“Drink tea and prolong your life” said Monk Essay who brought green tea to Japan in the 12th century – from next spring on we bring green tea from Japan direct to Austria and Germany and wherever it is wanted 🍵❤️🙏🏻 #matcha #matchalover #greentea #zenmonk #priest #teaceremony #tearitual #temple #contemplation #interconnectedness #healing #caffeine #catechin #freeradicalcatcher #prolonglife #innerpeace #sotozen #chasen #chado #zazen

Especially in times when we are living through major crises and it becomes narrow and dark inside us, it is important to sit zazen and let ourselves fall completely and connect with our suffering in order to open ourselves up to the world again. If we do it the wrong way it is called spiritual bypassing. We separate us self from our pain and dream away during zazen, itis so important to connect with your pain, to embrace and penetrate it and thus transform it. Our zendo always has to move over Christmas because we need the space for our business and this year we won’t be going back. We have found a new place that will make our dreams come true, but I can’t reveal any more than that yet. #zazen #shikantaza #sotozen #zenmonk #sangha #buddha #dharma #transformation #penetration #connectedness #embrace #suffering #dreamscometrue #housingproject #temple #comtemplation #contemplativecare

Always with me when I’m on the road ❤️🙏🏻 #zazen #sotozen #zen #dailypractice #dailyprayer #ritual #altar #religion #bodhisattva #compassion #contemplation #meditation #zenmonk #sotoshu #avalokitesvara #fiveskandhas #emptiness #sunyata #bodyandmind #oneness #buddha #dharma #sangha

The first snow is always something special, it’s magical when everything is dressed in white and it’s even more special when you’re in the Austrian Alps -„the blue mountains are always walking“ #firstsnow #mountains #alps #austrianalps #bluemountains #zazen #zen #zenmonk #ritual #innerpeace #spiritualawakening #spirituality #interconnectedness #freedom #peace #love #dogen #mountainandriver #nature #naturephotography

The bowl is a gift from my teacher Hoko for my Hossenshiki and has finally found a purpose: It is my new incense vessel on my teacher-student altar! The bowl is turned from a walnut tree from the Sanshinji area by Hoko ❤️🙏🏻 #sotozen #lineage #relationships #ancestors #okumuraroshi #sanshinzencommunity #zenmonk #priest #teacherstudent #altar #ritual #religion #buddha #dharma #sangha #innerpeace #meditation #zazen #contemplation #liberation #freedom #peace

Bringing Jizo mind in the prison is one of my personal vows❤️🙏🏻as bodhisattvas we vow to save all beings, an impossible task, but we have to try 🙏🏻 Also to support people, to leave the door to the path open for them, even if they are excluded from society and are not loved anymore, or have never been loved, which is very often the case😉🙏🏻 #jizo #kshitagarbha #chaplain #prison #gefängnis #seelsorge #sotozen #zen #zazen #meditation #fürsorge #compassion #mitgefühl #love #boundless #gefängnisseelsorge #innerpeace #liberation #vows #livingbyvow #buddha #dharma #sangha