Seek nothing, Just sit: Life in a Zen Monastery (2021)
• May 5th, 2021 • 0h 49min
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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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