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 …
Great Faith – Great Doubt – Great Provocation
Father Reding from the – zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Great Faith – Great Doubt – Great Provocation
Meditate into the Abyss of your own Self – Introduction to Zen Life
Father Reding from the – zen monastery in Switzerland welcomes you to the online talk. Meditate into the Abyss of your own …
Flying Zen Masters – Switzerland
Father Reding from the – zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. The flying zen masters from Switzerland. Ninja Style – …
Swiss National Day
Grüezi and welcome to the original and rustic – Zen monastery. We celebrate the August 1st celebration and celebrate the Swiss National …
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 …
The Revolution – Eats its own Children alive – The deadly Sins
Father Reding from the – zen monastery welcomes you to the online talk. Spiritual Revolution eats it own children alive. We are …
Commitment – Are you willing to die?
Father Reding from the – zen monastery in Switzerland welcomes you to the online talk. Commitment: are you willing to die?