antaiji

My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke (by Edward Moore) III – The Money Problem (3) Edward: Were they living extravagantly during Watanabe’s time? Muho: They were certainly buying lots of stuff where you might ask, do you really need that? The bulldozer is nice but … Read more

My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke (by Edward Moore) III – The Money Problem (2) Edward: At this point, were you having one-to-one discussions with Watanabe? Muho: Yeah that started at that time. That thing about the fishes in the pond is something he told … Read more

My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke (by Edward Moore) II – A Delicate Flower and the Trump of Zen (4) Edward: How did Miyaura get along with Watanabe? Did he look up to him? Muho: I think in the beginning it was ok. It could … Read more

Calmly imagine the ceaseless practice that was happening on Mount Isan long ago. What I mean by ‘imagine’ means thinking about how it would be for us today if we were residing on Mount Isan. The sound of the rain deep in the night was probably not just of water washing over the moss, for … Read more

My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke (by Edward Moore) II – A Delicate Flower and the Trump of Zen (3) Edward: How many people were there when Watanabe moved Antaiji? Muho: In the beginning there were 30. But I never saw a picture with 30 … Read more

My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke (by Edward Moore) II – A Delicate Flower and the Trump of Zen (2) Edward: In Arthur Braverman’s book Living and Dying in Zazen, he highlights how he always had an issue with Uchiyama. Muho: He describes in that … Read more

The venerable monk Chōkei Eryō was a revered senior monk training under Seppō. For twenty-nine years he went back and forth between Seppō and Shibi, exploring the Matter through his training with both of them. During those months and years he wore out twenty sitting mats. There are people today who love doing seated meditation … Read more