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The establishment of the Zen-Zang Branch
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Carolina explains; “After finishing the first Zen-Zang seminar in November 2002 in the Tiltenberg with Sekko-san, my Zen-teacher (and 'assistant' as he calls himself), I had an interesting talk with him on the way to the airport. While sitting in the taxi he said to me with a smile: “Start your new Zen Buddhist branch, Carolina!”.
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Of course I had to laugh. But it also gave me a good feeling. The three days of the seminar taught me clearly that my spiritual and religious inspirations and aspirations could be shared with more people. In my work I do my best to keep these things separate. Not liking to be a missionary for Buddhism.
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Since 1995 I am intensely busy with Kendo (the Way of the Sword, a Japanese fencing sport) and Zen Buddhism, for which I spend, since 1998, each year two months in Japan to receive training in both disciplines. In my experience this is a welcome supplement to the many years of musical and spiritual training which I received in India.
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The way in which I could shape the seminar was perfect. I sang at the beginning of a Zazen session, after which Sekko-san followed with The Japanese Sutra recitation. It was a perfect way to prepare everybody to enter deeper into the silence.
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Now it has become the perfect way to share my music and a wonderful way to enter meditation.
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Meanwhile there are regular Zen-Zang evenings based on this method in Amsterdam. Everybody is welcome and everybody can take people along who are curious and want to listen and experience Indian meditative raga's, Japanese Buddhist Sutra's and Zazen.”
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