Thus shall you think of this world:
a star at dawn; a bubble in a stream; a flash of lightening in a summer cloud; a flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
- The Diamond Sutra
“Moment after moment, everyone comes out from nothingness.
This is the true
joy of life”
— Shunryu Suzuki
The Enso Project is a 501 c3 nonprofit founded by friends engaged in the practice and study of Zen meditation and the perennial wisdom traditions.
We facilitate meditation, contemplative study, and creative expression programs in Southern California that support inner growth and outer change.
Upcoming events.
Please contact us for information. Events and regular programming are free and open to everyone. We are opening to in person classes ongoing Saturdays, beginning March 19, 2022 at our retreat location in Blossom Valley, 25 minutes from San Diego. Please email us for directions. Zazen from 9am until 11:30 am, both inside and outside garden meditation space is available.
Enso Zen
Engaging our Circle of Presencing Emptiness
In Zen culture that developed in Japan the use of the Enso in art and
calligraphy is pervasive, where the Enso circle is the most popular of
calligraphies. The historical roots go back to India, where the initial concept
of zero was represented by the bindu or dot, the intrinsic spirit-life seed
within all reality. This later evolved into the circle or Sunya and then to the
Buddhist paradoxical idea of Emptiness or Sunyata - the ‘empty’ (sunya)
that is completely ‘full’ (ta)…
Wabi Sabi
Wabi Sabi Zen is purely natural Zen. It is exemplified in the life of the Zen
hermit Ryokan. (1758-1831) Ryokan’s utter simplicity and directness point us
to a Zen practice that is unaffected by exterior forms and disciplines, into a
natural world of direct experience…
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
— Leonard Cohen
Our programs are free and open to everyone. Please email us if you’re interested in learning more.
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