“I have read ten thousend books And plumbed the truth beneath the sky those who know know themselves no one trusts a fool how rare the idle man of tao up there three miles high he alone has found the source and thinks of going nowhere else” Poet Wang An-shih – “Hanshan´s Cold Mountain” Red Pine #imafool #buddhiststudies #dharmatalks #shusoango #ango #zazen #sotozen #spiritualawakening #redpine #hanshan #wanganshih

My morning drugs, the tea is the liquor of the monks 🍵😁 #matcha #matchalover #greentea #tealover #japaneseculture #japan #dontgetaddicted #esai #dontsleepinzazen #zazen #sotozen #teaceremony #cha #chado #chasen #kyusu #usucha #koicha #urasenke

Interfaith conversations can be so enlightening for one's own path, I really appreciate the conversations with my chaplaincy friend Jonathan. You can see the church in the background in the next photos, it is a baroque treasure, unparalleled in opulence and fascinating details. #interfaith #interfaithdialogue #chaplaincy #pastoralcare #counseling #sotozen #zen #zenpriest #prisonchaplain #prison #innerliberation #meditation #contemplation #zazen #buddha #dharma #sangha #spiritualawakening #baroque #church #garsten #oberösterreich

Without hair it’s cold outside 😅🙏🏻 #buddhaschildren #shukketokudo #ordination #zenmonk #priest #zazen #shikantaza #sotozen #zen #buddha #dharma #sangha #spirituality #spiritualawakening #spiritualpath #foolingaround

Without hair it’s cold outside #buddhaschildren #bald #nohair #zennun #zenpriest #sotozen #zazen #buddha #dharme #sangha #spirituality #vows #ritual #awakening #liberation #daijihi

The new Viennese children of the Buddha, from left to right: Sven has taken the lay vows and is now called Kodo. Susanne is a new novice and is now called Koryu and Sabine, also a new novice and is now called Kogyo. You know me and on the left is our daughter Lea. #tokudo #jukai #precepts #ordination #ritual #sotoshu_official #novizinnen #sotozen #zen #spiritualjourney #buddha #dharma #sangha #zazen #zazenpractice #contemplation #priest

New Buddha sisters and brothers, what a big moment🙏🏻❤️ It is done! Now the path begins in a whole new way they say, but in the end the spiritual journey continues, a never ending story❤️🙏🏻 thanks to all 🙏🏻❤️ @centrozenanshin #daijihi #sotozen #sotoshu_official #zen #tokudo #julai #ordination #ritual #newborn #zenpriest #zenmonk #zennun #bigday #endingisbeginning #emptiness #beginnersmind #spirituality #spiritualawakening

Doryu, Gyoetsu and the Anshin sangha @centrozenanshin- thank you for all your effort❤️🙏🏻 #tokudo #jukai #vow #ceremony #ritual #sotozen #daijihi #buddha #dharma #sangha #spiritualawakening

Yesterday evening we arrived after 12 hours driving in Rome at @centrozenanshin and we had a indoor picnic together ☺️🙏🏻 #dharmafriends #sangha #lineage #sanshinnetwork #zazen #zen #sotozen #tokudo #jukai #ordination #retreat #ceremony #ritual #spiritualconnection #spirituality #heartmind