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This one-day seminar sheds a poetic light on the Zen Buddhist tradition<\/b> while introducing us to the human being and spiritual seeker Leonard Cohen<\/b>. It includes an introduction to Zen meditation<\/b>. No previous experience is necessary for this. If you don’t want to sit on a meditation cushion on the floor, you can sit on a chair.<\/i><\/p>\n
Leonard Cohen, one of the world’s most popular musicians and poets, touched the hearts of countless people around the globe. At the end of the 1960s he met his Zen master Joshu Sasaki Roshi<\/b>, who later became his closest friend and companion. After 25 years of meditative practice, Cohen retreated into the solitude of a Zen monastery for six years and was ordained as a Zen monk (monk’s name „Jikan“) – a pivotal time in his life in which spiritual practice re-ignited his creative process.<\/p>\n
At this seminar, the two friends and Zen monks Koshin Chris Cain and Shingen Jan Gaensslen will reflect on how Cohen personally and poetically expressed his Zen experiences in his songs<\/b>. Some of his texts are clearly related to the Zen path and the teachings of his master Joshu Roshi, but there are individual lines and verses that are woven into Cohen’s work like precious jewels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Seminarleiter<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nKoshin und Shingen<\/b> praktizierten in den 90er Jahren Seite an Seite mit Leonard Cohen im Kloster „Mt. Baldy Zen Center“.<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\nKoshin Christopher Cain<\/b>, geb. 1965 in London, wuchs in England und sp\u00e4ter in North Carolina, USA auf. 1990 zog er in das Kloster „Mt. Baldy Zen Center“ in Kalifornien, wo er unter Zen-Meister Joshu Sasaki Roshi M\u00f6nch wurde und 1999 von\u00a0 zum Osho (Priester) geweiht wurde. Koshin ist heute der vorstehende Abt und Lehrer des Puget Sound Zen Centers in den USA und des Rinzai Zen Senters Oslo in Norwegen.<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\nShingen Jan Gaensslen<\/b>, geb. 1970 in M\u00fcnchen, praktiziert Zen-Buddhismus seit 1991. 1994 zog er in das Kloster „Mt. Baldy Zen Center“, wo er unter dem Zen-Meister Joshu Sasaki Roshi die M\u00f6nchs-Ausbildung durchlief.\u00a0 2003 wies Roshi ihn an, zur\u00fcck nach Deutschland zu ziehen, wo er heute in Berlin eine Zen-Gruppe leitet und Klavier unterrichtet. Er hat einen 18-j\u00e4hrigen Sohn und eine 9-j\u00e4hrige Tochter.
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\n„Ich gebe zu, dass ich mir manchmal einen Grund ausgedacht habe, an Leonards T\u00fcr zu klopfen. Er lud mich immer ein, las mir oft den neuesten Vers von dem vor, woran er gerade arbeitete…“<\/i> Koshin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n„Einmal vertraute Leonard mir an, dass Roshi ihm aufgetragen habe, Gedichte zu der Beziehung zwischen „incomplete and complete love“ zu schreiben. Seine Platte „10 New Songs“, die er nach seiner Klosterzeit herausbrachte, ist voller Reflexionen zu diesem Thema.“<\/i> Shingen
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\nKoshin and Shingen<\/b> practiced side by side with Jikan Leonard Cohen at Mt. Baldy Zen Center in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n
Koshin Christopher Cain,<\/b> born in London in 1965, grew up in England and later in North Carolina, USA. In 1990 he moved to the „Mt. Baldy Zen Center“ monastery in California, where he became a monk under Zen master Joshu Sasaki Roshi and was ordained an Osho (priest) in 1999. Koshin is now the presiding abbot and teacher of the Puget Sound Zen Center in the USA and the Rinzai Zen Senters Oslo in Norway.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nShingen Jan Gaensslen<\/b>, born in Munich in 1970, has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1991. In 1994 he moved to the „Mt. Baldy Zen Center“ monastery, where he trained as a monk under Zen master Joshu Sasaki Roshi. In 2003, Roshi told him to move back to Germany, where he now leads a Zen group and teaches piano in Berlin. He has an 18-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n
„I admit that I sometimes made up a reason to knock on Leonard’s door. He always invited me over, often read me the latest verse of whatever he was working on…“ Koshin<\/b><\/p>\n
„Leonard once confided to me that Roshi had asked him to write poems about the relationship between incomplete and complete love. His record „10 New Songs“, which he released after his time in the monastery, is full of reflections on this topic.“ Shingen
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Ablauf<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n10:00 Uhr
\n* Begr\u00fc\u00dfung, Vorstellung, kurze Meditation
\n* Leonard Cohen \u2013 der buddhistische Jude, der Lieder \u00fcber Jesus schrieb
\n* Einf\u00fchrung in die Zen-Meditation
\n* Love Itself<\/i> – Wahre Liebe bei Cohen und im Zen<\/span>13:15 Uhr Mittagspause14:15 Uhr
\n* The absent Mare<\/i> \u2013 Leiden und die Suche nach dem wahren Selbst
\n* Zazen – das Herz der Zen-Meditation
\n* There is a crack in everything<\/i> \u2013 von der Zerbrochenheit zum Licht
\n* Abschluss-Ritual<\/div>\n* Diskussion
\n<\/span><\/div>\n17:30 Ende
\n<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nSchedule<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n10:00 am
\n* Welcome, introduction, short meditation
\n* Leonard Cohen \u2013 the Buddhist Jew who wrote songs about Jesus
\n* Introduction to Zen meditation
\n* Love Itself – True love in Cohen and Zen<\/span>1:15 pm lunch break2:15 pm
\n* The absent Mare \u2013 suffering and the search for the true self
\n* Zazen – the heart of Zen meditation
\n* There is a crack in everything \u2013 from brokenness to light
\n* Closing meditation\/ritual
\n* Discussion
\n5:30 pm end<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nLyrik<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nW\u00e4hrend des Seminars werden Ausz\u00fcge aus Songs und Texte
zu h\u00f6ren sein wie:<\/span>\u00a0 Suzann, Anthem, If it be your will, Hallelujah, Heart with no companion, Love Itelf, Boogie Street, Coming Home, Come Healing, The Absent Mare, Gedichte aus dem „Book of Longing“ uvm. Folgendes Gedicht schrieb Leonard w\u00e4hrend seines M\u00f6nchstrainings auf Mt. Baldy:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ebenfalls in Scheibbs: Cohen mit Meditationsteilnehmerinnen nach einem Zen-Retreat https:\/\/www.contemplating-leonard-cohen.com\/ \u00dcber das Seminar Das Seminar in Berlin wird zum Gro\u00dfteil auf Englisch gehalten! The seminar in Berlin will mainly be held in English language. \u00a0 Musikbeispiele, Meditation, manche Vortr\u00e4ge auf deutsch… auch f\u00fcr non-English speakers ist das Seminar interessant. \u00a0 Inhalt (English text below) \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29214,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29155\/revisions\/29214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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