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Zen West: At the laundromat

Seikan Cech, Los Angeles 2015

Jam session on a summer evening, August 7th 2015

Didgeridoo: Thomas
Guitar: Jinen
Cajon: Mui

First day of Yoga-Zen retreat, August 1st 2015

Pictures from the retreat can be seen here at Eriko’s Facebook page:
facebook.com/eriko.sigematsu/photos

Free day before the Yoga-Zen retreat: Cleaning rice and drying futons in the sun, July 31st 2015

The meals at Antaiji are centered around unpolished, brown rice. The husks that sometimes get mixed up with the rice need to be removed by hand. Eriko (Facebook here), who will teach us Yoga for four days starting tonight, helps as well:

Cutting bamboo, July 28th 2015

A week in the life of Antaiji

A week in the life of Antaiji, as experienced by a Frenchman:

Mui and Ben play in the drying room:

Myoken plays the Chinese harp in Antaiji’s tea room, July 10th 2015

Zuiki visits Antaiji from Zuioji, July 8th 2015

The translated quotes by Sawaki Roshi have been turned into an audio play by Werner Penzel, Fred Frith and Ikue Mori:

1. the audio play itself (51 minutes, German with lots of music and other sounds from Antaiji)

2. a 6-minute “the making of” trailer

3. Interview with Werner, Fred and Ikue

Muho replies to criticism: “Why can’t I just come for two weeks to Antaiji?”, June 29th 2015

3 new bodhisattvas

facebook.com/shoukou.nosen/posts/1781412452085419

Audio by Werner Penzel/Ikue Mori/Fred Frith:
“Zen is the biggest lie of all times”

http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendungen/hoerspiel-und-medienkunst/hoerspiel-zen-luege-100.html

After the original broadcast on July 3rd, the audio file will be available for download as a podcast.

Information about “Lentil as anything” and its founder Shanaka Fernando:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil_as_Anything

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanaka_Fernando

http://lentilasanything.com/

Muho on the question why Antaiji has an age restriction:

February flees (February 27th 2014)

New book with Issho Fujita, and trailer for the documentary film “Buddhist”, June 18th 2015