Videos about Antaiji
Antaiji
A French documentary (April 2003, 13 min)
The abbot of Antaiji
A German documentary (November 2003/May 2004, 43 min) can be viewed here or below.
Zazen
A Japanese documentary (March 2005, 10 min)
Who is the real Zen monk?
A German quiz program (December 2005, 11 min)
Join the audience and guess who the real abbot of Antaiji is. Hint: It is the one who gets the most laughs.
Awake: Who are you?
A number of videos that show Antaijis residents in April 2006, answering the questions of two Americans.
Zen monastery without borders
Another Japanese documentary (November 2006, 18 min)
Walking the path of Zen
Yet another Japanese documentary (January 2007, 7 min)
3sat: Scobel on wisdom
Video of a discussion about wisdom in German. The whole program is about one hour long, but portions of the video are also available.
Muho talks on November 6th 2008 with psychologist Ursula Staudinger and brain scienctist Wolf Singer.
Antaiji and Japanese culture
Another Japanese documentary (December 2008, 12 min)
Sawaki Kodo Interview
Japanese radio broadcast (March 1965, 27 min)
Japanese university professor Ueyama Shunpei interviews 85 year old Sawaki Kodo at Antaiji in Kyoto. Interview in two parts with photographs from Sawaki's albums.
A fulfilled life - what is that?
SWR (September 2009, 88 minutes)
The rich, the good and the beautiful discuss the meaning of a fulfilled life on German TV (in German). Featuring an Olympic gold medal winner turned entrepreneur, a Porsche-driving high society lady, a busy doctor, a talkative life coach and one half of "Modern Talking". And Muho. The Video can only be watched directly at Youtube.
Fake monks begging
Fuji TV (January 2007, 11 min)
Watch monks from Hosshinji during the first 30 seconds, than 40 seconds of interview with Muho (00:45 - 01:25), and after that a bunch of professional yakuza monks at work in Osaka. The Antaiji monks practice takuhatsu (formal begging) in similar locations during equinox week in March and September.
