a day without work, is a day without food

Gepubliceerdop nov 30, 2017

净食 ALMS  – Alms is a cinematic tour through a remote mountain Chan/Zen Buddhist monastery in Southern China. Audiences are guided by the community’s Head Chef (典座 dianzuo) as he explains the traditional cultivation, distribution and ritual offering of food in this traditional Buddhist community. We follow the gathering of local fuels and farmed vegetables, and witness how living members of this community work in harmony with elements of their surrounding naturalenvironment to provide the supportive infrastructure surrounding the Meditation Hall (禪堂 Zendo/Chantang), where a group of cloistered monks devote themselves to meditation practice. – a film by Edward A. Burger (2010), commonfolks.com

film kijken | watch alms

A film by Edward A. Burger, 2010,  filmed in Jiangxi Province, China / 26 minutes / NTSC 24P DVD / Mandarin w/ English Subtitles
‘A day without work, is a day without food’ is a saying by Master Baizhang

 

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