Student Writings

I attended my first Sesshin last year and that was a very important experience. The first word that comes to my mind is “intense”.

A cornerstone of Buddhist practice, including Zen, is the vow to ‘take refuge' in the Three Treasures (or Three Jewels), which are the Buddha, the Dharma and the sangha.

There is no such thing as ‘practice’ in the sense of standing apart from the rest of ‘life as it is’. Practice, after all, is just a concept and is thus is empty. So, just sit. No hurdles to jump. ‘Nothing to attain’