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Antaiji is a Zen monastery that commits itself to the practice of zazen and the study of the Buddha's teaching, while cultivating the fields around the temple, cutting grass and trees and doing construction work to keep the community selfsufficient. |
January - March 2010
This month at Antaiji
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Information about recent updates can be found at the bottom of the page.
We are closed for the guests over the winter. Starting again on March 26th, we accept guests on the 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th of each month. Guests can stay and share our practice between March 26th and July 6th and from August 26th until December 8th.
To learn about the regulations and general information for visitors, please consult the page about Staying at Antaiji.
We hold a five-day-sesshin from the 1st to 5th, and four one-day-sesshins on the 10th, 15th, 20th and 25th of each month.
The sesshin schedule is as follows:
| 4am to 9am | Zazen/Kinhin |
| 9am | Breakfast |
| 10am to 3pm | Zazen/Kinhin |
| 3pm | Lunch |
| 4pm to 9pm | Zazen/Kinhin |
| 9pm | Lights out |
Here are more informations about our schedules.
On the night before each long sesshin, the abbot gives a talk on Adult practice.
On the days before one day sesshins, the practioners take terms lecturing on: Shobogenzo Zuimonki
The practioners read the text, explain it and reflect on how it relates to their own practice and their life here.
Part 2 of the article about the hips: January & February 2010.
