Antai-ji
The Antai-ji ( jap. 安泰 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in Japan .
It is located northwest of Kyōto and north of Kobe in the prefecture of Hyōgo in the area of the municipality of Shin'onsen on an inaccessible high plateau, surrounded by dense pine forests. In the winter months, the Antai-ji is mostly inaccessible due to heavy snowfall. The temple is self-sufficient and is self-sufficient by growing rice and vegetables.
The temple was founded in northern Kyoto in 1921 and moved to its current location in 1976.
In Antai-ji, Sōtō - Zen is practiced. Accommodation and meals are in principle free of charge, but an appropriate donation is requested. Those who stay in the monastery have to integrate into the very tough and exhausting daily routine and, for example, help to cultivate the fields, chop wood and clean. The day starts at 4 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m. in the evening. Every month intensive sesshin takes place over several days with about 15 hours of meditation a day.
The ninth abbot of Antaiji Muhō Nölke was born as Olaf Nölke in Berlin. He was appointed to his office in 2002 after the death of his predecessor Shinyu Miyaura, which he held until 2020.
In 2016, the film Zen for Nothing by Werner Penzel was made in Antai-ji and accompanied the Swiss actress Sabine Timoteo during her stay in the monastery.
literature
- Abbot Muho: Zazen or the way to happiness . Rowohlt 2007, ISBN 3-499-62203-3 .
- Muho: A raindrop returns to the sea . Berlin-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8270-1338-5 .
- Muho Nölke: Food for horses and donkeys: The Dôgen reading book . Angkor Publishing House, 2018, ISBN 978-3943839630 .
- Muho: The sea does not reject a river . Berlin-Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3827013804 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Antai-ji (German)
Web links
- Antai-ji's channel on YouTube
- Homepage of the Antai-ji
- Information about Zen for Nothing at Filmportal.de
- Report on Antai-ji and interview with Abbot Muhō in MAYmagazine
Coordinates: 35 ° 35 ′ 48 ″ N , 134 ° 34 ′ 33 ″ E