01948cgm a2200337 i 4500 2525517755 TxAuBib 20240826120000.0 r 250812s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u MWT16996553 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Zen for Nothing [Hoopla]. [United States : Kino Lorber, 2017. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 104 min.)) : sd., col. tdi rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. Directed by Werner Penzel. ZEN FOR NOTHING is a masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery over three seasons. Swiss novice Sabine arrives at Antaiji and, after a brief welcome, she begins to learn the monastery rules: how to bow, sit in the meditation hall, carry out movements with chopsticks, etc. There's more to life there than meditation, farming, and maintenance, however-there are picnics, music, and Wi-Fi. And after the last snow has melted away, the nuns and monks travel to Osaka, where they recite sutras in front of subway entrances as they solicit offerings in their traditional monk's robes. Quotes from renowned abbot Kodo Sawaki are interjected throughout. Simple and beautifully filmed, this is Into Great Silence meets Enlightenment Guaranteed, with composer Fred Frith performing the eclectic, elegant score. Not rated. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla Movie. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Penzel, Werner, director. hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16996553?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh2017 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/kin_zenfornothing_180.jpeg Cover image