ZEN - A WAY OF THE HEART
1.Is engaged in partnership with the l'Un Est l’Autre (One is the Other) association, which distributes meals to people living in situations of great need.
2. Is engaged in partnership with the Salvation Army, on the “péniche” boat, Admiral Major Georgette Gogibus, in service of its residents, people living in situations of great need. We participate in the preparation of festive meals, the screening of films and the organization of talking and listening circles.
3.3.Is currently contributing to the elaboration of a program of Buddhist political and social action in collaboration with five other Sanghas : Dana, Rimay International, Shambhala, Terre d’Éveil, – and Un Zen Occidental.
ZEN – A WAY OF THE HEART supports and practices the Three Principles of Zen Peacemakers:
1. Plunging into the Unknown – giving up fixed ideas about ourselves and the world
2. Bearing witness to the joy and suffering of the world
3. Loving actions towards ourselves and others
We are practitioners of the Way of Awakening in the Soto Zen Buddhist lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. It is a vocation of attention, gratitude and love, a life of communication and participation with all beings.
This vocation is founded on the practice of sitting meditation and the intimate intuition of our unity, diversity and interdependence with all of life.
In partnership with other associations, we participate in the building of a society of solidarity, which will allow each and everyone to find their place and make their contribution. This vocation towards socially engaged work is free of any form of proselytism and is part of a tradition of unconditional hospitality towards all excluded or marginalized people. Above all it’s about responding in service and being totally at one with one’s engaged action.
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