In this guided meditation Peter takes us into the silence of mind and body and introduces us to the practice of Silent Illumination (shikintaza) – where we drop away obstructions to perceive reality clearly, transcending noise and separation. He quotes Zen Master Hongzhi, who describes Silent Illumination as the “field of bound less emptiness” where everything functions freely in suchness,
Subhana introduces us to Silent Illumination practice. This guided meditation helps to stabilise just sitting, from breath, expanding to whole body breathing, to letting go of body, just listening, letting go thinking mind, noticing space between the thoughts. Letting go ideas of body and mind. Learning to rest in the silent, open, vast timeless illumination of awareness. Non-doing – letting
In this guided meditation Will gives instructions on how to work with the koan ‘who is hearing?’. ‘Who is hearing’ is one of the primary koans taken up by students of Zen under the supervision of a Zen teacher. This practice instruction wasgiven by apprentice teacher Will Moon during the Autumn sesshin of 2025 at Kodoji.
Settle yourself into a quiet place and listen to Will guide you through this heart warming moment right here now. Metta or loving kindness practice is the first of thefoundational practices of Buddhistmeditation. This is the practiceof generating loving kindness and acceptance of ourselves, and also more broadly loving kindness and acceptance of all beings, and all living creatures. Thisinstruction
