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Zen, in Search of Enlightenment
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Zen, in Search of Enlightenment

Sep 19, 1994
0h 59m
★ 0.0

Overview

A documentary exploring the rigorous training and meditation practices found at the Shōgen-ji, a Zen Buddhist monastery of the Rinzai school in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

NHK

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