Mindfulness ZAZEN

Rapport Exchange Meeting HP

https://rapport-hatten.hp.peraichi.com

【Announcement of Mindfulness Zazen Meeting】

◆Time required: 40 minutes of Zazen, 60 minutes of Share meeting 　

◆Location: Nittaiji Temple, Sodo

Access: 10 minutes walk north from Kaiozan Station on the Higashiyama Line http://www.nittaiji.jp

For those coming by car

Please proceed straight from Kakuozan Station and enter the temple grounds. Cars can only enter from the front of the temple. Parking is available on the grounds of Nittaiji Temple! (For visitors, it is free.)

◆Concept of Zazen meeting: [Dialogue with oneself ~ Let it flow ~]

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In daily life, there is not much time to face yourself, and you often carry extra baggage (unconscious stress) without realizing it, right? Even if you try to live in the present, it is human nature to live in the past (memory) or the future (anxiety) without being able to concentrate on the present. Zazen aims for the void (no mind, making something out of something) and is a time (work) when things that you were unconsciously flowing (attachment) such as those that come to mind and disappear, can be taken in one by one. I think that to let it flow means to observe oneself objectively from the perspective of a third party self (self from a third party perspective) who is detached from oneself and who has felt or thought something. After Zazen, you will feel relieved and your mind will be lightened ^^ * Please experience it once.

There is a word “Furitsu Moji”.

It is a word that expresses the doctrine of Zen Buddhism, and in addition to conveying the doctrine by characters and words, there is a commandment that what is conveyed by experience is the essence. It is a word preached by Daruma, whom everyone knows.

We value this word,

First of all, I won’t say much, so please feel it once.

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◆Flow of the day:

①Gather at the main hall of Nittaiji Temple

(Mr. Yamashita, the organizer, is under the eaves of the main hall on the left!)

②Pray at the main hall

③Move to the Sodo

④Zazen (15 minutes of Zazen → Simple share → 20 minutes of Zazen) ⑤Move to a nearby cafe (those who come by car can move as they are)

Zarama Cafe or nearby cafes

⑥Share meeting (60 minutes)

◆Clothing: Pants that are easy to cross your legs (it’s smooth if you wear them as much as possible)

◆Participation fee: 3,000 yen

◆Minimum number of participants: 4 people

*If you cancel after 15:00 the day before, you will be charged the full cancellation fee. If you have an unavoidable reason, please be sure to contact us by phone.

<About Nittaiji>

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It is a non-denominational temple that was established to enshrine the true Buddha’s relics presented by the King of Thailand. It is the only non-denominational temple in Japan that enshrines the most valuable true Buddha’s relics for Buddhists. It was named Nittaiji Temple because it means “Japanese and Thai temples.” It is now popular as a place for cherry blossom and azalea viewing and moon watching. The Kobo-san festival is held on the 21st of every month.

◆Organizer: Rapport Yamashita

Background of organizing Zazen meetings:

When I was worried about my way of life about 15 years ago, I wanted to do Zazen when a friend said so, and I was looking for a place where I could do Zazen. At that time, I met Nittaiji Temple here. Ten years later, I decided to do it again by chance, and now I want to hold it in a way that many people can participate.

My name is Jo Yamashita.

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I was involved in aircraft manufacturing, but I couldn’t give up my dream of making friends in all 47 prefectures since I was a college student, so I retired from an aircraft manufacturer in 2020. Currently, I started Rapport Exchange Meeting to expand human connections as a business. We hold real-life exchange meetings every week, centered on Nagoya, with networks in the prefecture, Gifu, Fukuoka, Kanto, and Kansai.

*Purpose of Yamashita myself organizing exchange meetings. Thank you for reading this far. Currently, I work for a company that provides employee training.

I myself thought about my way of life when I was suffering from mental illness.

Currently, I am studying to obtain a qualification as an industrial counselor. In the midst of such studies, I thought about what I could do to be useful to society based on what I have done so far, and came up with the idea of a Zazen meeting.

I hope that by providing an extraordinary time, it will lead to care for the mind and create opportunities to meet new people.

The Rapport Exchange Meeting is an exchange meeting intended to develop deep connections between individuals and to develop relationships in private and work by repeating and repeating participation. Therefore, we will provide services that are more affordable or more fulfilling (atmosphere creation, food and drink, etc.) than other exchange meetings.

・Rapport Exchange Meeting Official LINE held every week https://lin.ee/W5cQEKs

・Please also watch the greeting video (3 minutes). https://youtu.be/Jiq5xWp34Lw