Pic Lumineux - Monastere Zen

31/12/2025

08/12/2025

Rohatsu is a major festival in the Mahayana tradition. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as the Buddha. For this reason, it is also known as “Bodhi Day - the Day of Awakening”. It marks the culmination of Siddhartha’s six years of rigorous spiritual practice, which ultimately led him to understand the nature of suffering and the path to liberation from it.

Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) is of great significance to those who practice Zen Buddhism, as it serves as a source of inspiration for all practitioners on their own spiritual path and reminds everyone of their potential to achieve enlightenment through dedicated practice and meditation, regardless of their background or circumstances.

Rohatsu in Japanese means “the eighth day of the twelfth month”, and is therefore traditionally celebrated on December 8. However, in the past, this holiday was held on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, which meant that it often fell in January. When the Japanese – along with most of the world – adopted the Gregorian calendar, Rohatsu became established as a holiday on December 8th and has been celebrated as such ever since.

05/12/2025

Experience a retreat with Master Sando Kaisen in the peaceful setting of the Pic Lumineux monastery in Dordogne.
The retreat includes daily zazen sessions, work in the monastery and gardens, shared meals, and time to relax in nature.

🗓️ Winter Retreat: December 28, 2025 – January 2, 2026
📩 Register / Contact: zen-kaisen@wanadoo.fr

ℹ️ Event details: https://www.zenkaisen.fr/evenement/retraite-dhiver-tous-les-pays-3/

28/11/2025

Today we commemorate the 111th anniversary of Master Taisen Deshimaru’s birth (November 29, 1914). 🙏

19/10/2025

Retraite d’automne – FR, CZ, SK

12/10/2025

Les nouveaux ordonnés dans le temple ZEN Pic Lumineux. Moine Koishin et bódhisatva Konki. Bienvenus!

02/10/2025

If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke Buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind.
Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. If you are always getting angry, you will turn your nature against the Way. There is no advantage in deceiving yourself. Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. They can not be restrained by karma or overcome by devils. Once mortals see their nature, all attachments end. Awareness is not hidden. But you can only find it right now. Only now.

An excerpt from "The Zen teaching of Boddhidharma".

Let us commemorate this Sunday, October 5th, the anniversary of his departure from this life.

20/09/2025

On Monday, September 22, we commemorate the passing of Master Eihei Dogen from this world. He was one of the great patriarchs and a key figure in the history of Chan and Zen. Thanks to Master Dogen, the Buddha's teachings were transferred from China to Japan, where they ingrained, successfully developed and persisted in an undistorted form until today. Let us remember Master Dogen with gratitude on this day.

03/08/2025

Today, we commemorate the anniversaty of passing away of the 6th Patriarch of the chan in China, Dajian Huineng (Daikan Enó, 638-713), who is considered to be the author of the Platform Sutra.
One of his most famous texts is his reply to a poem of a monk Shenxiu, who wrote:

"The body is the bodhi tree.
The mind is like a bright mirror's stand.
At all times we must strive to polish it
and must not let dust collect.“

Do you know what Huineng replied? 🙏🤔

V neděli 3. srpna si připomínáme výročí úmrtí šestého patriarchy čchanu v Číně, Ta-ťiena Chuej-nenga (Daikana Enóa, 638-713), který je považován za autora Tribunové sútry.

Jeden z nejslavnějších výroků je jeho odpověď na báseň mnicha Šen-sioa (Džinšúa), který na psal:

„Toto tělo je stromem Bódhi
a mysl je jako čisté zrcadlo.
Neustále pečlivě otírám zrcadlo,
aby se na něm neusazoval prach.“

Víte, co ctihodný Enó odpověděl? 🙏🤔

14/07/2025

Voila deuxieme video sur la vie du Maitre!

Dans la deuxième partie de son récit autobiographique, le Maître Sando Kaisen évoque son voyage en Chine, entrepris pour étudier le kung-fu. De retour en Fra...

12/07/2025

Que signifie l'éveil dans la vie ordinaire ?
Maitre Sando Kaisen répond a cet question dans un nouveau video de la série : Questions au Maître Zen Sando Kaisen

Retraites avec Maître Kaisen au monastère « Pic Luminuex » en Dordogne, France :https://zenkaisen.fr/retraitesFacebook :https://www.facebook.com/zenkaisen.fr...