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 …