going into the mystery

Sanneji, daily schedule Here it is, Sanneji’s daily schedule: Päiväohjelma/Dagsschema  5.15 Herätys/Väckning  5.40 Zazen ja resitaatio/recitation  8.00 Aamiainen/Frukost  8.40 Työkokous ja työ/Arbetsmöte och arbete  10.10 Teetauko/Tepaus  10.30 Työ/Arbete  12.10 Lounas/Lunch  12.40 Jälkisiivous/uppstädning  13.10 Tauko/Paus  14.00 Zazen  17.30 Illallinen/Kvällsmål  19.00 Zazen    This is our current schedule outside of sesshins. Let’s walk it through! Wake up bell at 5.15 . Simple as that. With help of little determination we make it to the Zendo in time. Formal Zazen begins at 5.40 . We sit two 30 minutes rounds, bell in the middle for those who wants to change posture. Afterwards kinhin. After kinhin we will have chanting.  8.00 we start with a formal breakfast including a meal chant, food offerings etc. Breakfast is eaten in silence. Preparing the breakfast is a task that...

Hi everyone! This I  didn't  plan to be my first blog writing ever, but I happened to find one video from  YouTube  that I want to share with  you and therefore I must start this blog now. (This blog was going to be starting soon anyway.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv0U8Zuh3ig Eva Spoof from Udumbara Studio https://udumbara.fi, is making eating bowls here in this video for Sanneji. Sanneji is our  year-round training center dedicated to Zen practice located in Karjaa, Finland. We are so much in the beginning with the retreat center that we don't yet have web-page for it. But practice as well as renovation/building projects are all starting in this summer. This blog I planned to be a channel for introducing some ideas why a certain things are done in Sanneji in a certain way. Although Zen doesn't explain but rather is doing what needs to be done, here I will say a few words why we have Sanneji's way, the way it is.  For example these eating bowls a...