Antaiji

Temple of Peace

Adult practice
by Muho

These articles are written bi-monthly by the present abbot of Antaiji. The first one appeared in the "Shitpaper" of May 2003, which was later renamed to "Lotus in the Fire".



1. Adult practice

2. What do you "practice"?

3. Your problem

4. Training" and "practice"

5. Too much is not enough?!

6. Still something missing?

7. My way to Antaiji

8. You create Antaiji!

9. Don't care if I die...

10. Ideal and reality

11. Knocking?

12. Raw human flesh

13. Sitting beyond theory

14. You don't count at all!

15. Tomatoes and cucumbers

16. Three questions

17. Behind the wheel of zazen

18. Stop being mindful

19. Monkey mind & horse will

20. Just do it - easy to say, but ...

21. How to sit

22. "...you look like a ball of cotton wool!"

23. You have to "fall in love with zazen!"

24. A map for letting go all maps

25. Zazen as the perfection of patience

26. Sesshin without toys

27. "Eat two parts out of three"

28. What do you eat?

29. Work to live - or live to work?

30. Why are you so busy?

31. Milking the goat

32. Obstructed by the kesa

33. The meaning of the o-kesa

34. Why bow to a cushion!?

35. Crossing the legs

36. Crossing the legs (2)

37. Crossing the legs (3)

38. Crossing the legs (4)

39. Crossing the legs (5)

40. Crossing the legs (6)

41. Crossing the legs (7)

42. A letter from Vietnam

43. Hips (1)

44. Hips (2)

45. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 1 - Ordination & dharma combat)

46. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 2 - Dharma transmission)

47. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 3 - Ten-e)

48. A Zen master and inemuri zazen

49. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 4 - Zui-se - abbot for the night)

50. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 5 - Ango as life in a rock grinder)

51. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 6 - Muho the Zen Nazi!)

52. Comfort and compassion: Fritz the Punk is dead

53. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 7 - Back to the topic!)

54. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 8 - What do I have to believe in to become a monk, and when do I get my dharma transmission?)

55. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 9 - About the meaning of the vertical and horizontal structure of the sangha)

56. What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? (Part 10 - Unsui rules OK)

57. Positioning the hands

Other articles on adult practice:

My practice

My idea of adult practice


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