How are you from Kakunen

[Kakunen]

How are you Treeleafer.

I try to uproad my video.


https://youtu.be/srLUxNwQGrY

Gassho
Kakunen


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[Geika]

Hi! How are you?

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Jundo]

You voice was merged into the wind, but the wind said everything. [gassholook]

あなたの声は風に溶け込んでいたが、風がすべてを語った。

Gassho, J

STLah

[Meian]

Hello Mr. K! Glad to see your post again. Thank you for your video. :)

gassho2
Meian
st

[Tai Do]

Hello Kakunen-san.
How are you? How are you doing?
We’ve missed you.
It is good to see you posting here.
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH

[Kotei]

[wave]

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Washin]

Hey Kakunen!

Nice to see you again.

Gassho
Washin
st-lah

[Tairin]

Hi Kakunen

Good to hear from you. I am doing well enough. How are you?

gassho2
Tairin
Sat today

[Shokai]

Hi again Mr. K, good to see you back
gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Jakuden]

Thank you for the video Kakunen. Your chanting is lovely. I'm glad you are safe.

The trash, the beach and the waves, the virus, and us are all the same.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Nengei]

Greetings, Kakunen-san! The frogs are starting to talk here, as well.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat. LAH.

[Shinshi]

Hi Kakunen

Glad to see you are back!

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Kakunen]

Thank you all.

Now I am at very dangerous situation,But I am at here.

I try to keep calm,now now now.

Please help me,and I try to help you.

Because we are all same human being.

When I can help you I try to help you.

I remember past time at Antaiji,at that time I feel I lose all things,family money house.

But I didn’t lose myself.

Now I am same situation at that time.

Nine bows.
Help other being.
Sat today
Kakunen

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[Jundo]

Thank you all.

Now I am at very dangerous situation,But I am at here.

I try to keep calm,now now now.

Please help me,and I try to help you.

Because we are all same human being.

When I can help you I try to help you.

I remember past time at Antaiji,at that time I feel I lose all things,family money house.

But I didn’t lose myself.

Now I am same situation at that time.

Nine bows.
Help other being.
Sat today
Kakunen

From Japan



I spoke to Kakunen yesterday. We are in touch, and he is okay.

Gassho, Jundo

SatTodayLah

[Kakunen]

どんな運命も比類ない。どんな状況も二度と繰り返されない。そしてそれぞれの状況ごとに、人間は異なる対応 を迫られる。誰もその人の身代わりになって苦しみを、とことん苦しむことはできない。この運命を引き当てた その人自身がこの苦しみを引き受けることに、ふたつとない何かをなしとげる、たった一度の可能性はあるのだ 。

By Victor Frankl.

Gassho
Lah
Sat today
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[Meian]

I spoke to Kakunen yesterday. We are in touch, and he is okay.

Gassho, Jundo

SatTodayLahGassho2
Meian st

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[Jundo]

どんな運命も比類ない。どんな状況も二度と繰り返されない。そしてそれぞれの状況ごとに、人間は異なる対応 を迫られる。誰もその人の身代わりになって苦しみを、とことん苦しむことはできない。この運命を引き当てた その人自身がこの苦しみを引き受けることに、ふたつとない何かをなしとげる、たった一度の可能性はあるのだ 。

By Victor Frankl.


All fates are unique. No situation is ever repeated. Thereby, human beings are forced to take different actions depending on each situation. No one can take his place as a substitute for the suffering of another. There is only one chance that the person who has assigned this fate can take on this suffering and do something unique.

Viktor Frankl is a psychiatrist and concentration camp survivor during WWll, who wrote "Man's Search for Meaning" on how finding meaning in terrible situations helps people survive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl

[Meian]

Deep Bows
Gassho2
Meian st

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[Seibu]

Hi Kakunen,


Nice to see you're back gassho1. I hope your situation will improve. We're all walking together.


Gassho,
Seibu
Sattoday

[Kyonin]

Hi Kakunen-san.

I have been thinking of you. I am glad to listen to your voice. Chiba prefecture looks very beautiful from your perspective.

We are together! Always!

6441

Gassho,

Sat/LAH

[Shokai]

Kyonin; Great pic

6443

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Kakunen]

I can here your voices.

Thank you.

Gassho
Lah
Sat
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[Kokuu]

We are together! Always!

kakunen-and-me.jpg

Such a great pic!

Good to have you back, Kakunen. I hope that life will become easier for you going forwards.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Kakunen]

Hi

I spoke with Jundo today.

Now I am at hard situation but getting better step by step.

I try to touch myself everyday.

I hope we will practice together again,but now I need to take a rest.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Kakunen]

Hi Kakunen-san.

I have been thinking of you. I am glad to listen to your voice. Chiba prefecture looks very beautiful from your perspective.

We are together! Always!

6441

Gassho,

Sat/LAH

Kyonin-SAN

I want to see this pic more faster.

Thank you,and we are always together:)

Gassho
Sat today
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[Kyotai]

Hi Kakunen-san.

I have been thinking of you. I am glad to listen to your voice. Chiba prefecture looks very beautiful from your perspective.

We are together! Always!

6441

Gassho,

Sat/LAH

Great photo!

Kyotai

[Jundo]

I heard from Kakunen.

He found a monastery to take him in, so he won't be so isolated now. He'll have a roof over his head, a dry place to sleep and lots of Zazen time.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kakunen]

I keep on practicing these days.

Getting better day by day.

I think this experience will be good for me.

I realize I am Buddhist.

I try to report ,after I will be good condition more.

I hope to sit with you again.

Gassho
Sat today
Lah
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[Jundo]

:encouragement:

[Washin]

Good to hear from you Kakunen. Thank you for sharing the news gassho1

Gassho
Washin
sat today

[Shinshi]

Glad things are looking up.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Kakunen]

I will go to Myotoku-ji from this weekend.

We will start 7days Sesshin from June 1st.

I am grad to go there,and feel little bit fear,because head monk teaches Shobo-Genzo(Only one teacher at there) at 1st temple Eihei-ji,maybe I need to do hard practice.

I respect him,and our common language is English.(I always practice with foreigners)

For me good experience for my life,and I feel this flow is my fortune.

And I need to say thank you to all Treeleafer.

My life was hard and now I am on the way to practice.

But Buddhism always helped me,so I keep on practicing.

Please practice with me.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Jundo]

I will go to Myotoku-ji from this weekend.

We will start 7days Sesshin from June 1st.

I am grad to go there,and feel little bit fear,because head monk teaches Shobo-Genzo(Only one teacher at there) at 1st temple Eihei-ji,maybe I need to do hard practice.

I respect him,and our common language is English.(I always practice with foreigners)

For me good experience for my life,and I feel this flow is my fortune.

And I need to say thank you to all Treeleafer.

My life was hard and now I am on the way to practice.

But Buddhism always helped me,so I keep on practicing.

Please practice with me.

Gassho
Sat today
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I just saw you on Facebook. Branden Brazil posted a talk by Jinen Roshi from a couple of years ago. I know the face in the back. :)

https://youtu.be/TD9BeX0p4OY

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kakunen]

I just saw you on Facebook. Branden Brazil posted a talk by Jinen Roshi from a couple of years ago. I know the face in the back. :)

https://youtu.be/TD9BeX0p4OY

Gassho, J

STLah

Hi.

I leave Annon-ji (Head monk master Jinen)and will go to Myotoku-ji.

About head monk Furusaka.(Head monk of Myotoku-ji)

https://www.zen-guide.de/zen/meister/id/95&titel=Ryuko+Furusaka+Roshi

Sorry in German.

Myotokji-ji is at deep forest,we do lots of Sesshin,and hard work like Antaiji.

I like to practice at kind of Sawaki Roshi style.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Jakuden]

May you enjoy your practice at Myotoku-ji, Kakunen. As always we are all sitting with you.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Kakunen]

I am on the way to Myotoku-ji.

Because of coronavirus,I spend time to go there for 24hours.

Very hard way.

But I need to go.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200530/e9fa3a951bb9232a96499abcfd566f81.jpg

I can remember day,when I went to Antai-ji ,for few years ago,I had no money,no friends,no family.

But Jundo helped me to go there.

This time I can go there by myself.

Always Jundo helped me.

Thank you so much.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Washin]

I am on the way to Myotoku-ji.

Because of coronavirus,I spend time to go there for 24hours.

Very hard way.

But I need to go.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200530/e9fa3a951bb9232a96499abcfd566f81.jpg

I can remember day,when I went to Antai-ji ,for few years ago,I had no money,no friends,no family.

But Jundo helped me to go there.

This time I can go there by myself.

Always Jundo helped me.

Thank you so much.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Geika]

Safe journey!

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Shinshi]

gassho2

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Jundo]

I am on the way to Myotoku-ji.



Huh? Is that how the modern monk travels? What happened to this?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q6XS3_D92FY/hqdefault.jpg

Just kidding you!

Actually, I am pretty sure you have much of that gear stuffed in the back pack somewhere. [gassholook]

https://terebess.hu/zen/szoto/1.jpghttps://terebess.hu/zen/szoto/2.jpg

Gassho, J

STLah

[Shinshi]

It is a small world in many ways. That osprey pack was made in a town just across the boarder from me. About 50 miles away. I go to that town to buy hay for my horses. The osprey folks are good people and make great packs.

[Kakunen]

Style of monk changed,but landscape don’t change.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/0acdbbed24c0cdc68e68a6702c87cdb0.jpg

We need rice,water,cloud,mountain,and all being.

I try to sit with them.

Gassho
Sat today Lah
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[Kakunen]

Start Sesshin at 2AM to 9 PM.
7days Sesshin day1.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200601/808fa25f2a18feb00fdff36ee1ee39db.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200601/0b457322bf23e021325e8bfdadeff125.jpg

Sit together:)

Gassho
Sat today
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[Kakunen]

Sesshin day5.Finish cleaning zen garden.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200605/d0074715c6e1b775ea7d97a92117732a.jpg

Lah/Sat
Gassho
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[Geika]

Lovely!

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Shinshi]

Yes, very nice! Thanks for sharing Kakunen.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Kakunen]

Finish 7 days Sesshin.

Why do we sit?

No mean to sit Zazen?

For you health?
For you hobby?

For me I can feel that I am a part of planet.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200608/d9b4f8e4e86212594d0f81a442d8af7a.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200608/f16d20caa9fcd15c741336afccb4cb01.jpg


Gassho
Sat today/Lah
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[Kakunen]

Rain season start at here.

And from 15th,starting Sesshin(2nd time Sesshin at this month)

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200613/c3e0fbebd341ad02aff3987764dbe3c8.jpg

Gassho
Sat today
Lah
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[Kokuu]

That looks like a beautiful place, Kakunen.

Wishing you a good second sesshin!

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Jakuden]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing [emoji120]

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday


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[Kakunen]

Day4 Sesshin.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200618/665fd850c5fd4645fd57f89a0feec0a2.jpg
Gassho
Sat lah
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[Kokuu]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9a0feec0a2.jpg

Lovely!

Thank you, Kakunen.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Onka]

Great photo's Kakunen.
It sounds as though things are going well with you.
Gassho
Onka
ST

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[Kakunen]

Finish 5 days Sesshin.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200620/71da6d86740c7b74f11c8b3b50e843c6.jpg

I can see the sunshine at rainy season.

Gassho
Sat lah
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[Washin]

Finish 5 days Sesshin.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200620/71da6d86740c7b74f11c8b3b50e843c6.jpg

I can see the sunshine at rainy season.

Gassho
Sat lah
Kakunen


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Thank you for your practice and sharing with us your experience.

Gassho
Washin
sattoday

[Kakunen]

Changing practice place,with our nature.

Farming.Like Antaiji...

With nature,Jijiyu-Zanmai.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200629/fd1151762ae3a3bc411603038c0eb71f.jpg

I keep on practice,here and now.

Gassho
Sat Lah
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[Jundo]

Kakunen, you are becoming like "Homeless Kodo" ... going from monastery to work in the farm field back to the monastery. Inspirational.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Getchi]

Style of monk changed,but landscape don’t change.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200531/0acdbbed24c0cdc68e68a6702c87cdb0.jpg

We need rice,water,cloud,mountain,and all being.

I try to sit with them.

Gassho
Sat today Lah
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Thankyou mr.k, landscape don't change. I needed to hear this, things have been tough for me, and many others too.
Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to feel these things, all is the same in dharma.

Gassho
SatToday
LaH

[Kakunen]

1month at here.

Very hard work with nature.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200722/72c9909f49702ae10bce9614894841ac.jpg
Keep on practicing at here.

Gassho
Sat Lah
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[Jundo]

What vegetables are you making, Kakunen?

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Onka]

What vegetable is that Kakunen?
Gassho
Onka
st

[Jundo]

What vegetable is that Kakunen?
Gassho
Onka
st

Looks like cabbage from here. It is cabbage season in Japan. I can tell in our farming neighborhood, by the eyes ... and by the nose! :encouragement:

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kakunen]

Lots of vegetables!

Cabbage,Lettuce,Tomato,Potato,Radish,Chinese Cabbage?白菜,Corn,Wheat,Pumpkin,and so on.

Gassho
Sat Lah
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[Onka]

Lots of vegetables!

Cabbage,Lettuce,Tomato,Potato,Radish,Chinese Cabbage?白菜,Corn,Wheat,Pumpkin,and so on.

Gassho
Sat Lah
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Gassho
Onka
sat today

[Kakunen]

Summer day at here!

1day holiday today.

Keep on working,practicing .

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200812/fb8738d7af446eec4d61b2fdb5f37e5a.jpg



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Sat today
Lah
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[Jundo]

It is "Obon" in most of Japan, when many people usually return to their hometowns to be with family, as well as "Bon dancing" (obviously, all difficult and discouraged this year).

It is a big Buddhist holiday here to remember the dead, but not so big among Zen groups in the west except among families of Japanese heritage. It is actually a time of ancestor remembrance, and to visit the graves of parents and grandparents.

We do not celebrate the holiday in our Sangha, and have a day for remembering our family and friends who have passed in February ...

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?16002-February-9th-10th-2018-Our-SPECIAL-NEHAN-E-ZAZENKAI%21&highlight=nehan

... but you may wish to take some time to remember them again this week.

Here is some information about "Obon" (actually, there are two in Japan, one in July, but most people celebrate now in August):


Obon [お盆] is the festival celebrated in Japan in mid-August, on the 15th. But the Obon festival season lasts for a few days, from the 13th to the 17th of the month, but different areas of Japan celebrate this festival on different days. It is the day to remember and honour the spirits of the ancestors. All the Japanese will visit their family and go to the graveyards’ of their families. Actually it can hardly be called a festival, it is a Buddhist tradition observed in Japan and in the other Buddhist nations as well. It is not an official national holiday, but many companies are closed down in Japan on those days, and the Japanese get together with all their family members. They believe that the souls of ancestors will come back and join them on this particular day.

All the houses are thoroughly cleaned in advance to welcome the spirits, and foods such as vegetables, sweets and fruits are placed as offerings in front of the altars in houses and temples. Incenses will be burnt during these days in every house. Paper lanterns called chochin and flowers are used to decorate the houses and the butsuden. People will go to the graveyard of their relatives to invite the souls to come home with them, and this tradition is called Mukae-bon. ... During this festival, Bon Odori dance is performed accompanied with a special music and drums. All the people dress in kimonos or yukatas and dance on the stage. They normally form a circle and dance around a lamp or a lantern, and almost everyone in the crowd will join this dance. This is done to welcome the spirits and hence this dance is considered the dance for the spirits. These are usually held at parks, temples or shrines, adorned with countless paper lanterns. Some temples and shrines are famous for their festivals held during the obon season. Rokudo mairi is the practice in which people gather at the temples or shrines to call for their ancestral spirits.

... Nowadays, Obon is considered a time for the family reunion and, that aspect is more important than honouring the souls in the present day society. People working and living in urban areas, and those living far from their home and family, will be coming back to their homes and enjoying the family presence during these days.

http://jpninfo.com/17480

Bon Odori originates from the story of Maha Maudgalyayana (Mokuren), a disciple of the Buddha, who used his supernatural powers to look upon his deceased mother. He discovered she had fallen into the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and was suffering. Greatly disturbed, he went to the Buddha and asked how he could release his mother from this realm. Buddha instructed him to make offerings to the many Buddhist monks who had just completed their summer retreat, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. The disciple did this and, thus, saw his mother's release. He also began to see the true nature of her past selflessness and the many sacrifices that she had made for him. The disciple, happy because of his mother's release and grateful for his mother's kindness, danced with joy. From this dance of joy comes Bon Odori or "Bon Dance", a time in which ancestors and their sacrifices are remembered and appreciated.

Bon Odori dance at a Soto Zen temple in Hawaii ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rzMcyjBnIs

Gassho, J

STLah

PS - Yes, you may notice that Japanese Buddhism is a bit ambiguous about whether there are "souls" or "spirits" of the dead that can visit, a belief in souls and such that is not philosophically usually part of traditional Buddhism. It is more very ancient Japanese beliefs that became part of Japanese Buddhism, and the Zen and other Japanese Buddhist priests usually just let the question be ambiguous and celebrate Obon and welcome the spirits.

[Kaishin]

Very good to hear from you, Kakunen!

_sTlaH

[Bion]

こんにちは！お元気ですか。I am great, spending a lot of time at home and enjoying the nice weather we´re having these days here in Spain. I´m mentally preparing to attend my first zazenkai tomorrow morning.

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