New Years Greetings from Treeleaf, Japan

[Jundo]

A New Years tradition at Buddhist temples across Japan is the ringing of the Joya-no-kane (除夜の鐘) ...


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RzDgb0_1XUw/R3n_5RUEwiI/AAAAAAAAAJE/GDgbx2l-En0/s320/newyear1+joyanokane.gif

... the temple bell near midnight. The bell is typically rung 108 times (sometimes by the temple priests, sometimes by parishioners) to cleanse the listener of the 108 mortal afflictions (bonno ... anger, greed, ignorance, envy, hatred, arrogance and the rest) that, in traditional Buddhist thinking, are the causes of suffering. By ringing out the old year and ringing in the new, each earthly desire will be taken away and therefore we can start the New Year with a pure mind.

From where does that sound come? To where does it go?

Perhaps we might also say that past moments ... the up and downs, happiness and sadness ... are now gone, and a new beginning rings out ... ever new and renewing.

Master Dogen wrote, "Zazen ... is like the hammer striking emptiness, the bell's melodious sound continues to resonate as it echoes, endlessly before and after. It is not limited to this moment ."


HAPPY NEW EVERY-MOMENT, EVERY-ONE!

Joya-no-kane atmosphere at a temple in Tokyo ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWD3-6pGT_0

[Hans]

Hello Jundo,

thank you for the beautiful bell ringing link.

Although it's still a few hours before the official celebratory time here in Germany, I'd also like to wish everyone a wonderful 2013!

Gassho,

Hans Chudo Mongen

[jayjay]

Jundo

Many thanks for sharing this wonderful tradition and I would like to take this opportunity as a newcomer to wish everyone a Happy New year filled with wonderful moments.

Namaste

jayjay

[Yugen]

Happy New Year to all - thank you all for practicing together in 2012 and looking forward to the coming year!

Deep bows
Yugen

[Jinyo]

Thank you Jundo - and a Happy New Year to all.

Gassho

Willow

[KellyRok]

Thank you for this Jundo! Beautiful!! Many bows to all in celebrating the new year!

Gassho,
Kelly/Jinmei

[Jakudo]

Happy New Year fellow Treeleafers!

[Koshin]

Thank you again Jundo. Wishing a great year for all Treeleafers and Mankind.

Deep Gassho

[Yutai]

Thank you Jundo and happy new year everyone!
-Lindsay

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo and a warm Happy New Year Everyone! :)

Gassho
Michael

[Risho]

Happy New Year!

[Daijo]

Happy continuation to all sentient beings.

[Oaken]

Happy New Year!

[BrianW]

Happy New Year to all!

Gassho,
Jisen/BrianW

[Taigu]

happy new year

gassho to all

Taigu

[RichardH]

Happy New Year! :)


Gassho, kojip

[Rich]

Have a wonderful new year.

[Seimyo]

Thank you all! Happy New Year!

[Heishu]

Thanks to Jundo, Taigu, and everyone at Treeleaf.

Happy New Year!!!

[BobSpour]

A happy new year to all at treeleaf ... And everywhere else for that matter!

_/\_
bob

[Jeff]

Thanks, Jundo! Happy new year to everyone. As a new member with TreeLeaf I look forward to our 2013 practice together.

Jeff

[Gary]

Happy New Year!

[lorax]

try again, to Jundo and all of Treeleaf, thanks for just being there

Lorax

[Kyotai]

Happy New Year to all

Gassho

Shawn.L.

[Myoku]

Happy new year everyone,
Thank you & Gassho
Myoku

[Kyonin]

Fantastic bell sounds. Thank you, Jundo.

Happy New Year, Treeleaf!

Gassho

Kyonin

[Hoyu]

Happy New Year!

Gassho,
Hoyu

[richss]

Happy New Year all.

Gassho

Richard

[Jiken]

Happy New Year Treeleaf

Daido

[ZenHarmony]

Happy New Every-Moment, everybody! [claps]

(psst, Chris, we need a celebration emoticon! - thanks)

Gassho,

Lisa

[Shugen]

Happy New Year.

[tedmac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ra4edDLGh8

[Emmet]

Happy new year one and all.

"Last year, a foolish monk.
This year, no change."
Ryokan

[Geika]

We ridin' on the Sooooooooooooul Traiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!

Anyway, happy New Year! Last night it was nice to see a segment on television showing different celebrations around the world and for a moment a bell in Tokyo was featured.

Me, I just bang on pots and pans, and load up my "Animal Crossing" game to watch the cute little fireworks. [claps]

[Myoshin]

Happy new year all

Original Tedmac Anita Ward I didn't think about this song [claps]

Gassho

Yang Hsin

[Daitetsu]

Happy New Year to all of you! :)

Gassho,

Timo

[Jundo]

We ridin' on the Sooooooooooooul Traiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!



Correction for Buddhists Amelia ... Non-Soul Train ...

Rebirth for us is like a train that keeps arriving at station after station, but with constantly changing cars and passengers never the same. (I was going to say it is like the "Soul Train" dance floor, where the dancers and song keep changing, but the show goes on ... but some of our non-US folks might not get the non-reference) :p


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaNMQg2nYT4

Gassho, J

[Geika]

Yes, but there is still dancing! :cool:

Happy New Year, and thanks for being my/ our teacher, Jundo!

[santosh]

Happy New Year to All!

[Shokai]

Ah, the (non-) persistence of sound and motion; "Shall we dance or wait for the music?"

♪ Thank you TreeLeaf, have a Happy 2013 ♫♪ :encouragement: gassho2

[Ed]

Happy 2013 to all here.:)