May 7, 2013
The snow melted in March and the Antaiji practioners are back in the fields, plowing, seeding and weeding. There are also lots of trees to be cut, a stone wall to be build where we extend a rice field, and a new water supply to be made. We still accept practioners, but people who come to Antaiji should be prepared to stay for three years (to be able to contribute to the self-suffivient lifeI and speak basic Japanese.
Samu (labor) takes places on the days between sesshin:
Raising the rice paddies and reparing the rice fields.
Plowing the vegetable fields and sowing seeds (potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, bell peppers, eggplants and lots of greens).
Digging for bamboo shoots and collecting other wild herbs.
Extending the new rice field andf buildign a stone wall.
Cutting trees, chopping wood.
Repairing the roof.
Plumber work to create a new water supply.