"Water Speaking Water" (2008) - A Film by Zen Master John Daido Loori

Based on Loori's translation and commentaries on 13th century Zen Master Dogen's Mountains and Rivers Sutra, "Water Speaking Water" develops a 21st century thesis for an environmental consciousness that interweaves modern science and ecology within a compelling moral and ethical paradigm. Merging visual images, natural sounds, and music, Water Speaking Water aims to give voice to the mountains and rivers themselves. John Daido Loori, Roshi | (1931-2009) was the founder of Zen Mountain Monastery and the Mountains and Rivers Order, and served as the guiding teacher for almost 30 years. A holder of the Soto and Rinzai Zen lineages, Daido Roshi drew on his background as a scientist, artist, naturalist, parent and Zen priest to establish a uniquely American Zen Buddhist training center. He was deeply inspired by by the photographer Minor White, with whom he studied for a time, as well as Soen Nakagawa Roshi, his first Zen teacher. But it was Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Zen Center of Los Angeles, who became Daido’s principal teacher and who had the greatest impact on his training and development as a teacher. Daido Roshi authored numerous books, including "The Eight Gates of Zen" and "The Zen of Creativity." His books of photography include "Making Love with Light" and "Hearing with the Eye"