<\/p>\n
hello antaiji,<\/p>\n
before...
\nafter\u2026
\nnow\u2026<\/p>\n
after having had a first sesshin in eiheiji in 1978 -
\nand some other thankful approaches that way later
\nhere & there
\n-
\none day in march 2006,
\nwhile working for a movie on the island of iriomote in the deep south of japan,
\ni typed:
\n\"zen monastery shikantaza kodo sawaki man & woman equal\"
\ninto google search on my old laptop\u2026<\/p>\n
a couple of proposed & refused links
\nlater,
\ni reached the website of antaiji.<\/p>\n
i phoned up, and was accepted to come -
\nsome days later in the rather cold spring-weather that year,
\ni walked a remote mountain road on japan's west-coast,
\nsweating on my way with a rather too heavy backpack.
\nhalf-way up, a car came driving down the mountain -
\nmuho, the berlin-born 6th abbot (docho-san) of antaiji
\ntogether with tomomi-san by his side,
\nand their two little children,
\nmegumi-san & hikaru-san on the back seats,
\nstopped:
\n- car-window rolling down -
\n\"so, you are on your way to antaiji?\"
\n\"yes, sure\"
\n\"just keep on walking then\u2026\"<\/p>\n
that was my initiation to antaiji.<\/p>\n
now,
\nin autumn 2011,
\nafter ayako & me & our daughters lina & sayo
\nhave moved from europe to the island of awajishima
\non the east-cost of japan in november of 2009,
\nbeginning to build up a kind of artistic place\u00a0 in a former elementary-school,
\ncalled \"nomadomura\",
\nwe decided to make another movie together -
\nworking-title: \"opening the hand of thought\"
\nnot \"about\",
\nbut \"in\"
\nantaiji,
\nduring the coming two years,
\nbeing part of the sangha
\n- practicing - and filming equally.
\nTHIS is not quite as easy as writing down these sentences,
\nbut challenging.<\/p>\n
now,
\ni like to express my thankfulness to the sangha of antaiji
\nfor accepting and supporting us
\n(in a surprisingly open way)
\ndespite the rather strange presence
\nof our movie-recording-equipment & us
\nwithin the practice.<\/p>\n
to be honest,
\nso far we are not having any financial support from television or cinema-foundations, but one thing is for sure:
\nwe won't sign any agreement that would determine our work together with the sangha of antaiji
\nin order to please
\nany mainstream-or-profit-orientated-interests:<\/p>\n
rather poor
\n& insisting to stay independent,
\nafter all,
\nwe are so rich
\n& happy
\n& thankful
\nto be able to be
\nhere now
\nwith all of you
\ntime after time<\/p>\n
short version 2011<\/p>\n
repression
\ncontinues
\nworldwide
\nslaughtering
\ncontinues
\nlocal
\nliberation
\ncontinues
\ntoo
\njust like
\nexcessive internet use
\n& manipulation
\ncontinues
\nmoment by moment
\nopening the hand of thought
\ncontinues
\nnot only
\nduring
\nmeditation
\nlife goes
\non
\nhungry, curious & foolish
\nthankful
\nto be
\ncontinued<\/p>\n
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October 2011 Werner hello antaiji, before… after\u2026 now\u2026 after having had a first sesshin in eiheiji in 1978 – and some other thankful approaches that way later here & there – one day in march 2006, while working for a movie on the island of iriomote in the deep south of japan, i typed: “zen monastery shikantaza kodo sawaki man & woman equal” into google search on my old laptop\u2026 a couple of proposed & refused links later, i reached the website of antaiji. i phoned up, and was accepted to come – some days later in the rather cold spring-weather that year, i walked a remote mountain road on japan’s west-coast, sweating on my way with a rather too heavy backpack. half-way up, a car came driving down the mountain – muho, the berlin-born 6th abbot (docho-san) of antaiji together with tomomi-san by his side, and their two little children, megumi-san & hikaru-san on the back seats, stopped: – car-window rolling down – “so, you are on your way to antaiji?” “yes, sure” “just keep on walking then\u2026” that was my initiation to antaiji. now, in autumn 2011, after ayako & me & our daughters lina & sayo have moved from europe to the island of awajishima on the east-cost of japan in november of 2009, beginning to build up a kind of artistic place\u00a0 in a former elementary-school, called “nomadomura”, we decided to make another movie together – working-title: “opening the hand of thought” not “about”, but “in” antaiji, during the coming two years, being part of the sangha – practicing – and filming equally. THIS is not quite as easy as writing down these sentences, but challenging. now, i like to express […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5733,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"side-navigation.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5867","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6908,"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5867\/revisions\/6908"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antaiji.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}