Dharma talks

Why are you here?

English text: http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo_2_NC.pdf (scroll down to "[254] My late teacher Tendo...")Question: "Why am I here?" at 1:24:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3i3Dn7WM3k&feature=youtu.be&t=…

If zazen is good for nothing, why do it anyway?

Q: May I ask a question? In one of your recent videos you said that zazen is truly good for nothing and that nothing has substantially changed for you since your teen ages or the like. Why doing zazen then? Just because there's nothing els…

Muho's talk before the November sesshin

Information about the retreat: https://antaiji.org/en/practice/novem... Fast forward to the third day of sesshin: https://youtu.be/De0T1AzlOLI https://youtu.be/ZE1reHUNOeg https://youtu.be/KLNprCfOaUc

"Zazen is the only thing that is good for anything!"

"Is "every" day a fine day? Give me a break: There is only ONE day that is a fine day!"

Muho gives talk on the purpose of Zen practice

Talk on Tenzokyokun and Bodhimind (Japanese & English)

Muho on the zazen posture

In this video Muho answers a question regarding the position of feet and hands during zazen. Sorry about the fog! More detailed information can be found in our archive: How to sit?You look like a ball of cotton wool!Falling in love with za…

Muho replies to criticism: "Why can't I just come for two weeks to Antaiji?!"

Watching corpses, collecting bones

For all those that keep complaining that there is not enough English videos on our blog, Muho talks about Mahākāśyapa’s practice of watching decaying corpses in the Shobogenzo chapter Gyoji, and about differences in attitudes toward death …

Google Hangout with Treeleaf Sangha

Ten bull pictures

Muho on Bodhimind at the Sangha Maastricht

Muho on "Tenzokyokun", Dogen's instruction for the cook