Two faces of Zen master Dogen - the different version of his main work

Is THIS the state of pure awareness!? (Monday Zoom talk 152)

Zazen & Talk: Is THIS the state of pure awareness!? (Zen & Zazen 152), March 23rd 2026

Sorry, no Monday Zen & Zazen class next week (March 30th)!

You won’t have an empty mind until you’re dead! (Monday Zoom talk 151)

To You: Zazen is unsatisfying! (Zen & Zazen 151), March 16th 2026

Life is one BIG mistake! (Monday Zoom talk 150)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: The Marrow of Zen (Zen & Zazen 150), March 9th 2025

Keeping the blade sharp: Why is my zazen so boring!?

What’s zazen good for? Absolutely nothing! (Monday Zoom talk 149)

To You: Zazen? Good for nothing! (Zen & Zazen 149), February 23rd 2026

The long lost child of Buddha (Dogen's "Bodaisatta-Shishoho" Pt 8)

Spirituality is a big HOAX! | Interview with @Hope Meredith

Great, pure effort is the way of Zen (Monday Zoom talk 148)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Zen Weeds (Zen & Zazen 148), February 16th 2025

True religion is seeing the world as it is, free of all fabrications! (Monday Zoom talk 147)

To You: A lot of talk about zazen (Zen & Zazen 147), February 9th 2026

The sea does not refuse water, a mountain does not refuse earth (Dogen's "Bodaisatta-Shishoho" Pt 7)

Do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. (Monday Zoom talk 146)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Zen Waves (Zen & Zazen 146), January 26th 2025

Whatever it is you’re trying to grasp, sooner or later you’ll lose it again. (Monday Zoom talk 145)

To You: Take a step back! (Zen & Zazen 145), January 19th 2026

New Zen teacher in Tokyo

Taking this breath at this moment, I verify that I am alive (Monday Zoom talk 144)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Control (Zen & Zazen 144), December 29th 2025

Nothing to seek, nothing to find: that’s the buddha-dharma. (Monday Zoom talk 143)

To You: Buddhism is NOT about you! (Zen & Zazen 143), December 22nd 2025

The "I" is a swinging door between inhalation and exhalation (Monday Zoom talk 142)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Breathing (Zen & Zazen 142), December 15th 2025

Your HARA isn’t worth a damn! (Monday Zoom talk 141)

To You: Your “hara” isn’t worth a thing! (Zen & Zazen 141), December 8th 2025

The abbess of Antaiji explains how you become part of the Zen monastery

Behind the scenes of Antaiji with Sabine Timoteo and Werner Penzel

You must own your body, your life & your world (Monday Zoom talk 140)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind (Zen & Zazen 140), December 1st 2025

Not differing from others, not differing from yourself (Talk on Dogen's "Bodaisatta-Shishoho" Pt 6)

Without a Buddhist approach to life, it would be better if you kept away from Zen! (Monday talk 139)

To You (Zen & Zazen 139), November 24th 2025

My first book is out in English! Zazen, and the Path to Happiness

Shunryu Suzuki: The posture of zazen is the key point of Buddhism (Monday Zoom talk 138)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind (Zen & Zazen 138), November 17th 2025

What does it take to join a Japanese Zen monastery long term?

The point of zazen: Letting go and accpetance

How did the practice of just sitting change your life? Zen workshop @CrossPhysiobyDidierHartmann

Kind speech: How is compassion even possible today? (Talk on Dogen's "Bodaisatta-Shishoho" Pt 5)

Kodo Sawaki: Zazen is good for nothing! (Monday Zoom talk 137)

To You (Zen & Zazen 137), October 27th 2025

Zen mind, beginner’s mind (Zen & Zazen 136), October 20th 2025

"Zen mind, beginner's mind" by Shunryu Suzuki (Monday Zoom talk 136)

Kodo Sawaki: Only when you stop thinking “I do zazen” are you doing true zazen (Monday talk 135)

To You (Zen & Zazen 135), October 13th 2025

Whatever you feel is just a feeling!

Zen & Zazen Classes on Zoom will restart on October 13th!

The Zen Path to Inner Freedom

You will never reach enlightenment!

Life in a Japanese Zen monastery

Sabine Timoteo in the bird cage

Seek nothing, just sit: The story of a Western monk in a Japanese Zen monastery

A Trip to Felsentor

Zazen is a present that you give to yourself (Talk on Dogen's "Bodaisatta-Shishoho" Pt 4)