ZEN - Behind the curtain - 24h a day

Here in this short documentation we want to give an impression of life in a modern zen monastry in the year 2010.We can see daily life in Eiheiji - one of the most famous Zen Monasteries in Japan. And it shows not that romantic picture of Zen many people may have here in the west.

Imagine you life in this monastery!
Zen students have to get up at 4,30. They jump off their mats, fold them
and put them away and begin a completely structured day. Daylife is filled with zazen, sitting, walking, working, cleaning, cooking, eating meditation and so on....

have fun ...

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ZEN
• Eiheiji
• meditation
• zazen
• DESHIMARU
• TAISEN
• dogen
• soto
• rinsai
• Kodo Sawaki

[rodrigojoseunb]

It's simple guys...be in the moment, see the joyful nature of all things, independent of harsh condition. When you sit in zazen, just for curiosity, and somehow you see this, you are never the same.

[shinobisamma]

Das Englisch des Sprechers ist furchtbar

Außerdem kann man das ganze auf deutsch in einer Folge von "Es muss nicht immer Sushi sein!" sehen

[MusicAmidstTheTrees]

@dizzythegreat

Thank you.

[curtisroad22]

@dizzythegreat: Not so cheap by the way, you should check the funeral price, or how much it can cost you to go to paradise after death. Sorry... I'm just amused at people who think about spirituality as some kind of subcategory in their leisure and are chocked by this movie.

[dizzythegreat]

@curtisroad22 Fast and cheap spirituality? Sounds like the Japanese sect of Pure Land Buddhism.

[dizzythegreat]

@kupa200707 The point, in this odd way, is mindfulness, diligence and the ability to put aside one's ego. This is possible without the rigors of a temple, of course, but it may help to have a structure to the practice.

[dizzythegreat]

@MusicAmidstTheTrees You're entitled to your opinion on the rigors of Zen monastery practice, of course, but I think the point is to have less ego and more mindfulness.

In my (very limited) experience, work practice can be some of the most rewarding parts of practice at a temple. Putting yourself aside and focusing only on your work, completing it silently and compassionately. The point of the rigorous monastic life is to apply this mindful diligence to everything in life.

[curtisroad22]

What!? All this time and discipline, but hey I want spirituality fast and cheap like my burgers...

[therealdefpunk]

@shinobisamma Und hier ist es watch?v=pzBXFPWZido

[mujaku]

These monks don't live here forever. Total bullshit. Monks go this monastery for about a year, graduate, get drunk, then inherit their father's temple and make good dough.

[kupa200707]

.i realy connect to the idea of zen,but in this movie it seems neurutic,not sadistic

it is time to move on to a new stage,and leave the anachronistic ways