Antaiji – Books

Walk around the hall, January 24th 2017

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:

Around the hall, January 16th 2017

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!

“Who am I?” – Muho replies to comments and questions, October 6th 2016

These videos are referring to comments and questions found here:

Zennist’s articles are here:
http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/2016/09/observing-the-observer.html
http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/2016/09/scraping-off-the-dried-mud.html