Fernanda reads (in English) and Ochi explains (in Japanese) today’s part of the “Tenzo kyokun”, January 23rd 2017
Today, Ochi spoke about the famous episode when Dogen met a Chinese cook on the ship, after arriving in China. First Ochi treads the original, then Fernanda reads the English text (second and sixth video), after that Ochi explains in Japanese:
Original Japanese text can be found here: antaiji.org/archives/jap/ten.shtml
Fernanda reads the English translation by Leigthon/Okumura:
Different versions on the Internet:
Instructions for the Cook (Stanford translation)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TENZO (translated by Anzan Hoshin & Yasuda Joshu)
Last, we chant the four bodhisattva vows:
Explanation of the vows can be found here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva_vow#East_Asia
Yushin reads and explains today’s part of the “Tenzo kyokun”, January 19th 2017
Yushin reads from Shohaku Okumura’s translation: “Dogen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community”
There are two alternative translations on the Internet:
Instructions for the Cook (Stanford translation)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TENZO (translated by Anzan Hoshin & Yasuda Joshu)
Here is Yushin explaining the text in Japanese:
Audio: “ZEN is the biggest lie of all times”
Audio play by Werner Penzel with original sounds from Antaiji and music by Fred Frith and Ikue Mori:
ZEN is the biggest lie of all times
Below is Muho talking about three Buddhist books (in Japanese). Best wishes and a happy New Year!
Second day of snow: Walking around the main hall and driving the kids to the bus stop, December 16th 2016
To the dismay of the kids, the car still passes the road.
First snow: Walking laround the main hall and driving the kids to the bus stop, December 15th 2016
It has just started to snow!
And again: Around the main hall & exchange about the question “Who am I?”, November 24th 2016
This time of the year we spent a lot of time harvesting the last vegetables in the fields. Some days ago we cut the buck wheat, then we were collecting the last pumpkins, and the yams, daikon radish, carrots, chinese cabbage will soon follow. Meanwhile, others are out in the woods cutting pine trees, which will keep us warm during the winter.
Usually, the first half of November can be sunny and cloudy, while the second half is cloudy and rainy. In December the rain turns to snow, so now we are in the midst of a “last spurt” before the masses of snow (some years we had up to four meters) will pile up. The constructions that can be seen in the video above are part of the protection against the snow.
Last month I uploaded a video in which I asked myself the question “Who am I”:
I had the following exchange about it with a friend from Denmark:
“A while back you (Muho) posted a series of videos talking about the question “who am I?”. I have been trying to think about this question. And I don’t understand it. I am under evaluation by a psychiatrist who says that I have a kind of the diagnosis Aspergers, and that I don’t have an intuitive understanding of words. I am not sure what that means, or if I even accept the idea of a psychiatric diagnose. I go to work, try to do that as well as possible. I like zazen, even when I don’t like it. I try to be a good partner to my girlfriend. Other than that I don’t really know or want […]
Around the main hall & new yearbook, November 19th 2016
This year’s yearbook is out! The topic: What I expect from Antaiji
