Seek nothing, Just sit: Life in a Zen Monastery

May 5, 2021

0h 49m

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Overview

A year of zen practice at Antaiji Temple in Japan. Many non-Japanese gather at this Soto school zen temple to do zazen 1,800 hours per year and live the zen ideal of self-sufficiency.

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Himself

Muho Nölke

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Seek nothing, Just sit: Life in a Zen Monastery

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