The AZI and the Sōtōshu

The group of Chaumont-Gistoux is part of a thousand-year-old lineage.

 

As a member of the Association Zen Internationale, from whom it recognises the guidance, the group cares to transmit a respectful teaching of the forms brought by Master Taisen Deshimaru Rōshi in Europe.

 

The close link with de society enables then our practice to spread around with no obstacles, in order to grow together in the way of liberation.

 

The posture of zazen represents the principal symbol, where we care to stand vertically, in the silence and immobility, and to observe the movements of our mind, before letting us be absorbed in the absolute openness and transcend our life.

 

Simultaneously, the integration of the group at Sōtōshū (the sōtō zen school) enables to implement the link with the japanese roots of our tradition. The influence of today and past zen masters can then flow freely up to us, and create a diversity of practices where all the cultures can mix.

 

These japanese inspiration gets felt in our minds, and also in our gestures at the meditation place, at home and at work, where grace mixes with vitality in every of our activity.

 

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