gratitude.\"<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2014 Yamada K\u00f4un, 2nd abbot of Sanb\u00f4 Zen, \"Zen no Sh\u00f4mon\", 1980<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The second fruit: Experience of the true Self<\/h5>

The main concern of Zen is to clearly and directly experience and grasp the true Self, our real Being, through the dedicated practice of zazen. Through this experience of the revelation of our real Self (kensho, satori)<\/em> , we can revolutionize the view of our life and our foundation is radically transformed. Through this, the key to the answers to the fundamental questions of being human can be found: Where did I come from? What am I? Where am I going? The Sanb\u00f4 Zen School has proven in its 70-year history that within the framework of lay life these urgent questions can be answered.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"When a human being, who has always thought of him- or herself as an imperfect, limited and relative existence, is awakened to the wholly perfect, unlimited and absolute Essence of his being, and clearly grasps even this fact, all at once all the hardships and sufferings of being human disappear like clouds and mist. The joy and delight of this event cannot be described at all.\"<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2014 Yamada K\u00f4un, 2nd abbot of Sanb\u00f4 Zen, \"Zen no Sh\u00f4mon\", 1980<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The third fruit: Actualization of the true Self<\/h5>

The Sanb\u00f4 Zen School is clearly aware that it is still insufficient to merely experience and grasp this \"Being\". The \"true Self\" demands that we live it, personify it and realize it socially. This is the most important goal of Zen \u2013 and in today's world, an even more urgent goal of our practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"Zazen is the Dharma gate of peace and joy\".<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2014 traditional Zen teaching<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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