Zen Buddhist Dharma Centre
Zen Buddhist dharma Centre is located in a beautiful property Andreas Bonnstraat 12, 1091 AX Amsterdam .It enjoys the spaciousness and tranquility. Yet is easily accessible by public transport.Zen Buddhist Dharma Centre Netherlands was established in 2002 and aspires to keep the Zen Buddhist tradition alive for future generations. A pioneering project in an environment that has no Buddhist history, it offers a comprehensive training programmer that is based on timehonored forms of practice yet does not shy away from experimenting with new approaches. The monastery is set up as a community where men and women, monastics and lay-people can practice together under one roof. The programmed is based on four elements of training (Zen Buddhist ritual, study and the development of social skills) and consists of a daily schedule as well as a calendar of retreats and related events.
The best explanation of the Buddha’s teachings we receive the Buddha himself. Sanskrit teachings are called Dharma in Tibet – Cho. Both they mean “as is”. So Buddhism can be seen as a set of tools that allow us to perceive things as they really are, now and now. In Buddhism there is no dogma, and there is nothing […]
Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of the oldest methods of meditation India. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2,500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal disease, that is, an art of living. This unsectarian technique aims total eradication of mental impurities […]
Since the time of Buddha, Vipassana has been, to date, an uninterrupted chain of teachers. Although Indian by descent, the current teacher in this chain, Mr. SNGoenka, was born and raised in Burma (Myanmar). While living there, I was fortunate to learn Vipassana from his teacher Sayagyi U Ba Khin, who at the time was an important […]