NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 5 Episode 16 - Seek Nothing, Just Sit
Seek nothing, just sit. This is the zen practice pursued at Antaiji, a Soto school zen temple hidden deep in the mountains of northern Hyogo Prefecture. Residents, including several non-Japanese from abroad, engage in 1,800 hours of zazen sitting meditation per year and lead the self-sufficient lifestyle that is the zen ideal. Growing their own food, engaging in other hard physical labor, and sitting long hours in meditation to clear their minds of idle thoughts, they follow a rigorous practice focused on self-understanding. Among them are young men who question the meaning of life and experience deep distress. What answers will they find? This program follows daily temple practice over the course of a year.
Episodes in Season 5
3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days
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3/11 - The Tsunami: The First Year
49 min
GREAT RACE: You'll Never Run Alone
50 min
Gifts from a Parent's Deathbed
50 min
KEN WATANABE - A Compassionate View: The Decade Since the Great East Japan Earthquake
50 min
Global Commons Stewardship
50 min
Generation 3.11: A Decade Journey
50 min
Fukushima Monologue
49 min
Enku: The Enigma of a Wandering Sculptor Monk
49 min
"War Victims Die Twice"
49 min
What You Taught Me About My Son
49 min
Recovery in 300,000 Pictures
49 min
Hearing the Voice of Nakamura Tetsu
48 min
Social Media and the Tides of Democracy
50 min
Eyes in a Crisis
49 min
Seek Nothing, Just Sit
49 min
The Lifesaving Fuel Train
50 min
Karl and Tina: Embracing Village Life in Japan
49 min
A Man Who Aligned Japan with the Nazis
49 min
Empty Homes, Shattered Dreams: China's "Ghost Castles"
49 min
We're Not "Gaijin"!
49 min
A Maiko's Coiffure: Beautiful Ties in Kyoto
43 min
Sahel Rosa — A War Orphan's Journey
50 min
My School of Many Colors
50 min
Finding Mr. Kondo: Tracing the Life of a Wartime Illustrator
50 min
War and Disease: Falling to Malaria
49 min
War and Disease: A Vaccine Tragedy
49 min
