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Shintoist Thanksgiving at Antaiji, October 17th 2013

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Florian Wiltschko, an　Austrian Shinto priest living in Shibuya, Tokyo, performs a thanksgiving ceremony in Antaiji’s main hall. After the ceremony, we ate the first new rice this year with ground yams. It was delicious!

Presenting two books by Uchiyama Roshi and Seigaku, October 16th 2013

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Presenting two new Japanese books by Uchiyama Roshi and Seigaku. Segaku is a young Japanese monk who has a dojo in Berlin. Here is his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/undoinberlin And this is his “Unsui Cafe” in Japanese: http://unsui.net/ Below are links to the respective books by Seigaku and Uchiyama on Japanese Amazon: 坐ればわかる 身体と心が美しくなる禅の作法 内山興正老師いのちの問答

Work on the stone wall, October 14th 2013

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Already 5 years have passed since wet set the first stone for this wall. but if we can keep the present pace, we might be able to finish the work this autumn. Or maybe next year after all…

Sports fest in Kutoyama, October 13th 2013

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Today was the sports fest in Kutoyama, which takes place once a year in autumn. All the villagers come together at the old school to compete in a variety of disciplines. The event starts with a warm up exercise: Next, rolling a wheel with a stick. the start had to be delayed because of Izumi: … Read more

Antaiji’s forest group goes to Hamasaka, October 11th 2013

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Antaiji’s forest group, which consists of Eko, Gusho, Tsukan, Yudai and me, went to the townhall in Hamasaka today to discuss the three year project which is starting this month. On the way back Jisui and Hiromi, who went shopping on the free day, and the kids who came back from school, 10 people altogether, … Read more

Cleaning the main hall, October 11th 2013

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On free days, there is no zazen. Instead, we give the main hall a thorough cleaning. today it had been raining since the early morning hours, therfore we could not dry the cushions in the sun.