Shadow Projection – The absolute inability to recognize one’s own suppressed aspects!
There is a silent signal that indicates a far greater danger than any explicit physical threat. This indicator is often ignored by …
The Holy Family: A Bulwark of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in a Desecrated World
In the shadow of the Alps, where the Nigredo Monastery stands like a rock of eternity, far from the noise of modern-day …
Healthy Masculinity in Swiss Politics: The Sword of the Mind against the Eunuchs of Modernity and the Green Climate Hysteria!
Near the icy peaks of the Swiss Alps, where Nigredo Abbey stands like a bulwark of divine truth against the avalanche of …
The Abyss of the Soul: The Tearing Wound of Children of Divorce
In the dark depths of the Alps, where the Nigredo monastery stands like a divine bulwark against the storms of evil, I …
The Return to the Living God – Religion and the Spiritual Crisis of the Present
Religion, in its original sense, means the conscientious observance of the numinous—that mysterious, dynamic reality that seizes hold of humankind without being …
The agonizing Grief of Children of Divorce: A Cry from the Dark Night of the Soul
In the icy shadows of the Alps, where the Nigredo Monastery stands like a bulwark of truth against the tides of chaos, …
Master Reding: Survivor of the Silver Bullet Method in Marital Protection and Custody Proceedings: A Guide for Men in Separation and Divorce – The Path Through the Face of Evil to Rebirth!
Divorce and the silver bullet method can only be survived if one understands it as a religious transformation, because only then does …
The Men’s Refuge – A Bulwark of Masculinity in the Darkness of Time
In the shadowy valleys of the Swiss Alps, where the winds of eternity whisper through the mountains and the spirit of God …
The duality of man and woman: Mystical differences in the light of the Nigredo
Oh, wanderer of the soul, who seeks in the depths of gender, hear the words of Master Reding from the hidden monastery …
Woe, Lost Bastards: Young Men & Women, Flee Ideologies – Awaken to Paradox, Christian Mysticism & Family at Nigredo’s Monastery’s Asceticism!
Woe, you lost souls of modernity: Young sons and daughters, break free from the shackles of ideologies—Zen’s paradox and Christ’s sword call …
Is the Catholic Church becoming an Eunuch?
A symbolic reflection in the context of the Whore of Babylon, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the feminization of our society. In a …
A Lament of the Watchman before the Fall – Will the Catholic Church become the whore of Babylon and need Eunuchs as servants?
Woe, Bride of Christ, who makes herself a Babylonian whore, who lives in a Sodomitic palace with eunuchs as servants and worships …
The feminization of Zen Buddhism in the West: A spiritual abuse of mysticism
Zen Buddhism, that rigorous discipline from the Far East based on hwadus, koans, seated meditation, zazen, and the relentless confrontation with the …
Monastery Stay – Detox from the Poison of the Death Mother – Cleansing and Detoxification from Toxic Femininity
Nigredo Monastery is a temporary monastery—a place of silence, transformation, and inner detoxification. Here, darkness is not suppressed but traversed so that …
Will the City of Zurich become Sodom and Gomorrah? – The Collapse of Order
Will the city of Zurich become Sodom and Gomorrah? The fall of Sodom and Gomorrah is not a past event, but a …
Will the City of Zurich become the Whore of Babylon? – The Golden Illusion of our Times
Will the city of Zurich become the Whore of Babylon? Since the dawn of humanity, an ancient pattern has repeated itself: humankind …
The Bloodless Heart – Veganism and Vegetarianism are expressions of the Tyranny of Pity
Our time does not suffer from a lack of feeling, but from an excess of unformed emotions. The heart has grown soft, …
Wounded Femininity – The Daughter without a Father and the lost Initiation into Motherhood and Marriage
Today’s woman is often left to her own devices in the process of motherhood and womanhood. What was once embedded in a …
Homosexuality is a Sin and Masturbation makes you blind – Understanding Chastity as a Path to Inner Freedom and Love
Sexuality is one of humanity’s deepest mysteries. It is not merely physical power, but a sign of divine origin: created out of …
The Lost Generation of Children of Divorce – The Mentally Abused of a Morally Disoriented Time
Society’s Invisible Atomic Bomb: How Divorce Split the Soul of a Generation and Why Divorce Is Worse Than Death – The Repressed …
Abortion is Murder – The Devouring Mother and the Language of Repression
Every era reveals its wounds in how it deals with life and death. Our time is characterized by a peculiar reversal: what …
Euthanasia – When Pity Kills – The Devouring Mother
Euthanasia appears to our age as an act of compassion. Yet beneath this seemingly gentle surface works another principle: pity that kills. …
The New Paganism – The Return of Wotan, Odin, and Gaia in the Guise of Progress
For sixty years, the West has lived as if it had dismissed God. Churches have become museums, prayers mere remembrances, the cross …
Monastery facilities wanted – Nigredo Monastery seeks new premises – A home for silence, prayer and transformation
Nigredo Monastery stands at a turning point in its development. After years of internal and external development, the community is seeking new …
The Resurrection of the Father – On Responsibility, Love, and the Rebirth of Masculinity
For generations, the father has been at rest. Not dead—only asleep. His gaze, once watchful and guiding, has grown weary from noise, …
The basic religious need – Why the mystical needs a form and the rediscovery of the sacred in everyday life
Our age considers itself enlightened. People believe they can live without God, without prayer, without ritual – and yet a void remains …
The Repressed and Suppressed Femininity of the Modern Woman – On the loss of inner order between devotion and consciousness
This text is a social indictment and a psychological analysis. It seeks to understand the psychological tension of modern women by raising …
Parzival and the Path of the Grail – The Way of Individuation between Christ and Man
For Carl Gustav Jung, every process of individuation begins with the recognition of one’s own shadow – the honest awareness of what …
The battle for the heart of the world – Evil is not defeated by hatred, but by rediscovering divine order
Then arises the Enchantress of Mirrors, the Witch of Confusion. She steals thought by stimulating emotions. She destroys love by preaching lust. …
The Minnesang – The Sisterhood of the Nigredo Monastery – “I am the one who loves so that the world may heal.”
I am Minne. Not that love that ignites fleetingly and quickly extinguishes, but the eternal fire that unites heart and spirit. The …
Minnesong and the Shadow – The Healing of Wounded Femininity – The Woman as Grail Bearer
I am the one who guards the Grail, even when the people forgot it. I am the one who watched in the …
The Schism of the Soul – A Call to Responsibility – On the Rebirth of the Man, the Husband, and the Father
It is the great drama of our time: Man is divided—spirit from body, woman from man, father from child, faith from truth. …
The Brotherhood of the Nigredo Monastery – A Call to the Men, Fathers, Fallen
From the ashes of the betrayed, from the silence of fathers and the pain of children, the Nigredo Monastery arose – a …
The Spirit of the Father – The Return of Closeness and Intimacy – On Presence, Chastity and the Healing of the Family
The modern father is present—yet spiritually absent. He loves his children, but barely knows them. He works to feed them, but his …
Fatherless Society – Parzival and the Rebirth of Education – From the Disintegration of the Paternal Order to the Return of the Spirit
Our culture has lost the father. Not the biological father, but the symbolic father – the one who establishes order, boundaries, and …
The New Evangelization as the Path of the Inner Knight
The New Evangelization is not a program, a movement, or a modern concept. It is a call in the desert, a spiritual …
Katy Faust discusses the importance of stable, biological family units
Katy Faust discusses the importance of stable, biological family units, asserting that children have a fundamental right to their mother and father. …
Helen Andrews – Overcoming the Feminization of Culture
Overcoming the Feminization of Culture
Western Bushido – The Way of the Knight – Parzival and the Knightly Virtues
Western Bushido is not a code of the sword, but of consciousness. It teaches not the fight against the enemy, but against …
The Monastic Year – Initiation into Manhood – Whoever completes the year carries the spirit of Nigredo into the world
The monastic year: The path of Nigredo Monastery is a year of testing. It is aimed at men who feel that the …
The Problem of Matter and Femininity – The Way Back to True Order
The times we live in are a time of disintegration. Church, culture, and religion have lost their center. The power of faith …
Regula Nigredi – Rule of the Ordo Nigredo
Regula Nigredi: The path of the Ordo Nigredo leads through the darkness of matter to clarity of spirit. Those who enter leave …
Fatherhood – a Bulwark of Child Protection – Fathers, protect your Families and Children!
Woe to the times of darkness when symbolic toxic femininity—that modern-day juggernaut of the Great Feminization—devours its own children and grandchildren! Hear, …
Das Manifest des Klosters Nigredo – Heilung der verletzten Seele
From Heart to Heart – A Mystical Writing on Darkness, Heart, and Light In the spirit of the house and in connection …
From the “castrated” Buddhist to the “evil” Catholic – Manifesto Of The Dark Night Of The Soul
My path was one of darkness, trials, and inner struggles. I was betrayed, ridiculed, slandered, robbed, and despised. Family, friends, students, and …
The “Silver Bullet Method” in Divorce and Custody Proceedings
The term ‘Silver Bullet Method’ originates from hunting slang and means ‘a single fatal shot that kills the target instantly.’ In legal …
Christian Initiation Ritual for Men – Authentic masculinity requires a religious journey that few men complete.
Many young men came to meditate and pray, and when I became a father myself, I realized how lost we men are …
Feminization of society – The crisis of modern masculinity – Male Rite of Passage
Have you ever looked at the men around you—successful, successful, respected—and sensed that something is missing beneath the surface? These men wear …
The Eternal Girl – The femme fatale, the siren, the destroyer – The woman who doesn’t want love, but power!
Most men never realize it, but behind every decision they make, every woman they pursue, every heartbreak they suffer, there’s an invisible …
The God you believe in doesn’t exist!
You’ve prayed your whole life to find peace, to feel seen and saved, but nothing changes. You kneel, you cry, you beg, …
Mama’s boy – Why so many men are addicted to women (mother complex)!
Do you think you know why you’re chasing women? You think it’s about love, about connection, about finding someone who completes you. …
Rumpelstiltskin – Feminism promotes spiritual child abuse – Society has created a myth of inviolability, that every mother loves, protects, and cares. But what if that’s not the case?
Do you feel guilty because you don’t feel loved by the person who should have loved you the most? This question stings, …
Suicide is certainly not the right answer – the goal of life is self-realization!
In a letter to Carl Gustav Jung, a woman asked whether a suicide attempt at the age of 21 might have destroyed …
The two faces of the mother: one that nourishes, the loving and hospitable mother, and the other that devours!
It sounds simple, even clichéd, but there’s one crucial point that almost no one recognizes. Ignoring it can leave you trapped in …
The story of the self begins with wholeness
The story of the self begins with wholeness. We are born as unified beings, existing in a state of primordial completeness. But …
The Power of Loyalty and Pain – If you betray a loyal man, then
When a loyal man is betrayed, something changes deep inside him. It’s not just that he’s hurt, but that the foundation on …
Holy Thursday / Maundy Thursday – Vigil – Night Watch – Catholic Church of St. Laurentius in Reichenburg
Welcome to the nightwatch (vigil) on Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) at St. Laurentius Catholic Church in Reichenburg, Switzerland. The vigil will take …
Ego Death – The Holy Grail
Ego death is what happens when someone who loves you cheats on you (spouse, parent). Imagine the world is incredibly complicated and …
Feminism and Psychopathy: Dr. Jordan Peterson’s Psychological Analysis
In this thought-provoking video, renowned psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson delves into the psychology behind radical feminists, drawing connections between their behaviors and …
Benedictine Monastery Einsiedeln – Mary, our Mother – Black Madonna
Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery and is famous for the Black Madonna. The abbey is the largest pilgrimage site in Switzerland …
Monk Chant – Chanting – Oral Tradition – Such a blessing comes to me from God’s love!
During the monastic training, chanting (monk singing) is an important part in order to pass on the teachings according to oral tradition …
Swiss Zen Monk – Vows of Saints and Sages – Brother and Father for Society!
The Zen monk ‘s vows are expressions and reinforcements and motivate the daily practice of compassion and wisdom, for the practical implementation …
Jesuit – Father Lassalle – Zen Meditation for Christians – Zazen as a modern “Cloud of Not-Knowing”
Zen master Father Reding talks about Jesuit Father Lassalle – Zen meditation for Christians – Zazen as a modern “cloud of not-knowing” …
Patriarchy – The evil white man – A society that hates men needs eunuchs!
Zen master Father Reding preaches: Patriarchy – The evil white man – A society that hates men needs eunuchs! So the king …
Abortion is murder, suicide! Thou shalt not murder – Our society promotes murder!
Abortion is murder and our society encourages it. Zen master Father Reding preaches from the Nigredo Monastery about the godless and narcissistic …
XXX – Satisfaction – Sexuality – The Loss of Intimacy – The harmony between man and woman is sacred and private!
Zen Master Father Reding preaches: XXX – Satisfaction – Sexuality – The Loss of Intimacy – The harmony between man and woman …
Symptom “Gendered Language” – We are intelligent Pagans and are building the Tower of Babel again, so God punishes us!
Zen master Father Reding preaches. Symptom ‘Gendered Language. We are intelligent Pagans and are building the Tower of Babel again. This is …
The Song of the Phoenix – Give us wisdom, give us courage to stand up for the truth and see the need around us!
The Song of the Phoenix are songs about the Holy Spirit. Give us wisdom, give us courage for the fears, for the …
Time Out – Meditation – Since you can clearly see the path, you should make a firm decision to move forward quickly!
Welcome to the Nigredo Monastery in Switzerland. The monthly meditation week offers you a break, time out meditation and peace. Contemplation – …
The journey into silence is not a silent journey – meditation and death – The journey into silence begins and ends with the true self!
Every journey into silence begins where it is loudest and darkest. The whole world is burning, where do you want to hide? …
Manpukuji Obaku Zen School – Uji – Japan – Through the gateless Gate, you have to go!
An ancient Zen Buddhist temple called Wanfu Temple is located on Mount Huangbo in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Its abbot Yinyuan Longqi, …
Rinshoin Zen Temple – Japan – Zen Meditation in the middle of the great city of Tokyo
Rinshoin is a large and historically significant Rinzai Zen temple in the heart of Tokyo, right next to Tokyo University and not …
Koutokuji Zen Temple – Japan – Tokyo – Graveyards of the Samurai
Koutokuji Temple belongs to the Daitokuji Zen Lineage. Gengoro Ota, the third son of Ujimasa Hojo, the head of the Hojo clan …
Enshoin Zen Temple – Tokyo – Japan
Enshoin Zen Temple belongs to the Daitokuji Zen lineage and is located in the city of Nerima in Tokyo, Japan. Abbot Tenchu …
Seikenji Zen Temple – Kyoto – Japan – Sokan Osho
Seikenji Temple was built in the Koei Era (about 650 years ago) during the Northern and Southern Judgment Periods (about 650 years …
Empukuji Zen Monastery – Kyoto – Japan – Cave of Bodhidharma
Empukuji Zen Monastery belongs to the Rinzai Zen School in Japan. Myoshinji is the mother monastery. A statue of Bodhidharma, said to …
Hogonji Zen Temple – Japan – Osaka – Zen Master Koutoku
Zen Master Noritake Koutoku is the Abbot of Hogonji (宝厳寺) Zen Temple in Osaka, Japan. Every Sunday he offers Zen meditation and …
Korea – Gaesimsa Zen Temple – Hidden in the Korean mountains, the Seon monks investigate life and death!
Gaesimsa is a Seon Temple of Korean Zen Buddhism. Located in a dense forest in Mount Sangwangsan and 6 kilometers from Haemi-myeon. …
Sudeoksa Zen Temple – Southkorea – The whole world is a single flower!
Sudeoksa is a main Zen temple of Korean Zen Buddhism. It is located on the southern slopes of Mount Deoksungsan in Deoksan-myeon …
Dongsa – Korea – Zen Temple of the Zen Patriarchs of Korea
The year of establishment of Dongsa Temple is not clear, but the records inform that it was not destroyed even during the …
Baptism – Naming – Welcome party and Blessing for the Child
The baptism, naming, welcome party and blessing of the child with Father Reding from – Zen Monastery. To be baptized means to …
Zen Patriarch – Zen Master – Father Reding – Hear with your eyes and see with your ears!
Zen Patriarch in Switzerland, Father Reding welcomes you. As the founder of the Zen Order in Switzerland, he presides over the Nigredo …
Zen Master – Father Reding – Switzerland – Japan – Korea – Founder of the Zen Order in Switzerland
Zen Master Father Reding welcomes you to the – Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Now that the journey of my life is over …
What is zen meditation? – Transcending opposites is one of its most important tasks!
What is zen meditation? The winter zen meditation retreat ends today. The zen master begins the ritual. His voice is crisp and …
Mysticism in the Monastery – The Way to Liberation – Meditation Hall – People should ask questions about their own existence!
The winter retreat (100 Days) will end tomorrow. Spring is just around the corner. It is a warm and sunny afternoon. I …
Loneliness – The Life of a Zen Monk – The importance of loneliness. A story from the zen monastery!
The importance of loneliness. A story from the zen monastery. Whether they want to or not, zen monks live apart from their …
Resolution and Commitment – Zen Meditation means to sacrifice yourself completely!
In meditation I have to review the year just passed. Humans are different than animals not just because they can assume an …
How to die properly – What we can learn from the monks! Fathers and Grandfathers show us how to die!
An old story from the zen monastery on how to die properly. A monk who suffered severely from tuberculosis prepared his back …
Zen Practice – Enlightenment can only be attained through the contemplation of God!
After sometime, differences in zen practice begin to appear among the zen monks. Zen monks live with their question to attain the …
Materialism vs Spirituality – Try to ignore your Body and you will fall into hell!
Can Enlightenment achieved only by self-mortification? Materialism vs Spirituality. I think about this a lot. There are a few zen monks who …
Repentance – The Desire to escape life and death through Enlightenment – Zen Meditation
Repentance Ceremony is also the time for the zen monks to shave the head. The junior monks offered the small bathroom to …
Karma and Fate – Consequences for Life – The will to overcome Suffering
The karma of zen monk. There are no blankets in the zen meditation hall. When sleeping the zen monks cover their feet …
Enlightenment – The spiritual Journey risking everything to gain true Life!
The members of this zen meditation retreat are diverse. Their ages range from sixteen to seventy comprising three generations. They represent all …
Zen Master – Nigredo Monastery – When the truth is spoken, there is nothing to do but listen!
Once they were two zen monks on their way to a hermitage to visit an enlightened zen master. They were about 4 …
What is Zen? – Meditation and the Search for a meaningful Life and Death – A warning is given three times!
What is Zen? To sacrifice yourself to the good and the truth. Reexamine body and mind continuously and wholeheartedly. What is Zen? …
Hell Week – Life and Death Survial Meditation – The sleep dragon began to attack me. It is the first crisis of the first day!
Welcome to the hell week at the Nigredo Monastery in Switzerland. Twice a year we reexamine life and death without sleep. When …
Memorial Service – Swiss Alps – Grindelwald – Jungfraujoch
Farewell party and burial in Grindelwald: Abbot Reding from the Nigredo Monastery, as the funeral speaker, organizes the farewell party according to …
Fathers and Mothers – Decline of the Family – Civil War between Men and Women!
Dear Fathers, dear Mothers, As a young man I went into the dark forest. Far, far from home. With my teachers and …
Nihilism and Eternalism – The Deadly Traps of Zen Meditation in the West!
There are many people who, after persevering in their practice for a while, do not feel that they are progressing. They then …
Farewell Ceremony – Memorial Service – Zurich
Farewell Ceremony and Funeral service in Zurich: Abbot Reding from the – Zen Monastery, as the funeral speaker, arranges the farewell service …
Mindfulness – Meditation – Self-Consciousness – Psychological Marxists
Without goal and telos, all mindfulness in the world is useless. You can sit there for hours, even years, and “meditate” aimlessly. …
Zen Priest – Zen Monk – Abbot Reding – Switzerland
Zen Priest Abbot Reding (Zen Monk) welcomes you to – Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Zen priest As a Zen priest, I can …
Order – Life Crisis – Rebirth into the new Responsibility!
Welcome to the Nigredo Monastery in Switzerland. The monthly meditation week offers you peace to get out of the life crisis. The …
City of Zurich – Funeral Service – Memorial Service
City of Zurich Funeral Memorial Service: Abbot Reding from the – zen monastery organizes the funeral service according to your wishes.
Zug – Funeral Service – Memorial Service
Zug Funeral Memorial Service: Abbot Reding from the – zen monastery organizes the funeral service according to your wishes.
Memorial Service – Switzerland – Funeral Ceremony
Abbot Reding (zen monk) from the – zen monastery, organizes the memorial service according to your wishes.
LGBTQ – Children of Our Time – Believers by Sigmund Freud – A Symptom of Our Culture
What happened? A symptom of our time – LGBTQ – Our children and their ideas. A little analysis of our time. One …
Newsletter 2022 Spring
Newsletter 2022 Spring
Monastic Training – Nigredo Monastery – Switzerland
Welcome to the monastic training at the rustic – Zen Monastery in Switzerland. To become a monk means to sacrifice one owns …
Roshi – Zen Master – Father Reding – Meditation Center – You discover that there is a possibility!
Roshi (jap. Zen Master) Father Reding welcomes you to the Nigredo Monastery in Switzerland. Trained in Japan and Korea, he founded the …
Compassion is not Pity – Factual Error – The truth that appears at the moment of death is lost in fear and terror!
Compassion. More compassion, then all problems would be solved! But it is often confused with pity, for compassion, like the true self, …
Mystics & Agnostics – After all, dragons live among snakes! Remember!
Mystics and agnostics continually examine the true self. With great faith, great doubt and great provocation. Contemplation – Mystics This old …
Swiss Alphorn Meditation
Abbot Reding welcomes you to the – online talk of the – Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Swiss Alphorn Meditation.
Master of Ceremonies – MC
Master of Ceremonies (MC) Abbot Reding (zen monk) guides you through the ceremony. Ceremony – Master of Ceremonies The ceremony with abbot …
All is One – But where does the One go? This God, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible.
Everything is one. Everything is energy. All is the one spirit. Everything is Buddha, everything is God! But where does one go …
Confession – Life Counseling – To share the burden in private – Examine your life in a protected and trustful setting!
During confession you have the opportunity to examine your life in a protected and trustful setting with the abbot of the Nigredo …
Golden Calf – Idolatry – Decline of our Society
In Christianity or in Buddhism, the golden calf is universal. When society (and you) falls apart, everyone dances around the golden calf …
Monastic Consecration – Ordination
Monastic Consecration, the Monk Ordination at the Zen Order in Switzerland.
Heart Sutra – Logos of the Heart – The essence of the sublime crossing to the other shore of wisdom.
The Heart Sutra is the essence of the sublime crossing to the other shore of wisdom. This is how I heard it: …
Zen Order of Switzerland
Zen Master Abbot Reding founded in 2014 the Insopor Zen Academy in Switzerland. The zen order of Switzerland preserves and carries on …
Yoga and Vipassana – Lost Sexuality and lost Motherhood – Back to Paganism
The religious vacuum drives many to yoga and vipassana practices. Since we no longer use and understand the body and mind in …
Swiss Warrior Monk – The Sword of Wisdom, which kills and gives life at the same moment!
As a warrior monk, one always lives on the battlefield of wisdom. The Logos is the sword that kills and at the …
Zen Order
The – zen monastery part of the Zen Order of Switzerland. Founded by Zen master Father Reding.
Father Marcel Reding – Memorial Service
Funeral Orator Father Marcel Reding is a Zen monk and abbot of the – Zen monastery in Reichenburg. Through his many years …
Zen Master – Patriarch – Switzerland – The Zen Master manifests the Logos and lives truly!
The Zen Master manifests the Logos and lives truly. Without these role models, I could never have imagined that such a life …
Funeral Service in the forest
Abbot Reding led the farewell ceremony in the woods around Wetzikon. The burial in the forest was carried out with a procession …
Funeral Service Switzerland
Your funeral orator Abbot Reding from the – zen monastery organizes the funeral service, sacred and spiritually according to your wishes.
Zen – Vita Innocentis – Nigredo Monastery – Switzerland
Free from life and death. Out of the tyranny of the Zen monastery, through the desert of the marketplace and finally into …
Insopor Zen Academy News 2022 January – Exclusion of Alain M. Lafon – Exclusion of Monika Bieri
Nigredo Monastery – Switzerland Homepage and email from now on only on: zen-monastery.com info@zen-monastery.com Exclusion of Alain M. Lafon – father …
Chan Buddhism – Bodhidharma a monk from India founded the Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
Bodhidharma a monk from India founded the Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism (5th century). Student: Is it possible to become Buddha without seeing …
Obaku Zen School – Nigredo Monastery – Switzerland
Welcome to our family tradition. Zen master Ingen from China, visited Japan and founded Obaku-san Manpuku-ji (1661) in Kyoto, Japan. The beginning …
Soto Zen School – The Patriarch Zen Master Dogen (1200 – 1253) laid the foundation for today’s Soto Zen in Japan.
The Patriarch Zen Master Dogen (1200 – 1253) laid the foundation for today’s Soto Zen in Japan. Tired of idolatry in the …
Tibetan Buddhism – The Yogi Milarepa was a Tibetan Patriarch and was very influential!
The Yogi Milarepa (1040 – 1123) was a Tibetan patriarch and was very influential in Tibetan Buddhism today. I bow at the …
Funeral Orator Switzerland – Abbot Reding – Einsiedeln
Your funeral orator Abbot Reding organizes the farewell ceremony sacred and spiritually according to your wishes. Sacred and Spiritual Funeral We were …
Monk Chanting – Oral Tradition – Until the invention of writing, the transfer of knowledge was passed on in oral tradition!
During the monastery training, chanting (monk singing) is an important part in order to pass on the teachings according to oral tradition …
Funeral Planning – Barbara Schärz
Barbara Schärz from Funeral Planning is there for you throughout Switzerland before, during and after a death. As a matter of course, …
Thurgau – Funeral Service
Thurgau funeral Service: Abbot Reding from the Nigredo Monastery will gladly guide you through the funeral ceremony in the canton of Thurgau …
Wedding in Italy – Villa Mapelli Mozzi – Wedding Celebrant
As a wedding speaker and celebrant it was a honor to conduct the wedding Italy at the Villa Mapelli Mozzi. Location: Villa …
Entry of the Bride
The entry of the Bride marks the beginning of the wedding ceremony. As your wedding speaker, Abbot Reding from the – zen …
Family Name – Marriage
Which name should be the family name? Wedding Celebrant Abbot Reding from the – zen monastery from Switzerland welcomes you to reexamine …
Wedding Rings – Ritual – Responsibility – Freedom
What actually is the meaning of the wedding rings? The wedding rings symbolize a chain. One is chained to one another. With …
Nondenominational Funeral Ceremony – Switzerland
Often a nondenominational funeral or farewell ceremony in the church without a pastor is desired. But this is only possible with the …
The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Rinzai
Zen Master Rinzai is a patriarch of Zen Buddhism. Compiled by Ma Fang Zen Master Rinzai (Linji) was trained by the master …
The Holy Bible
The Bible. The logos. The old testament – The Bible The five books of Moses: The book of Genesis The book of …
The Meaning of Marriage – The Holy Sacrament – The highest path of family is not difficult, if you just stop choosing!
What does it mean to marry and enter into marriage? Marriage is a sacred covenant. One sacrifices one’s ignorance and voluntary blindness …
What is true Faith – Wisdom – Logos – Leap of Faith – Shin Jin Mei
In the Shin Jin Mei, Sosan studies the profound nature of the mind and transmits the essence of Zen: neither choosing realize …
Sexual Desire – Attachment – True Love – If you saw the self nature, sexual desire would already be void and serene!
Student: The layperson has a wife and children, so he can not yet cut out sexual desire. How can he become Buddha? …
Seung-Sahn Sunim – Founder of Kwan-eum Zen School in the U.S
Well known Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn Sunim [Haeng-Won], founder of Kwan-eum Zen School in the U.S., was once staying in the …
Church, What is a Church? – A holy and sacred place
Student: In the Sutra, building a church and carving holy images, burning incense, scattering flowers, burning everlasting candles, or having a ceremony …
What is proper Nourishment for the Mind? – I am just searching for the mind!
There are five different kinds of proper nourishment for the mind: The first, the enthusiastic one; Follow the right path, enjoy it …
What is true Prayer? – Meditation and Wisdom – Prayer means always being in accordance with the Truth!
‘Prayer’ means always being in accordance with the Truth. The essential meaning of the act of prayer can be understood by the …
Jesus and Buddha – The Origin of Religion is Self Awareness – The Discovery of the Will!
Was Jesus Christ a Boddhisattva or a Monk? Buddha, the World-honored One was born a prince, as the son of Suddhodana in …
The Lord’s Prayer – Pater Noster – It is a celebration and manifestation of the Logos!
The Lord’s Prayer, also called the Our Father and the Pater Noster, is a venerated christian prayer that, according to New Testament, …
Japanese Zen – Master Hakuin – They are all elite students from the far corners of the country.
Zen Master Hakuin is a patriarch of japanese Zen Buddhism. Zen Master Hakuin – A chat on a boat in the evening! …
Dying – What is your Original Face? True, profound Truth has never been created nor annihilated!
Living and dying. What is your original face? True, profound Truth has never been created nor annihilated. How often have we transformed …
Love – Responsibility – Sacrifice of the Ego – Foremost, one should introspect upon oneself with vigilant doubt!
For the seeker of truth and love preoccupied with Study, that which must principally be avoided is maintaining the idea that “I …
Korean Seon (Zen) – Zen Master Kyung Ho – Translated from Korean by Zen Master Myo Vong.
The text from korean seon Master Kyung Ho was originally translated from Korean by Zen Master Myo Vong. Korean Seon Korean Zen …
Zen Master Koan – Master Yunmens Koan – To provoke the “great doubt” and test his student’s progress in Zen practice.
The koan is a dialog between Zen Master Yunmen and his student, by which the master used his statement to provoke the …
Hell – Terrible torments await those who find themselves in these hells!
The area of hell: The realm is divided into two parts: the hot and the cold hells; these two forms of hell …
Realms of Animals and Hungry Ghosts – The characteristic emotion of animals is ignorance.
The realm of animals: Animals are not able to reflect on their own situation and to free themselves sustainably from their respective …
Humans – Reincarnation – Enlightenment and Responsibility – Although subject to great suffering, the human world is the most favorable!
The realm of humans: Although subject to great suffering (birth, aging, illness, death, grief, separation), the human world is the most favorable …
Demigods – Demand Equality with the Gods – Jealousy and Resentment – The jealous demigods constantly quarrel with the gods!
The Realm of jealous Demigods: They are also called Titans. The jealous demigods constantly quarrel with the gods and try to take …
The spoiled Gods – Narrow Minded and Pride – They are not free from suffering and death and are still subject to suffering!
The form of existence as gods is not redemption. They too are not free from suffering and death and are still subject …
Hungry Ghost – Greedy, selfish people who have been cursed!
The hungry ghost is a man-eating ghost. Mostly it is the spirits of greedy, selfish people who have been cursed (after death) …
Trinity – Three Jewels – You should take refuge in the three treasures of the Self-Nature!
The ancient Patriarch said, “You should take refuge in the three treasures of the Self-Nature (Trinity).” What is God (the Buddha)? The …
The five hindrances obscure one’s true self and prevent one from introspection!
The five hindrances obscure one’s true self and prevent one from introspection. Sensual desire is opposed to renunciation. Sensual desire is the …
Three Poisons destroy one’s view of one’s own nature and one lives blindly and meaninglessly
The three poisons destroy one’s view of one’s own nature and one lives blindly and meaninglessly. Greed Hate Ignorance Contemplation – Three …
Noble Eightfold Path leads to the Original Self – Meditation
The noble eightfold path leads to the original face. Right Resolve or Intention: contemplation of impermanence, suffering, and non-Self Right Speech: no …
Four Noble Truths show the Way through the gateless Gate!
The four noble truths show the way through the gateless gate. Do not shoot the messenger! The First Noble Truth is …
Swiss Patriarchal Zen Lineage – Zen Tradition
Welcome to the – Zen Monastery in Switzerland. Where the swiss patriarchal zen lineage is reexamined and continued. Meditation – Logos – …
Funeral Speaker – Funeral Service Switzerland
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Wedding Celebrant Switzerland
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Wedding Speaker – Palazzo Gallio – Lake Como
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Martial Arts – Meditation – Self Control – Learn to fight, that you don’t have to fight!
In the Zen monasteries, the martial arts were a very important part to protect the monasteries. The monasteries had their own police …
Fasting Retreat – Hypocrite Vegan in Self-Deception trapped in Self-Abuse
The monk who’s been a vegan and been eating only raw vegetables and uncooked grains declared that he would begin a solitary …
God – Without God, there is no individuality and everything is aimless and lost!
Without God, there is no individuality. What are we imitating? If we know what we’re imitating, then we know what kind of …
Equality of Outcome – Equality of Opportunity – Factual Error
Equality of outcome must be clearly distinguished from equal of opportunity. Often, however, we have a factual error. If I don’t understand …
Eating Meat – The war against our own flesh and Body
Why eating meat is important. Welcome to the rustic – Zen Monastery in Switzerland. We eat what is served. Contemplation – Eating …
Meaning of life – literally – We all have the logos (meaning of life), but are we using it properly?
What is the meaning of life? We all have the logos (meaning of life), but are we using it properly? The sword …
Zen Buddhism – Bodhidharma – The continuous study of the logos!
Bodhidharma was a monk who lived in China in the 5th or 6th century. His teaching and practice focused on Zen Meditation …
Meditation – Let the awakening and watching be perpetually alive and bright!
Zen is the gateless gate. Just awaken the mind and be alert. Turn your attention from the outside and radiate within. Let …
Personal Responsibility – Whether entering or exiting, whether coming or going, it is free and divine!
Personal responsibility is the most important issue to reexamine life and death. Even a mountain, river or great wall cannot obstruct this. …
Zen Monk – Bodhisattva Vows – Nigredo Monastery – Switzerland – Becoming a Monk
The zen monk vows are expression and reinforcement and motivate the daily practice of compassion and wisdom, for the practical implementation in …
Reexamination and Truth – To die meaningfully and without resentment!
The reexamination of life and death, to have a meaningful life. Milk of Truth Bodhidharma is talking about truth and reexamination with …
A Dialogue On The Contemplation Extinguished – The Great Way is deep and void, sublime and still, beyond comprehension!
A dialogue between Attainment and Gateway, in one scroll about contemplation. The Great Way is deep and void, sublime and still, beyond …
Self-Control – Meditation – Wisdom – Selfcultivation – Everthing stays in Order!
Self-Control means to discipline body and mind. Discipline Body and Mind means, ‘everthing stays in order’; this means, cultivate the body and …
Destination Wedding Switzerland
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Wedding Ceremony Switzerland
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Abbot Reding – Wedding Celebrant Switzerland
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Buddhist Wedding Ceremony Switzerland
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Symbolic Wedding Switzerland
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Buddhist Funeral Service – Switzerland
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Zurich – Funeral Service
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Lucerne – Funeral Service – Mountain Burial
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Schwyz Funeral Service
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St Gallen Funeral Service
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Schaffhausen Funeral Service
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Aargau Funeral Service
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Funeral Celebrant – Switzerland – Memorial Service
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Mountain Burial – Memorial Service Switzerland
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River Burial – Memorial Service Switzerland
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Funeral Service Glarus
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Wedding Speaker – Villa Balbianello – Lake Como
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Zurich Wedding Speaker
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Lucerne Wedding Speaker
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Liechtenstein Wedding Speaker
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Wedding Speaker – Baden Württemberg
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The Dolder Grand Hotel – Wedding Speaker – Wedding Ceremony
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