Watching corpses, collecting bones after March sesshin in Antaiji, March 6th 2015

For all those that keep complaining that there is not enough English videos on our blog, Muho talks about Mahākāśyapa’s practice of watching decaying corpses in the Shobogenzo chapter Gyoji, and about differences in attitudes toward death and funerals in the West and in Japan. Shot in the back and in the fron of the … Read more

Kakuan leaves home, February 11th 2015

Kakuan practices at Antaiji since 2012. Now, during his third winter here, he has taken the step to become a monk. Here are some pictures taken by Jisui: Kakuan’s ordinaton ceremony We forgot to switch on the microphone. Here are the last minutes in silence: