And so is enlightenment! (Dogen's "Yuibutsu-yobutsu" Pt 3)

To you: Don’t whine! Don’t stare into space! Just sit! (Zen & Zazen 162), July 13th 2026

There is only ONE way! (Monday Zoom talk 161)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Single-Minded Way (Zen & Zazen 161), July 6th 2026

THIS is how you deal with disturbing thoughts! (Monday Zoom talk 160)

Enlightenment is not what you imagine! (Dogen's "Yuibutsu-yobutsu" Pt 2)

To be a human being is to be a buddha! (Monday Zoom talk 159)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Nothing Special (Zen & Zazen 159), May 25th 2026

Why you will NEVER understand Zen! (Dogen's "Yuibutsu-yobutsu" Pt 1)

Zazen fills the whole universe! (Monday Zoom Zen 158)

To You: Zazen is flavorless and ungraspable! (Zen & Zazen 158), May 11th 2026

When you bow to Buddha, you are already Buddha himself! (Monday Zoom talk 157)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Bowing (Zen & Zazen 157), May 4th 2026

The reality of life: Blossoms fall, weeds grow, and we feel sad. (Monday Zen 156)

To You: Three inches of zazen make three inches of Buddha! (Zen & Zazen 156), April 27th 2026

Life is not about you!

Strech out your arms and legs to the full! (Monday Zoom talk 155)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha (Zen & Zazen 155), April 20th 2026

How to cultivate loving kindness & compassion in our daily lives?

Qigong exercise with Didier & Muho

Being dragged around by zazen—isn’t that the happiest form of life you can imagine? (Monday Zen 154)

To You: How could zazen ever make an ordinary person happy? (Zen & Zazen 154), April 13th 2026

Form is no other than form, emptiness is just emptiness! (Monday Zoom talk 153)

Zen mind, beginner’s mind: No Dualism (Zen & Zazen 153), April 6th 2026

How does inner peace differ from apathy?

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

How is practice at a Japanese Zen monastery really like? | Interview with two former Eiheiji monks

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)