Interview with a Zen Buddhist Priest

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An interview with Gudo Nishijima, a zen buddhist, on the practice of zazen, or zen meditation. Took place at a zen center on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: June 23, 2007 at 10:10 am
Author: emptymindfilms

Length: 00:04:11
Rating: 4.78
Views: 64541

Tags: zen zazen buddhism emptymindfilms empty mind

Video Comments:
shikantaza1 (January 5, 2009 at 8:00 am)
striking to the Heart of Zen
BuddhaBlurbs (January 1, 2009 at 4:16 pm)
The goal of meditation practice is not health. You will still grow old and die in this life . The goal is to perceive shunyata.
mohsen789 (December 26, 2008 at 9:23 pm)
anyone know what the name of that gong-type-thing is at 1:04??
kjiglet (January 6, 2009 at 2:56 am)
yeah i wanna know aswell... alot of depth to the sound
Ventilator313 (December 20, 2008 at 6:41 pm)
I've been thinking about stuff like this lately. What really drives me, and should it, really? I haven't found the final answer, will keep thinking. I'll be surprised when I find the best I can do in this life is be healthy, though. xD
Enolu (January 3, 2009 at 8:32 am)
Hello! :-)

I've just been reading Eckhart Tolle's book and he explains that the problem is thinking itself and how we use thought (or it uses us!) Good luck and Happy New Year!

Best wishes
Ventilator313 (January 4, 2009 at 8:50 am)
Haha thank you, best wishes to you too! It really is nice to talk to people on videos like these, in contrast to the general agression on youtube. :)
I'm gonna look mr. Tolle up, I'm interested!
cannabisdeathmorbs (December 13, 2008 at 10:33 am)
what r the mantras that are repeated? i want to meditate with mantras
PedroGron77 (December 14, 2008 at 1:47 pm)
Sentient beings are numberless,
I vow to save them.
Desires are inexhaustible,
I vow to put an end to them.
The dharmas are boundless,
I vow to master them.
The Buddha way is unsurpassable,
I vow to attain it.
bhudamonk (December 21, 2008 at 6:36 am)
om ah um vajra guru pradma siddhi hum....and repeat in head or out a loud...meditation is to expand the gap between thoughts,when in the gap we can achieve and wittness great thing..be free!