Health Fair in the Eixample District of Barcelona On Saturday, November 15, 2025, Zen Kannon took part for the first time in the Health and Wellness Fair of Barcelona’s Eixample District.Throughout the day, we hosted a Zen Kannon booth at the pedestrian crossroads of Consell de Cent and Girona streets, in a small square where…
Lluís Nansen Salas, 2025, La diferència és l’essència, Ensenyances zen a Lluçà 6, Barcelona, Edicions Zen Kannon The 6th volume of the collection “Zen Teachings in Lluçà”. “The difference is the essence” has been published. It corresponds to the kusen (oral teachings during zazen) and mondo (questions to the master) given at the retreats in…
Video by Coreixample This video produced by Coreixample about the Zen Kannon Centre in Barcelona is one of the first fruits of our Centre’s presence in the neighborhood. Special thanks to Maria Palomar for producing the video, to Albert Sagrera for his mediation, and to the entire Coreixample team for their warm welcome. This July,…
Meditation for Peace: A Collective Action of Presence and Hope On May 25th, 2025, the Zen Kannon community gathered as part of the Festa Major of the neighborhood Dreta de l’Eixample in Barcelona to hold a Meditation for Peace—an open event that transformed Girona Street into a space of silence, awareness, and shared compassion. Peace…
A Scientific Study on the Zen Personality Can we talk about being a zen person? Or having a zen personality? It’s worth noting that in France, the expression “Être zen” (To be zen) has become fashionable. A whole range of self-help books can be found that offer lessons on how to “be zen” in just…
Zen for nothing. The film “Zen for Nothing” is a documentary directed by Werner Penzel. The film follows the journey of a Swiss woman as she spends several months in a Zen monastery called Antaiji. The documentary provides an immersion into Zen monastic life, capturing the monks’ daily rhythm marked by meditation, physical labor, and…
In this edition of the Night of Religions 2024, about fifty places of worship in Barcelona are open. They aim to promote interfaith dialogue and share cultural and spiritual diversity with the public. This includes spaces like the Zen Kannon meditation center. This initiative started in 2016. This initiative began in 2016. Now, the program…
On Saturday, June 1, the 14th Buddhist Conference of Catalonia was held at Torre Jussana, under the title “Plum Blossom. Buddhism and Sustainability.” Objective of the Conference on Buddhism and Sustainability The goal of the conference was to provide a space where different organizations and individuals interested in Buddhism could exchange opinions, share perspectives, and…
Zen master Lluís Nansen Salas was recently interviewed on the program Misteris with Sebastià d’Arbó [ arbo sebastia ], broadcast on Televisió d’Esplugues de Llobregat (etv.cat). In this 50-minute conversation, journalist and anthropologist Sebastià d’Arbó offered a warm and relaxed space for Nansen to share his experience and vision on the practice of Zen. Sebastià…
Zen and Art Colloquium – Eight Zen Artists The Zen and Art Colloquium – Eight Zen Artists took place on Sunday, January 17, with the artists present at the dojo and the audience attending via Zoom. How does meditation influence sensitivity, inspiration, or creativity? Through the practice of zazen, the mind flows continuously and does…
