Books

Muho discusses some Japanese books, Seikan moves to L.A. and rents out his place, January 22nd 2015

From Melbourne Zen centre’s Facebook page:

Announcing: Manhattan Beach Zen
People from all walks of life coming together for zazen in the sand where LA meets the Pacific ocean. Following zazen, there will also be time for discussion, Q&A, short talks by Seikan, and/or swims in the ocean.
Regular meetings from March 2015.
All welcome! www.meetup.com/mb-zen

Self-contained, fully furnished residence, attached to Melbourne Zen Centre in Glen Iris, available for 3 months from March to June 2015 (and possibly for longer). Residence includes hallway, living/office, 1.5 bedrooms, kitchen/meals, bathroom, laundry, garden, some storage, and off-street parking. Rent and conditions negotiable. Contact: seikan@zen.org.au

Happy New Year, and new Japanese book out today, January 15th 2015

Last upload this year, December 14th 2014

The 90-day practice period of the winter starts tomorrow, the topic this year will be the “Dhammapada”.

Antaiji yearbook, November 16th 2014

Read it here.

kaki

Zen & art, September 19th 2014

Old video in new format: Muho on “The ten ox-herding pictures”

New video by Seikan: “You Are Owner? But What Owns You?! ”

Old video by Seikan: “Everyday Sesshin At Tobita Shinchi”

Totally unrelated are these pictures by Miriam Elia: “We go to the gallery”

God is dead

All is sex

Vagina

I can do that

Also unrelated, cover design of Muho’s new book:

カンチョー

Strange gassho

罰ゲーム

Japanese bullying

Muho comments on article by Brad Warner, and new tatamis arrive at Antaiji, September 16th 2014

Talking about Zen monk’s military equipment at the time of Dogen, and the new translation of “The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo”

Article by Brad Warner: Monks and Laypeople, War and Peace

Link to new translation published by Simon & Schuster: Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo

Muho’s new book in Japanese (first & second try), September 12th 2014

First try in the morning:

Second try in the evening:

愛の回転

『自由』

愛の回転

An open to reply to Brian Victoria about the meaning of the Buddhist precepts, September 6th 2014

Original exchange between Muho and Brian can be read here:
Letter to a friend about Zen practice, family life, Japanese Buddhism and the war about Zen at war

New articles by Brian on the topic:
Zen Masters on the Battlefield (Part I)
The “Non-Self” as a Killer

Other articles by Muho on the topic of being a Buddhist monk and having a family, and the precepts:
Married monks?
The diameter of attachment
My idea of adult practice
A broken precept

Dogen’s “Shoji”:
Life and death

End of September sesshin, discussion about the book “Heartmaker” (in Japanese)< September 5th 2014

Typhoon passed, Muho presents books, August 11th 2014

Zen garden turns into a pond.

Fancy T-shirt.