Exploring Zen Dojo Amsterdam

A dojo for zazen in the heart of Amsterdam. This guide is compiled from the dojo's own published information; we have not visited, and it is not a review.

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The place

Zen Dojo Amsterdam says the essence of authentic Zen is the practice of sitting meditation, zazen: sitting quietly and attentively in a balanced position and letting thoughts pass, absolutely in the present moment. Its site quotes Zen Master Kosen: being Zen is knowing how to find silence inside ourselves and to discover that this is our true nature.

What it offers

Before you go

  1. Read zazen for beginners and your first visit to a Zen center.
  2. See Amsterdam directory.
  3. Check details on the dojo's own site.

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Questions people ask

What is practised?

Zazen, seated meditation.

Is the site in English?

Yes.

Whose teaching?

It quotes Zen Master Kosen.