Zen Tourism Japan

On the new year’s day at Daiyuzan Saijoji Temple Pray for what? By Zen Master Suigan Yogo (1912-1996) Excerpted from his presentation in September, 1996 Translated in English by Mitsuo Hirai, Tokyo Japan When you pray, you pray for something—something you wish for. Typically on the New Year’s day, pious men and women go to [...]

By Zen Master Suigan Yogo (1912-1996) Excerpted from his presentation in January, 1976 Translated in English by Mitsuo Hirai When people talk about the Buddhism, it means either the truth of Buddhism, or the religious institution of Buddhists (hereinafter collectively the Buddhist institution), or both included. At the present time, we hear many critical arguments [...]

Daiyuzan Saijoji, in Kanagawa Pref., Japan Wonder of the matter of course By ZEN MASTER SUIGAN YOGO (1912-1996) Excerpted from his presentation at the Daiyuzan Saijoji temple in 1987 Translated in English, by Mitsuo Hirai,  May 20, 2009, Tokyo, Japan Do you appreciate that you can hear?   Probably not, unless you have something wrong with [...]

Daiyuzan Saijoji, a temple of Soto school of Zen, in Odawara, some 100km. southwest of Tokyo Zen’s comandments By ZEN MASTER SUIGAN YOGO (1912-1996) Excerpted from his presentation at the Daiyuzan Saijoji temple in 1987 Translated in English by Mitsuo Hirai, September 15, 2009, Tokyo Japan      The commandment generally means something that directs with [...]

Shuin-cho, literally meaning “red stamp book”, is a stamp book in which stamps in red ink and inscriptions of each temple or shrine visited are collected.    Often, a temple priest hand-draw with a brush pen the temple’s signature together with stamps.    It costs 300Yen all over Japan.    Pilgrims like to have it as a proof [...]