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Kyoto: Zen Morning Porridge and Meditation Experience
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Kyoto: Zen Morning Porridge and Meditation Experience

By Cultural Edu-tourism Council
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Overview
  • Immerse yourself in the world of Zen with a morning porridge and meditation
  • Learn how to apply Zen teachings to real life through morning porridge time
  • Enjoy a morning porridge and talk about Zen with the vice-abbot of Yotokuin
  • Experience Zen meditation and calm your mind in a peaceful environment
  • Listen to a Dharma talk and get tips on how to apply Zen thinking to your life

Activity location

    • Kyoto
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 53 Hanazonomyoshinjicho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, 616-8035, Japan | 到着されましたら、お声掛けください。
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedMorning porridge
  • What's includedWhat's included Zen meditation experience
  • What's includedWhat's included Dharma talk
  • What's includedWhat's included Interpretation services (request booking)

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Loose clothing, Smoking indoors, Weapons or sharp objects
  • Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year

What you can expect

Have a meal of morning porridge with the Deputy Chief Priest of Yotokuin, Myoshin-ji Temple, and enjoy the experience of Zen (zazen). Listen to a Dharma talk and get tips on how to apply Zen thinking to your daily life.

Meet the vice-abbot of Yotokuin, the pagoda of Myoshinji Temple, and enjoy morning porridge. Experience Zen meditation and calm your mind. Listen to a Dharma talk and get tips on how to apply Zen thinking to your daily life.

Exchange opinions with fellow participants. Enjoy a morning gruel to introduce and sublimate Zen ideas into your daily lives and enrich your days. Afterwards, be guided in zazen and encouraged to use your naves.

Dharma talks provide an opportunity to think deeply about the Zen way of thinking and living. The aim of this programme is to develop the ability to look at things from a bird's eye view and to discard stereotypes by practising Zen.

Participants will be able to digest the teachings in their own way in order to find meaning in their own lives.

Location

Activity location

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    • Kyoto
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 53 Hanazonomyoshinjicho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, 616-8035, Japan | 到着されましたら、お声掛けください。
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan