"Zen Meditation is knowing oneself. Knowing oneself is abandoning oneself. Abandoning oneself means recognising oneself in every living being." Dogen Zenji
Florence and the Zen
The Centro Zen Firenze Shinnyo-ji is the Italian branch of Daijo-ji Temple in Kanazawa-Japan Italy Daijo-ji Betsuin. Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo is the Zen Master charged with running the Monastery by her Master Rev. Ryushin Azuma Roshi, Abbot of Daijo-ji Monastery. In "Shinnyo-ji" Temple we practice Zen following Japanese Sōtō Tradition.