Hakone Zendo

Zazen Meditation Community in Saratoga, California

Category: zen

  • Passing of Taizan Gendo, Mark Adams

    Thank you Reni, for getting Tanabata Tanzaku for Zendo. Here you can find what tanabata is about.Here is our wish. “Wishing Hakone Zendo to be a place of peace in the community forever.“ “箱根禅堂がいつまでもコミュニティーの憩いの場であれますように“ Ann shared the passing of Mark Adams, Zen Preist. This is his last haiku. “Tender and fierce the clock, the whole…

  • Super Mario Galaxy Buddhism Cards

    Shared by Luke  flower arrngement by Reni Here is a link for everyone to download the cards I shared. You can print it out on “holographic cardstock,” which you can order on Amazon. The study terms are taken from the Kadampa Buddhist Glossary here I would also like you to share a link to this…

  • Tariki and Jiriki （他力 自力）

    Photo by Sondra Sharing by Ann Rev. Ito once described the hatching of a chick by saying that Momma henpecks from outside the shell while the unborn chick pecks in the same place from inside the shell….causing a rupture in the shell and the subsequent hatching of the chick. According to Google, this is not…

  • HISTORY OF RINZAI HAKONE ZENDO

    Shared by Sondra In the Fall of 2022, as a newcomer to Zen Buddhism and Zazen, I immediately felt at home during my first zazen-kai in the Rinzai Hakone Zendo. Through reading the Hakone Zendo website, I discovered that Reverend Enyo Ito founded Rinzai Hakone Zendo in 1998 and offered students an opportunity to attend…

  • Gratitude

    What are you grateful for?

  • How students should prepare for zazen 坐禅心得 ( zazen kokoroe)

    How students should prepare for zazen Shared by Kaz In 2012, Rev Ito shared with students how students should be prepared to come to our zendo for zazen. “Rinzai hakone zendo zazen kokoroe”. I added explanations. Here is recording of teisho by Rev Ito from 7/22/2012.

  • Emptiness, through the ages

    Shared by Dev I wanted to talk briefly on the interpretation of emptiness, which is a central tenet. Buddhism is in its third millennia. What we practice here is transmitted through multiple countries and cultures. Things have been added, and also changed, may be removed. The original Scriptures in Pali (which is derived from Sanskrit)…

  • Zazen-kai at Engakuji, Head Rinzai Temple in Kamakura

    Shared by Kaz During my recent business trip to Tokyo, I joined zazen-kai at Engakuji, a Rinzai temple in Kamakura located southwest of Tokyo.  I have traveled to Tokyo for business several times a year for over a decade.  I tried to join Zazen-kai in Tokyo but couldn’t find any Zazen-kai that fit my schedule.…