New Year’s Ritual

Fire Ritual, 108 Rings of the Bell, and Dance Party

18:00 Dinner

19:30 Dance – chat – have fun

21:30 Fire Ritual
We ritually burn small pieces of paper with something on them that we want to let go of; we also throw the names of all those who have died this year into the fire and let them go that way

ab 22:20 Zazen and Kinhin with 108 rings of the bell
We meditate on midnight for 108 minutes. Every minute, one of us strikes a large bell outside. We take turns at “bell duty”. We will explain the exact procedure to you on site.

00:08 Service
We end the ceremonial part with a sutra recitation.

und dann – Sektkorken knallen lassen!

Please register beforehand:
info@daijihi.org / +43 650 3554835

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Postponed until Spring 2025

Eye-Opening Ceremony

with Rev. Aigo Castro

There is a very special statue in our house: Kannon with the 1000 hands. She embodies everything that our center stands for. We discovered this statue “by chance” a long time ago during a walk with our Spanish Dharma friend Aigo Castro. Now that it has found a place, Aigo will “open its eyes” as part of an ancient Soto Zen tradition. We would like to invite you all to this very special celebration.

Aigo Seiga Castro, successor of Tsugen Narazaki Roshi, founded Budadharma Zen Soto (TBZS) tradition and received Dharma transmission in 2005, thus becoming the first Spanish teacher of this tradition. Since 2018, he has been officially recognized as minister and can perform ceremonies such as weddings and funerals with civil validity. He teaches at both universities and Dharma centers.

Eye-Opening Ceremony for Kannon
with Rev. Aigo Castro

Spring 2025

Registration:
info@daijihi.org
+43 650 3554835