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THE TRADITIONAL REBEL
Broadcast date: Sunday 20-4-2003 14:00 - 14:30 ned. 1
Repeat: Saterday 26-4-2003 ca. 13:35 - 14:05 ned. 1
Watch in Realplayer (broadband - not available outside of the Netherlands)Watch in Realplayer (slow connection)The Soto Zen Centre Suiren-ji in the university town of Leiden is run by the monk Zeshin van der Plas. Zeshin has been a practising Zen Buddhist since 1981. He was taught initially by a number of European tutors, but since 1986 he has been a student of the Japanese zen abbot Tangen Harada Roshi. He lived at his monastery for three years, after which Roshi gave him the authorisation to become a Zen teacher himself.
Zeshin runs his Centre along unorthodox lines, and – if necessary -will turn his hand to even the most ordinary tasks. This is his way of helping people eradicate the schism in their own lives, between who they think they ought to be and who they really are – it is his way of enabling their ‘awakening’, in keeping with the zen tradition of participating in all aspects of daily life with compassion and mindfullness.
Director, camera, editing: Jurgen Gude.
Commissioning editor: Babeth M. VanLoo
With: Zeshin Osho van der Plas
Production, sound, editorial: Jaap Verhoeven
With thanks to: School Het Palet
Produced by: BOS
First broadcast: 20- 4- 2003
Length: 30 min.
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Leiden Soto , Suiren-ji , Zen , Zeshin van der Plas ,
