A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk - EmptyMind Films
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2007
- A trailer that shows the daily life of a zen monk in a large soto-zen monastery in Japan. Some parts of this clip are taken from our feature length film - The Zen Mind available on DVD at emptymindfilms.com
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Many years ago, my Zen teacher looked at my messy desk, piled up with papers, and offered only six words: "This desk, your mind - the same."
Humble bow to this great teacher, working everyday for all beings, selfless - just asking "how may I help you" in a world filled with ego and attachment. I am grateful.
I hope someday I'll have a zen teacher.
LePybr ooo become your own teacher and master yourself...you are a buddha in process
It's not about the thought of improving my mind, it's about the experience.
I'd love to be teached by a zen teacher or a monk.
With a teacher you also learn that there may not be anything wrong with the clutter. It's how you approach and see it that matters. To you it's your natural state, to your teacher it's chaos. Who can really say which which is right or wrong?
You should have looked at his bald empty desk and said your desk and your head the same.
Nothing better! Humanity in its truest nature. This is who we truly are. May Dharma wisdom reach all hearts around the world. Peace and love to you.
Interestingly enough, meditation is not a low level of consciousness; it's actually an extremely high level of consciousness because its ends and its means are the same: complete self-awareness and therefore self-realisation. When I was a karateka, we had one session when we all meditated together for fifteen minutes, after which our Sensei told us we had been closer to inner peace then than we ever would have been otherwise.
We in the West could learn so much from Zen Buddhism.
I want to clean my floors and sweep now.
Lol
Go git it!
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The discipline is somehow liberalating. It made me happy. Content.
I recommend the people who are interested in Zen to join a Sesshin (retreat) you will feel the inner power & peace. (and also the pain of sitting silently) Nice impression of Zen but ofcourse it can never be explained in words.
If I ever become a Zen Monk, this is where I want to spend the remaining days of my life: in that very Monastery.
Not to be too anal retentive.
But, you're still attached to that specific monastery, right? You 'want' to spend, if, somewhere in the future.
@@kjell159 oh, right! Buddhism is about detachment.
Shikantaza's is only tough when you think about what you have to do with Shikantaza. Without thinking what you have to do with Shikantaza, you get Shikantaza. :)
But then how do you know if your really doing it
Buddhism helps you to relax and helps to empty your mind with everything that exist outside of you or what you are surrounded with. It helps you to find your own nature and existence. I find Buddhism very interesting and very important from Asia. Thanks to Siddhartha Gautama or Gautama Buddha our founder of Buddhism.
Found it kind of cute when the head Zen Monk fixed his students postures.
No fighting, no words, just a simple movement with an "oops- okay understood" expression from the student and it's all good.
How the world should be one day.
There’s that word “should” you have an expectation and so you also have disappointment. The world does not bow to your expectations, it is what it is.
It's like that right now.. you just saw it with your own eyes
@@redsol3629 No you are wrong. You are against intention. Is not the intention to be against intention also an intention? How can you try not to try, is that not also trying? The lesson to
be learned is that there is nothing wrong with trying, but trying to do what? Trying itself cannot a problem, it is only a problem when you try to do bad things.
@@trillionmindfulintentions2132 That was a thought borrowed from Stoicism. I never stated not to try, only to adjust your expectations. You have a lot of energy going around and around.
@@trillionmindfulintentions2132 You're like a bird that lives in the moment between flowers.
beautiful. thank you for posting!
You can be a monk in your own house if you have the discipline. Those who don't join the monastery.
Or to be around like minded people and be supported without a job
i need to do the rule of buddha
Indeed, going to your work can also be a meditation. Add some discipline, practice zazen daily and you are a monk :D
We are all monkeys
How
I love this way...thanks for sharing
Fun fact: In USMC boot camp (2003) we cleaned the floors the same way as these zen monks. It was called “deck-toweling”. Up and down the squad bay endlessly by way of a “field day” that could happen at any Drill Instructor’s whim.
👍
Another highlight !
Thanks
How brilliant a lifestyle, I am almost there with it, and I am embracing hardship now, I no longer see it as an enemy but a blessing.
What if you except it as your enemy.. difficulty and hardship is apart of life.. why run away from it?
@@Temple_of_Passion you read one, single sentence and think from that you know someone enough to find fault and demand answers.
You didn't need any clarification, nothing at all. You just read that one sentence eh? And that's all you needed, no chance you failed to understand.
You are literally a meme.
@@danw918 i see your speaking for yourself.. and your ignorance intrigues me. How do you take your hardships friend
@@Temple_of_Passion ah, spiritual trolls. Seriously?
You must represent a new classification 😅
@@danw918 what are you doing today? I just woke up. Making some tea now, probably will work on a digital drawing.
In the West, people don't usually just show up at a monastery and become monks. They train as laypeople and then become monks. I think it is often very different in the East, where your parents may just send you to the local monastery.
"And you LOL." Best line.
"nothing bothers you, and you LOL" haha
very well made and informative, thank you
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
beautiful
Thank you!
Great choice of food, perfect for meditation and training
PHENOMENAL!!!!
wonderful place, great video clip
Thank you.
'This is the ordinary mind - nothing bothers you, and you laugh out loud.' The word 'ordinary' here seems to be used in a rather extraordinary sense.
So unbelievable beautiful...video, story...
@BluePittbull666 The diet is actually very tasty and fulfilling :) it leaves your body feeling clean and the taste is very pure. The pickles are generally used after the meal to cleanse the pallet.
As I live in Yokohama, I'm lucky enough to have been to this temple, Sojiji. A priest showed me round too. If you don't speak Japanese though, I recommend taking a Japanese speaking friend with you.
can you tell me where i find this special temple in japan?
Beautiful :)
Emptymind films rocks!!
Very nicely said.
to an untrained mind, form draws in mind,
to a zen mind, mind draws in form,
perception is perception,
it is mind that colors it,
and produces anger, happiness, and stupidity,
all things that originate are impermanent,
to cling to them, is to cling to suffering,
thus non-attachment is happiness,
letting life bring what it brings,
letting it pass by, simply observing,
there is peace within,
this is the nature of zen.
Very cool.
Thanks:)
Although the film maker clearly had good intentions, this film smells, smells smells of specialness.
Imagine finding a hair in your food at a monk temple, so many questions would come up
@Marlonzen You are truly enlightened.
Thanks for your patience..
Thats interesting to know.Thanks.
these guys are serious. hard core
Gassho - Nicely made film excerpt.... Metta
To realize you're free from everything and being is the greatest. A tree taught me this once.
zen is aware, void of self, simply zen is now, not later or before, it is this moment, am i correct? peace my friend.
Great Zen master n people
@tienen23
The monks don't eat that food usually.
It's for guests.
Monks mostly live on 'genmai' and boiled veggies.
In the old days beri beri used to be common, but I think
that may not be a problem in most temples these days.
This is sojiji temple, i was visited this place
But You can still practice Zen as a lay person, I know that with my asperations in life for a career being a Nun would not be the life for me ( though I think I could do it if I could get settled). Although I do agree most people think its all meditation and no Hard work, which it is both and a very hard life indeed.
I have laughed out loud in meditation. When you realize that the story of yourself, that has been told to you until you tell it to yourself, building it like limescale in a kettle, layer upon layer, is just a bunch of ideas, that's funny.
Blah blah blah
@@Temple_of_Passion Indeed
@@sugarfree1894 😂👌
Thankyou Zen nies
I'd like to spend a year like this, to see if i liked it or not.
thats so cool
I would love to spend a year like this
Do it then
@boogiebuddy01 Zen is means clearing your mind of wordly things, questions, obsessions, worries, accomplishments, etc. And focusing on relaxing and emptying your mind. It's a little difficult to explain, but it's far from doing nothing.
i love thier philosphy
How do you know have you tried it?
1. It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
2. When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.
Either I have allot to learn or these guys have their terms all jacked up.
I thought so too.
I think i was laughing at the way he said it, but I can't remember as the comment was made TWO YEARS AGO
i agree, andl also said "the lowest level of consciousness", and i.m.o. it may not be at all that way, but instead: the highest point of awareness of mind...these are just words, but i think is important to choose the correct ones, in order to avoid misunderstandings. Thanks for write the meanning of tenzo.
Zen is being.
Hmm, well, I do know zen a little; I practise zazen once per week in a small group, and several times per week on my own.
I think that it has its advantages and disadvantages to, as I do, follow a 'western' individualistic path. It seems like wanting to invent the wheel twice, but on the other hand: I think in the end the truth is that everyone has to invent the wheel for himself :-) On the other hand, in a monastery the possibility to concentrate on your own growth could be much deeper.
I lived here. That dish is for guests. We eat more simple dishes.
that old fairy nun has begun hallucinating again
true
life is much bigger than our small present place and time. And as I said we are doing well right now.
I was a monk.
I used to hate that bell in the mornings.
Do they have rings on their Rakusus like these guys did? I thought the ring was a renzai thing.
well said, well said... 「with naked eyes and there is no differentiation. you see your own true nature and it is the nature of the Universe」
once the eyes are open one can see clearly that nothing is hidden, that there is nowhere to go and there is nothing to achieve. it is when the eyes are closed masters and disciples start appearing.
it's ridiculously hard to sit as still as they are sitting...and thats probably like an hour into the zazen too...
Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery is the place to be in North America.
I think it comes down to that we should see the complexity of the universum, but on the same time accept it as it is, so things are just as the way they are and not complex at all. Or just it is the state of mind that is making things complicated, while all we have to see is the truth... and become one with it.
This goes very deep, this is my best try.... :p
Why is our true nature so difficult to realize? My true nature is to love everyone and everything.
That's the bodhisatva path :]
In ancient japan meat was very expensive. Animal livestock was expensive to raise, so it was much cheaper just to eat vegetables
It’s a contradiction in terms to empty one’s mind, but be aware to laugh out loud, or to seek truth by emptying the mind. How does one recognise the basis of life if not aware? Mankind is not made to learn without knowledge, which does not and cannot come from within and which was born unaware.
I really love to join the monastery but what I’m afraid of most is falling asleep while mediating, which I’m sure 100percent I would. I can’t resist the urge to close my eyes when it comes. No matter how hard I try.
1 - Try getting more sleep
2 - Do a quick sniff breath when you feel yourself getting sleepy in meditation. This diff breath will boost your alertness. It helps to also say “ALERT AWARENESS” or something to that effect while you do the sniff breath.
I wish they all knew that "They already have a Buddha nature and don't need to do anything to attain it"
"This mind is the Buddha mind, there is mind other then the Buddha mind" 🤗🙏❤
@Imperitor2 A mop does not make a very good oar for a boat, and is more or less useless as a toothpick or a mode of transport, unless you are a witch.
Or perhaps you know the answer and were quizzing? In that case, please tell me: What is wrong with a mop?
Oh I see,thanks.Yeah,thats true.
The daily life of Kuko Harai.
you invent the wheel the moment you think someone else has invented it for you. remember that you are forever trapped in your own perception; there is no 'you,' only that trappedness. individuality is a farce. you may live your lie, as perhaps we all do, but don't think that by 'doing zazen' or doing anything you really understand that thing, or zen.
@BluePittbull666 Yes, becoming a monk usually requires retreating from regular life for extended time, whether it be Buddist, Christian or other faiths.
But this is not the only option.
There exist several different paths by which it may be possible to achieve enlightnment or a more developed state of exhistance, becoming a monk is just one of these ways.This is sometimes called the "Second Way", it is not siuted for everyone.
There are four paths to choose from.
could someone be so kind to tell me were to find the music in the backround?
Look inside your mind
Zazen music?
@punk4rockorz Thank you for your reply.
They need to make one on iaido
seems alright but do they do any community service work like helping volunteering
No but they except charity
random unplanned acts of kindness
@CommentsSurvey
They probably didn't, so to speak. Many of them became monks having little or no choice. The family inheritance always passing to the first born son, alternatives were few. One of them was to become a monk. Which wasn't a romantic life at all
Eiheiji still has it's 'unsui' (novice monks) signing a waver in case they should die. Life in a monastery here in Japan was / is very different from what many 'new-age tourists' people have imagine. Still, a lot better theses days, mostly
this is true anarchy, this is true rainbows, who cares about the
formal gatherings, dont do things in the way they expect you to, live
in a permanent state of bliss, be nice to everyone you can, never
comprimise your virtues, never just fall into the stereotypes of the
medicine wheel, never let it look like pizza, always keep it swirling,
we want spiral pizza not square pizza!!
like zen monk.
@Imperitor2 lol thats the same way we cleaned the floors in marine corps boot camp. it was always fun to see 2 idiots crash into each other.
Happy mothers day
Part-3. So the emptiness is actually misinterpreted version of Sanskrit word in Chinese Bhudhist translation which in turn misinterpreted in Japanese Bhudhist or zen bhudhist . Finally to answer your question Why any God be not be both at once. Confusion here is that God's Fulness or emptiness is not considered a state because he is beyond the universal matter as we know. So when i say God is Full, meaning he is complete and there is nothing amiss in him, meaning he is self dependent. Contd..
you mean the german movie by dorris dörrie with uwe ochsenknecht? i recommend it too:a funny, but in a special sense a very wise movie
I wish I could take a year and just study and be a "monk" just live as tho do. Do as they do. Achieve that state of mind as they do. I live in the U.S.A even if I was 100% on doing something like this how would I even go about it?
SolSkye is right that there is no "sh" without the "i" sound in Japanese, but when a word is spoken in Japanese some sounds get lost in the accent, and "i" on the end of "shi" is one of them. So in reality, it is pronounced closer to "shkantaza," but it's better to pronounce the "i" if you're not a native speaker of Japanese.
"All living beings, whether born from eggs, from the womb, from moisture, or spontaneously; whether they have form or do not have form; whether they are aware or unaware, whether they are not aware or not unaware, all living beings will eventually be led by me to the final Nirvana, the final ending of the cycle of birth and death. And when this unfathomable, infinite number of living beings have all been liberated, in truth not even a single being has actually been liberated."
perhaps it was another group of monks, or another community. i'm sure not all are the same
That is the sound of om
It comes from the adiyogi ( shiv)