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:

The wood stove keeps us warm, January 29th 2015

Firewood becomes ash, and it does not become firewood again. Yet, do not suppose that the ash is future and the firewood past. You should understand that firewood abides in the phenomenal expression of firewood, which fully includes past and future and is independent of past and future. Ash abides in the phenomenal expression of … Read more