From U.S. Marine to Zen Monk
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 10:13AM
[chuck] in Annonji Temple, Dharma, Jinen-san, Scott Mangis

Lovely video by tofu media about Scott Mangis, a former U.S. Marine who now lives as a Zen monk in Japan. Lot of great smiles. Love the exchange with his teacher (Jinen-san at Anon-ji Temple outside of Tokyo) at 6:00.

"The me before my mother and father met". A beautiful nine minutes. 

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