Commemoration the dead and blessing graves – Then I said, shuddering as I passed: So far in life is too close to death!

Zen master Father Reding will guide you through the "blessing of graves" and the commemoration of the dead. Either on All Saints' Day or All Souls' Day (November 1/2). The family grave is decorated and cleaned beforehand.

Prayer and Meditation - Blessing of Graves

The oak forest stands entwined arm in arm and crown on crown, today in a good mood he sang his old song to me. Far away at the edge a young tree began to sway gently, and then it continued to rustle, to bend, it came in a mighty train, it swelled into broad waves, rolling up through the treetops, came the storm surge drawn. And now it sang and whistled horribly in the crowns, in the air, and in between it creaked and roared in the root vaults below.

Sometimes the tallest oak swung its shaft alone, louder than ever, but the chorus from the whole grove resounded louder and louder! The beautiful game resembled a wild surf; all the foliage was streaked to the north-east, shimmering whitish. So the old fiddle Old Pan strums loud and soft, teaching his woods the old world tune. And in the seven tones he wanders inexhaustibly up and down, in the seven old tones, they encompass all the songs. And the young poets and young finches listen quietly, crouching in the dark bushes drinking the melodies.

Commemoration of the Dead

I saw the last rose of summer standing, it was red as if it could bleed; then I said, shuddering as I passed: So far in life is too close to death! Not a breath stirs on the hottest day, only a white butterfly brushes softly; but, oh, even if the air hardly moved his flapping of wings, she felt it and passed away. All the best on your final journey and rest in peace!