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↓ JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. Order of Buddhist Contemplatives Search for: Search for: Home Teachings Teachings Essays on practice Essays on practice Perfect Faith The Truth of Being Why Monasticism The Vessel and Its Contents Continuing Practice The Great Wish Serene Reflection Buddhism Buddhism The Eightfold Path Shushogi Meditation Buddhist Precepts Glossary of Buddhist Terms Audio Dharma Talks About Us About Us Founding Teachers Founding Teachers RM Jiyu-Kennett Koho Zenji Keizan Dogen Shakyamuni Buddha Head of the Order Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett Rev. Daizui MacPhillamy, M.O.B.C. Rev. Haryo Young, M.O.B.C Monks Access Community Practice Our Ethical Intentions Our Ethical Intentions and Resolving a Concern An Overview of Our Rules Teaching Relationships Photo Gallery News Locations Contact Contact Email us Support the OBC OBC Journal Memorial altar for Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett W elcome to the website of the . The OBC is an international monastic order of men and women, who, together with lay ministers of the Order and our congregations and affiliated meditation groups, are dedicated to practicing the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition of Buddhism, also called Soto Zen. Our practice was passed on by the late Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett , the founder of the OBC. Reverend Master Jiyu left behind her career as a professional musician and her life in England to travel to Malaysia and Japan to become a monk. After undergoing rigorous monastic training in Japan and being certified to teach, she brought our present practice to the west where it is now blossoming. Please read on to learn more about our organization , our practice and the Buddhadharma . “When meditation and preceptual living bear fruit, our entire outlook on life begins to change, and this is the arising of the mind of the Bodhisattva. What seemed to “matter” before no longer seems important; what comes to the forefront instead is the necessity to live by a few very simple things: charity, tenderness, benevolence, sympathy, and gratitude. The first four of these are what are known as “the signs of enlightenment”, what to look for if you are really keeping the precepts. This is what you should see in someone who is really keeping the precepts and who has found the Eternal. The fifth, gratitude, is one of the special foundations of the Serene Reflection, or Soto Zen, way.” Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett The above quote is excerpted from a commentary on Great Master Dogen’s Shushogi and is found in the The Roar Of The Tigress . (Shasta Abbey Press, 1st edtion, 2000, page 150.) Print, Email, Create a PDF New Articles From The OBC Journal Know the Sweet Joy of Living the Way April 2, 2021 The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana: An Appreciation, Part Two April 2, 2021 On Hate April 2, 2021 Balancing and Disturbing News April 2, 2021 News From The OBC Journal 2016 Annual now available January 20, 2017 The 2016 Journal Annual of Articles January 17, 2017 Home Contact Site Map Locations © 2019 ↑...