To my brothers...welcome to a place you already have reached to begin the journey with nowhere to go!
Gassho,
Dosho
To my brothers...welcome to a place you already have reached to begin the journey with nowhere to go!
Gassho,
Dosho
Congratulations to you both! A joyful day, and what a lovely ceremony!
It was a privilege to be a witness. Thank you for your dedication and service.
Gassho,
Nindo
Hi.
Congrats to all on this joyous occasion.
May the force be with you
Fugen
Life is our temple and its all good practice
Blog: http://fugenblog.blogspot.com/
Congratulations! Very moved and happy.
Gassho
Daizan
JOYFUL
Shukke Tokudo
everything is new and fresh!
from the tree's summit
Gassho,
Myosha
"Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"
😁 sooo happy for you both Shugen and Shingen, surely great companions in this family
Thank you Sangha for this heart warming moments
Deep gassho
Thank you for your practice
Congratulations, Shugen and Shingen!
A very impressive ceremony, it felt great to be with you.
And a nice speech, Fugen.
Gassho,
Danny
Congratulations, so proud of the both of you. My brothers, I look forward as we walk this journey together along with our sangha. Deep bows from your dharma sister
Gassho,
Joyo
I´m so happy for you Shugen and Shingen
Gassho
Kantai
Congratulations brothers! Thank you for sharing this occasion with us!
Gassho
Yugen
Thank you everyone for all your support and encouragement. It wouldn't have been possible without you all.
Very Deep Bows,
Shugen
Meido Shugen
明道 修眼
Congratulations to you both.
Gassho, Neika
Neika / Ian Adams
寧 Nei - Peaceful/Courteous
火 Ka - Fire
Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil. --Dogen
Congratulations to Shugen and Shingen and to all of us in the Sangha for being fortunate enough to practice with them (and each other).
Gassho,
Juki
"First you have to give up." Tyler Durden
Thank you my brothers and sisters ... as Shugen and others have said, with out you none of this is possible. I am and always will be in deep gratitude to you all! =)
Deep bows
Shingen
Congratulations, Shugen and Shingen! I have the greatest respect and admiration for all of you who have taken this step on the path.
Gassho
Andy
Dear brothers,
It was an honor to witness your ordination ceremony. But it's even a bigger honor to get to practice by your side.
Congratulations and big hugs.
Gassho,
Kyonin
Hondō Kyōnin
奔道 協忍
Shingen and Shugen, from the deepest, darkest and also brightest place in my heart, congratulations! Thank you for this lifelong journey you are taking for all of us. It will be a great honor to practice with you.
Deep bows,
Seimyo
精
明 Seimyō (Christhatischris)
Hello,
congratulations! Thank you so much for making this extremely important commitment.
With great respect and brotherly love,
Gassho,
Hans Chudo Mongen
Congratulations Shingen and Shugen. I was not able to witness your ceremony for a number of reasons, but even as I'm so new here and I don't know most of t he people here I feel a deep respect for people that choose to honestly devote their life to any spiritual path.
Let me greet you both with a heartful gassho and wish you find blissful every step of your path.
Gassho,Walter
Shingen and Shugen, may I offer deep bows to you both on this most auspicious day. This Sangha is blessed by your presence, dedication and service.
Gassho,
Heishu
平
秀
“Blessed are the flexible, for they never get bent out of shape." Author Unknown
Congrats to you both!
Gassho, Shawn
Welcome to what has no end,
congratulations for making this step
gassho
Taigu
Congratulations to you both!
Gassho,
Tim
"The moment has priority". ~ Bon Haeng
Congrats guys! What a great day!
If I'm already enlightened why the hell is this so hard?
Bows and bows. Thank you for your service.
求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
Congratulations! Many bows to Shingen and Shugen.
Gassho,
Daisho
大
正
(Jack K.)
Many congratulations to the two newbies.
We're going to need a roster of who's who here pretty soon. :-)
Gassho,
Kirk
流文
I know nothing.
Hi Kirk,
Well, we have this short introduction to each of our Priests and Novices. I need to get the two new fellows up there as soon as I can.
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...Novice-Priests
Gassho, Jundo
ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
Congrats guys! The Sangha is bless to have you
Congrats, and thank you for your commitment and practice.
Gassho, Hogo.
Shugen and Shingen, welcome back to what is, and to joy.
Shinzan
One more congratulation and three more deep bows. Thank you Shugen and Shingen for your commitment. Gassho Heisoku.
Heisoku 平 息
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)
A cheer for our team:
Samsara to the left!
Nirvana to the right!
Stand up! Sit down!
Fight fight fight!
Then just let go!
Congratulations! I'd be curious to know, from all the unsui really, if you plan or see yourselves teaching far down the road? Or are some of you initially doing it more to just commit yourself more seriously to practice?
Thanks,
Kaishin (開心, Open Heart)
Please take this layman's words with a grain of salt.
I haven't been able to see this until now. Congrats!!
Deep bows,
Heion
Hi Kaishin,
I didn't want you to think you were being ignored. I've been thinking about your questions and I just can't come up with a "straight" answer. Like practice, it's not a static thing - sometimes it's one answer, sometimes it's something else. For me, it really is too early to tell for sure. I'm sorry my answer isn't more illuminating but it's the best I can come up with for now. I, of course, am only answering for my self.
Gassho,
Meido Shugen
明道 修眼
Congratulations Shingen and Shugen!
Gassho, Shawn Jakudo Hinton
It all begins when we say, “I”. Everything that follows is illusion.
"Even to speak the word Buddha is dragging in the mud soaking wet; Even to say the word Zen is a total embarrassment."
寂道
Hello Kaishin,
For me I am can be a student one moment and at another, be a teacher. Each moment, each experience has the opportunity for both or just one. For me ... I am just walking this path and helping where and when I can ... nothing to attain ... and yet to embrace each moment as it is. =)
Gassho
Shingen