DVD
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Zen for nothing
Languages
In English, Japanese and German, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Featuring: Sabine Timoteo, Muho Noelke & Sangha Community of Antaiji Zen Monastery Japan.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Zeitgeist Films, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Zen for Nothing is an immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery over three seasons. Swiss novice Sabine arrives at Antibi and, after a brief welcome, she begins to learn the monastery rules: how to bow, sit in the meditation hall, carry out movements with chopsticks, etc. There's more to life there than meditation, farming, and maintenance, however--there are picnics, music, and Wi-Fi. And after the last snow has melted away, the nuns and monks travel to Osaka, where they recite sutras in front of subway entrances as they solicit offerings in their traditional monk's robes. Quotes from renowned abbot Kodu Sawka are interjected throughout.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2016.