Watching corpses, collecting bones after March sesshin in Antaiji, March 6th 2015
For all those that keep complaining that there is not enough English videos on our blog, Muho talks about Mahākāśyapa’s practice of watching decaying corpses in the Shobogenzo chapter Gyoji, and about differences in attitudes toward death and funerals in the West and in Japan.
Shot in the back and in the fron of the main hall after the March sesshin:
Link to the Shobogenzo Gyoji chapter (part on Mahakasyapa is on page 377):
thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo/029gyoji.pdf
About Tri-State Crematory, the crematory that failed to cremate hundreds of bodies that were doscovered in 2002:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_Crematory
Kakuan leaves home, February 11th 2015
Kakuan practices at Antaiji since 2012. Now, during his third winter here, he has taken the step to become a monk. Here are some pictures taken by Jisui:
Kakuan’s ordinaton ceremony
We forgot to switch on the microphone. Here are the last minutes in silence:
Muho circles around the main hall and discusses some Japanese books, one by Seigaku from Berlin’s “UNDO”, February 9th 2015
Seigaku’s UNSUI CAFE:
「雲水喫茶」
Seigaku’s UNDO：
facebook.com/undoinberlin
Indide and outside the main hall: The head monk and her assistant practice for the dharma combat ceremony on a cold and snowy winter night, February 8th 2015
For all of you who asked for something in English:
Muho at Treeleaf’s
Muho participates in zazen and gives talk in English at Treeleaf’s
Last month, Muho was invited to join a round of zazen at the virtual Treeleaf Zendo. Afterwards, he was supposed to talk for about half an hour, but when the session has ended, a whole two hours had passed. Thank you to everyone who joined that night (or morning, or noon, depending on the time zone)!