🚶♂️ Interview with a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest - Walking in Japan 日本の禅仏教の僧侶 - 日本でのウォーキング
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2013
- 🚶♂️"Enlightened Conversations: An Interview with a Zen Buddhist Monk"
Embark on a profound journey with me, Kurt Bell, as we step into the tranquil environs of a Zen Buddhist temple nestled in Shizuoka City, Japan. What unfolds is a heartwarming, in-depth conversation with a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, whose eloquence in the English language makes this encounter all the more enriching.
Through his words, delve into the ethos of Zen Buddhism, its practices, and its overarching mission of spreading compassion and understanding across the globe. This dedicated monk shares personal anecdotes, insights into his outreach endeavors, and his vision of bridging cultures and souls, one heart at a time.
Such profound interactions highlight the universality of spiritual quests and the shared aspirations of humanity. Born in America in 1964, my explorations in Japan constantly bring forth such enriching experiences that celebrate the confluence of philosophy, culture, and spirituality. Let's immerse ourselves in this conversation and find resonance in the teachings and wisdom of Zen Buddhism. 🌄📚🚶♂️
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man this priest seems incredibly happy and free spirited. he reminds me a lot of the dalai lama
Such a pleasant man. You are quite fortunate to have had a chat with him.
This men is amazing. My highest respect.
This video has made my day! I've watched a lot of your Japanese videos where you walk, explore & share the mountains & trails & villages & people. But this video brings back my first memories of why I, for some unknown reason, became fascinated with Japanese ways. I heard the word 'Zen' when I was 14 or so & immediatly was hooked with a desire to 'understand'.... And now I'm 57. I've almost given up trying to 'describe the taste of an orange'....:-))
Zen Buddhism is amazing as well as Tibetan Buddhism. I would spend hours listening to Zen and Tibetan Buddhist chanting while I studied.
Me too! haha UA-cam has some great video tracks for it...I have listened to some Shamanic too to mix things up!
Have you seen the documentary "Amongst white clouds"?
In Buddhists' practice,
smiling is a gift
because it relieves fears and make others happy.
So let us smile at this video in return.
The internet is a wonderful thing. A spontaneous conversation with a Buddhist monk is simply unavailable with any other media.
Very clean, neat, tidy, beautiful and green temple. Gigantic trees. A great ambassador for Buddhism.
I agree that this man is an excellent ambassador to Buddhism. Thank you for watching my video and sharing your thoughts. Have a great day! :-)
What a friendly priest, nice interview!
I watched this video years and years ago...I felt the need to watch it again today..glad I found it. This monk is marvellous ❤️
Thank you for watching, and then watching again. I really appreciate your support and feedback. Have a great day! :-)
What a fantastic bow he gives at the end! Such poise!
That was simply awesome, not to mention his English, a special man indeed no wonder he became a priest, humble and life experiance. Just the perfect guy for you to meet Kurt.
I truly believe it was not luck. It was meant to be. It was a joy!
oh wow, he's saying he's soto sect of zen buddhism, dogen zenji, roshi suzuki.....thats why his english is so good also...soto has a lot of western out reach. so over whelming for me, i am a westerner who follows dogen and soto style zen. what a random awesome video to find.
I'm from Shizuoka of the country side. I haven't ever know there are such a beautiful scenery and nature in Shizuoka until I watched your videos.
Thank you so much for showing me them.
Coming back to this video in 2021! Its very relaxing conversation, with the rain and quietness around. Take care Kurt!
Thank you for watching this video again and for your nice feedback. This is one of my favorites for sure. I hope you are well. I'm sorry it took me more than two years to respond. Have a great day! :-)
A precious man with a heart to help other people. I can tell that you were very touched by this chance meeting and interview Kurt. =)
Wow, that was sweet. Omorshiroi desta. Very warm and kind priest. Beautiful temple. Wish l was there. I hope he could teach us some zen. Thanks Kato san. Arigato gozaimasta.
You are very welcome. I'm glad you found this video interesting. I'm sorry for my very late response.
A very special moment, tears of happiness in my eyes for you and all who have shared this with you. That experience will stay with you forever. The last shot of him walking away was beautiful.
Mysteriously extremely soothing to my Emptiness,Deep Bow to this entire video,more please.
Thank you for watching and your thoughtful comment.
Kurt, I just wanted to tell you that this video is awesome. I've been interested in buddhism lately. Even though I don't really practice any religion, the philosophy(I think that's the word I'm looking for) behind it all is really interesting to me. To see something like this so up close, even though it is in a video, is just really cool to me.
What a very fortunate and lucky experience you had there, Softypapa. It's amazing how language can break down so many barriers between different cultures.
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What a very fortunate and lucky experience you had there, Softypapa. It's amazing how language can break down so many barriers between different cultures, and I'm sure he felt the same about your conversation, as well.
Random encounters with English speaking zen Buddhist priest during a rain storm. Who would have thought. :) Now that's a positive outlook on life.
One of THE coolest vids I've seen in a long time! Thanks for posting.
Wow, that was magical! Thanks for Sharing, Kurt!
One of my favorite UA-cam vids of all time :) I come back to it often.
Thank you for sharing that special moment with us.
i loved the part where you find out he speaks english haha... what a great video.
That was most wonderful!
I really want to visit this place now and meet that wonderful Priest.
Softypapa, I'm starting to consider you to be one of the best people on UA-cam. I'm subscribed to most of your channels and it's always exciting to see your new uploads.
Thanks for the upload! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Very nice video, two happy men! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Kurt, thx a lot for this share!!! Very, very special!!! All the best!
Thank you so so much, Kurt! It's really interesting...
Ah... so perfect. Serendipity, beautiful zen temple, sound of rain, inspiring stories... we are all surrounded by amazing people. This is a priceless video!
This man you have met is very enlightened. If at all possible, be involved with this guy you will not regret it.
Thank you so much Kurt!! You've made my day! Your channel is my favorite one for sure!!
Another great video Kurt, Thank you.
how nice .. thx for sharing
Thank you, I'm going to check it out right now!
WOW! He has done a lot so far in his life! Very fascinating, caring man! Beautiful shot of him walking back in. Thank you!
This was a delightful video......thankyou for posting.....He made time to speak with you ....wonderful to see....made my day!!!
What an absolute joy & honor for us (your viewers) to be able to share that amazing experience with you. Thank you.
This is a very delightful video. Thank you for sharing it with us.
What a lovely person! Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the video very much.
What a very fortunate and lucky experience you had there, Softypapa. It's amazing how language can break down so many barriers between different cultures, and I'm sure he felt the same about your conversation, as well.
This is great! I love the different cultures, and this priest is an amazing man very humble.
This conversation is beautiful to watch, my heart swells with happiness with the spontaneity of this interview and the charismatic monk :) I found you channel today and I am pleased with everything I have seen :) thank you so much for sharing your perspectives Softypapa :)
I love this video
What a nice, friendly guy! Thank you for sharing this great conversation, Kurt!
very uplifting video, thank you, its the first thing i did today and its put me in a great mood!
What a pleasant surprise for you to run into this monk! Such interesting chat. Beautiful temple too. Thank you for posting.
This is the best video you have ever uploaded. This video made me feel happy for some reason
Thank you for that amazing insight!!
You speak Japanese beautifully!
素敵な動画をありがとうございます！
What an amazing man! Thank you for sharing this, Kurt. :)
I want to move to japan now, Everything and everyone there seems so cool.
awesome video, tnx for uploading !
That priests smile is contagious, such an awesome video.
Two absolutely amazing people! I love this video.
This video is really fascinating. It captures a very nice feeling with the rain and whatnot. I was astonished by how well the monk speaks English, it is very impressive!
Awesome video, Kurt!
素晴らしい!! Very special indeed. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you!
I enjoy your videos a lot.
What a cool guy!
This guy + Kurt = Awesome!
Plus the temple itself is quite beautiful.
So cool!
AWESOME VIDS!!!
素敵な動画ですね。見ていて癒されました。
That’s great. Eiheiji is beautiful. This monk was very nice
What a nice video. Such a serendipitous meeting and always lovely to experience that human to human contact cutting through all the veneers of societal armor plating.
A very Zen encounter. Chris.
I love this temple, the head priest is awesome!
My first and present wife and myself have always found our relationship with Buddhism so rewarding. Being a Westerner I never thought I would, but I do. Great vid Kurt!
Eihei Dōgen , who this Head Monk talks about at 3:07 is kind of the Zen version of Martin Luther (the founder of Protestant Christianity in the west). It would be like when Luther was teaching that a relationship with Jesus was more important than formal religious practice inside the Catholic church. Dōgen did similar in his time, mainly that "Dōgen often stressed the critical importance of zazen, or sitting meditation, as the central practice of Buddhism. He considered zazen to be identical to studying Zen. " This was at a time where many monks did far more studying than individual meditation. Dōgen is both very easy to understand and very difficult to fully comprehend. Many monks only start teaching him after they reach 60 years old (there are jokes among Japanese monks about this saying 'You can't really teach Dogen until after 60.)" The lady Zen Master in my area, Judith Ragir of *Clouds in Water Zen Center* in St. Paul, Minnesota gave a talk I heard on how, now that she is passing 60 she finds herself always studying Dōgen and is going to start teaching him soon. Both her and nearly all the Zen masters I've met in America are kind, joyful, and unusually real. That's not to say there is not real discipline to Soto Zen practice, as there can be and as it is with any serious religion, especially those that are monastically-based. It's just that they are trying to cultivate a very open-hearted approach to life. That involves attempting to be full of spontaneous wisdom and a willingness to let go of all the unrealized assumptions that often make us angry, defensive, judgmental, or protective. One of the most loving people I've met, a man named Bart in Minneapolis, Minnesota is a Soto Zen practitioner as well and quotes Dogen all the time as the source of so much of his day-to-day spirituality. He was an influence to my own examining of Zen literature (though I'd still mainly identify as a Vineyard-Movement oriented Christian). A great Dogen quote and something Bart always stresses which shows the Soto Zen approach to Buddhism is about how Enlightenment is just merely the same thing as meditation, not something fancy that one has to climb up a mountain to find: "Thinking that practice and enlightenment are not one is no more than a view that is outside the Way. In buddha-dharma [i.e. Buddhism], practice and enlightenment are one and the same. Because it is the practice of enlightenment, a beginner's wholehearted practice of the Way is exactly the totality of original enlightenment. For this reason, in conveying the essential attitude for practice, it is taught not to wait for enlightenment outside practice." Blessings all! ~Judah
+Judah Johansen Thank you for your comment! Just one thing: ...I've always thought that the Japanese version of Martin Luther was Nichiren...
I practice in eiheiji temple in japan, its amazing, dogen zenji left to japan the lesson to live a espiritual life, dogen is similar to mahatma gandhi in india,
+Miguel Martinez What do you mean that you practice there? Are you a novice to become a zen priest? I've never been to Japan yet but Eiheiji is a place that I'd like to visit...
+jizo bosatsu, i stay in eiheiji for a week, my dream come true, its amazing! You can go there, there is a international program one time in a year..check the soto zen web page for schedule..in gasshó
Very neat video!
I am so glad I am off this semester. I'm on a softy papa bender
I really enjoyed that .
That was great Kurt !
Beautiful meeting.
This was a really cool experince kurt, hope you meet more priests like him when you go visit more temples. Nice video
What a great encounter
I loved listening to this conversation, picking up little differences with japanese culture and european culture... and yet so much is the same.
That was an incredibly interesting interview.
Really nice Kurt, aregato gozaimas!!
I love your videos.
You had a lovely chance encounter with a man who seems to be a fascinating person!
I was enchanted by this video, Kurt! It was very informative!
That wasamazing.
Makes me happy.
Wow he is so nice imagine all the stories he could tell.
Something really amazing about this video. You're in this very relaxing setting, the wooden temple, the garden in the front, the down pouring rain, an interview with a very nice priest who just happens to speak English and the comfort in that. Is this Zen?
Extremely interesting, hooked since the beggining..Thanks for sharing!
It was a very brilliant day for you. 素晴らしい出会いですね。
This video made me really happy ^^ i always herd that most japanese are kind of introvert especially thorwards gaijin so the fact that this monk spoke almost fluent english and actually talked about his life suprised me.
The monk sounds like he was born in the USA, no accent at all, except for the pauses. Amazing. That said, I watched this because of you tube recommendations but stayed for the initial Japanese and then the English. Both of you are dead on with the accents, very cool.
This one is definitely one to add to my favorites! It's amazing to see someone who has done so much and now continues a family legacy. I would love to know the intricacies of the Buddhist religion. I've always been interested in Shinto and Buddhism.
I was so excited to find this video - a very interesting, spontaneous conversation, that made me smile all day. In Japan, Zen has the image of being a very rigid, old Buddhist sect, but this priest really proves otherwise - more like the Dalai Lama. Shared it on LinkedIn and our Facebook page!
This really seemed like one of those moments where the universe offers you a special experience, if you just keep your eyes and your heart open to what's around you.
What a nice man! Thanks for sharing this with us. :)