25/11/2025
Last Sunday we had zazenkai at Meditaatiokellari
Thank you to all the participants!
The teisho was about GENEROSITY. In a nutshell:
🔔 An empty bell echoes when it's struck.
In the same way, we receive everything and share everything, when our minds are pure.
If the bell is not empty, it will not echo so well. It's sound may not be so nice.
In the same way, if we are hardened up, stuck with our ego, we will not just receive the strike and echo with a beautiful sound. If we grasp, we respond with anger and greed and ignorance. Then the world will be filled with this poison.
When we free ourselves from the burden of stinginess, our life will be a constant receiving of fresh, true life.
Asking, 'what do I gain from this', is the stingy mind stopping your receiving of the true life. So don't ask, don't calculate. True receiving is not tied to our old pattern of gain and loss.
Just receive. Just give. Just breath. 🔔
Attn! The coming Sunday, except for the morning zazen, we will also have a Voice workshop, where we do breath and voice practices, and chant and sing Christmas carols.
The workshop is from 12:30 to 14:30. It is for free. Welcome. 🙏🏼