“Cry not, insects For even stars in love Must endure separation.” Issa in “Zen Haiku”

An online 8 week course on “Mindfulness for Grounding and Insight” starts next Monday 3rd April. Details below: zenways.org/event/mindfuln…

“Whoever sees their nature is a buddha; whoever doesn’t is a mortal. But if you can find your buddha-nature apart from your mortal nature, where is it? Our mortal nature is our buddha-nature. Beyond this nature there’s no buddha.” Bodhidharma in “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”

In this latest video on our YouTube channel, Julian Daizan Skinner answers a question on exploring the realm of dreams and how to integrate them into our practice: youtube.com/watch?v=dBq4q3…

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.” - Thich Nhat Hanh 'The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching'

We believe becoming a yoga teacher is about your personal journey, understanding and inner confidence. Our next course starts on the 14th April, details here: zenways.org/event/yoga-tea…

“Sitting quietly doing nothing, spring comes. Grass grows by itself.” Zen Sand 10.177

“Whoever recovers from doing evil By doing something wholesome Illuminates the world Like the moon set free from a cloud.” The Dhammapada, verse 172 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada

"Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation." Bodhidharma goodreads.com/en/book/show/2…

In this video, Julain Daizan Skinner explains what the Japanese Zen phrase 'nari kiru' means and how profoundly this way of being can change our everyday experience: youtube.com/watch?v=X5nDOu…

Our Breakthrough to Zen retreats are designed specifically for you to find out your true nature – to find out who you really are. We are running online and face-to-face retreats this year, full details here: zenways.org/breakthrough-t…

"The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind.” - Shunryu Suzuki 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'

“With the house demolished and self overthrown, no inside or outside remains. So where, pray, are body and mind to conceal their forms?” Zen master Keizan Jokin in “The Denkoroku”, p.29

Here you will find times of online Zoom weekly Zen yoga classes with Daizan, and links to his YouTube videos of yoga corresponding to the seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter: zenways.org/zen-yoga-class…

“Flowers bloom to many winds and rains. A person’s life is filled with partings.” Zen Sand 10.104

In this next video of the series, Julain Daizan Skinner addresses the question of how to apply nari kiru in daily life: youtube.com/watch?v=zEy5JK…

"Beneath great doubt, there is great awakening" - Zen Master Hakuin

We have a an online shop with Zen study resources including downloadable courses, books, yoga videos and much more available to purchase: zenways.org/shop/

“Communing with nature gives richness to our minds. Examine nature and then examine yourself through the lens of nature. You might be surprised at what you find.” S. Matsumoto, “A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind“ p.97 goodreads.com/book/show/3565…

“This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world: Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream; Like a flash of lightening in a summer cloud, Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom or a dream.” The Buddha