“Zen for nothing” will be on Arte TV at 24:15 today on November 6th (central European time) and viewable online after that for three months: arte.tv/de/videos/050297-000-A/zen-for-nothing
“Zen for nothing” will be on Arte TV at 24:15 today on November 6th (central European time) and viewable online after that for three months: arte.tv/de/videos/050297-000-A/zen-for-nothing
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:
Text: Dogen instructed, In the ocean, there is a place called the Dragon-Gate, where vast waves rise incessantly. Without fail, all fish once having passed through this place become dragons. Thus, the place is called the Dragon-Gate. The vast waves there are not different from those in any other place, and the water is also … Read more
If you have not seen it yet, the NHK World documentary “Sesshu’s World of Zen in Ink” can be seen here: “Sesshu is called the father of Japanese ink painting. German-born Muho Noelke, a Zen abbot in Japan, visits Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, a city that changed Sesshu’s life. Here, Sesshu escaped Kyoto’s culture … Read more