Bodhipatha

Bodhipatha is a Sanskrit compound meaning “path of awakening.” To mindfully live life itself, in all its ordinary glory, can be this path of awakening—or better yet, the path of actualizing and embodying awakening, or enlightenment. It is not about chasing some distant goal, but about a sincere, moment-by-moment engagement with reality as it is. It’s the zen of everyday life.

Based in Spain, Bion is a Buddhist monk and multilingual Dharma teacher. His Buddhist training has been in the Soto Zen tradition, through the unique eye of his lineage’s ancestors: Jundo Cohen Roshi, Gudo Wafu Nishijima Roshi, and Dōgen Zenji. He teaches Buddhist practice as a natural expression of life, shares practical life guidance, and offers Dharma teachings based on early Buddhist texts and Zen, as taught by Japanese master Eihei Dogen.

To practice the Dharma wholeheartedly does not require withdrawing from the world, but rather the ability to move through it without clinging, resistance, or fixation. Our focus is on how we can respond accordingly, with greater ease and grace. How do we unburden the mind from the delusion of separateness? How do we awaken true wisdom?

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Practice with Bion, in person or online

Bion serves as a teacher at Treeleaf Zendo, an international, online-based Soto Zen community. Treeleaf is a multicultural Zen Buddhist Community opened in 2006, in which people of all socio-economic classes, nationalities, races, ages, creeds, genders, sexual orientations, and physical abilities discover shared humanity by direct experience of one another’s lives. 

Twice a month, on the second and fourth Sundays, from 5 pm to 7 pm (CET), Bion leads in-person practice in the Unsui Zendo space in Madrid, Spain. Practice is usually in Spanish, is open to everyone, and is free of charge. Donations can be made to support the maintenance of the zendo.

In-person Zen Buddhist practice in Madrid:

Location: Unsui Zen, Calle Valderribas, 30, Madrid
Time: 5:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month

Schedule:

5:00: Zazen
5:30 Kinhin
5:40: Zazen
6:10 Ceremony
6:25 Talk + Q&A
7:00 End of the meeting

🇪🇸 Para los hispanohablantes, todos los viernes por la tarde, a partir de las 20:00 (CET), podéis uniros a Bion para practicar zazen y charlar un rato. La práctica comienza puntualmente a las 20:00, con unos 30 minutos de zazen. Al final, dedicamos el mérito de la práctica a todos los seres mediante una breve recitación.

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