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Snow during Rohatsu sesshin, December 8th 2017

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During the earliest hour of December 8th we celebrate the awakening of Shakyamuni under the Bodhi tree 2500 years ago. It is the final day of the week long, extremely cold Rohatsu sesshin. This year it started to snow on the fifth day, and it will probably to vontinue like this until February. The car … Read more

Walking around the hall in the autumn sun, past the harvested rice fields and around the Chinese cabbage, daikon and carrot field, October 26th 2017

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After a lot of rain recently, the sun is there again! We used the opportunity to dry the freshly harvested rice, Azuki beans and some futons. In the afternoon, the abbot takes a stroll past the harvested rice fields and around the Chinese cabbage, daikon and carrot field: