ei tai ji / temple of eternal peace

thank you for taking and sending all these photos and text which give a strong impression of ei-tai ji's genius loci and splendid austerity, and of course, the inhabitants of the retreat. bonne continuation.

leyla igarashi

puget thénier à la descente du train

la montée vers le monastère

you need to walk your way up the mountain pathway to the temple.

going up a mountain path may raise this question: is there something in what i am carrying that could be left behind?

there is a saying in ancient china: chan is the best wine in the land.

during this retreat with tokuda sensei, i took a big sip of it, that I can still feel in my bones and in my mind.

carl zimmerling

last rays of sunlight over the monastery as the day begins to fade in the mountains letting the stillness deepen

photo credit: florence léonard

photo credit: florence léonard

photo credit: florence léonard

' may we exist like a lotus, at home in the muddy water, thus we bow to life as it is. '

from sutras chanted during meals

photo credit: florence léonard

' mountains belong to those who live them. ' master dogen

here, as the love of mountains begins to blossom in your heart you can see that the path you have been seeking is at once nowhere and everywhere to be found.

not grasped, not grasped, surrendered to : so do you hear the valleys whispering.

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