DONE! HAVE A LOOK: Women Ancestors / Differently-Abled Ancestors Kechimyaku Design
NOTE: PROJECT COMPLETED!
Dear All,
I need a volunteer with some simple design skills to make a very very simple design of a one page Kechimyaku (Blood Line Chart), one sided I think, very simple and minimalist, that lists the Women Ancestors and the Differently-Abled Ancestors. Our friend Meitou suggested the idea, and I will include it with the Rakusu Mailings this year (maybe even make it available for download somehow by past Jukai recipients should they want one.)
It does not have to be fancy at all, nothing as intricate as our Kechimyaku for the traditional Zen Ancestors that many of our past Jukai recipients already have. Just a list with some nice font and simple design. Maybe a page with the two lists side by side or continuing from each other? I found a fancier one that makes a circle/Enso of the Women's names, but it does not have to be anything like that:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RgqsRBx9om...neage+full.jpg
This one is a simple list, with some design added ...
http://storder.org/images/stories/art/ZW7Bamboo.png
Maybe our could have our treeleaf mark, rather than bamboo? Lots of open space on the page, black ink on wide open space.
https://scontent-nrt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4b&oe=5CA26E62
Just an idea. I leave the design to the designer's eye (all designs subject to approval, of course).
It should print on Japanese A4 paper if possible. I will print it out, add stamps, then copy onto nice Japanese style paper.
The lists we have are the following, and it would have text at the top like the following (Everyone, please feel free to suggest changes):
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Treeleaf Blood Lineage Chart of the Women and Differently-Abled Ancestors
We honor and recognize those Ancestors who have brought us here, those who encountered barriers of sex and birth, those of different body and special mind so often misunderstood by the many, those who may have been met with exclusion or fear, those for whom the Path was filled with obstacles and barriers, we honor those for whom entrance was so often denied and halls once barred, the successive generations of Buddhas and Ancestors who transmitted the flame:
Our Women Ancestors
Prajna Paramita
Maha Maya
Yasodhara
Mahapajapati Gotami
Srimala
Khema
Sundarinanda
Patacara
Bhadda Kundalakesa
Sumana
Kisagotami
Dhamma
Uppalavanna
Soma
Sakula
Bhadda Kapilani
Singalaka mata
Samavati
Sanghamitta Theri
Prasannasilla
Jingjian
Myoren
Empress Wu
Laywoman Lingzhao
Ling Xingpo
Moshan Liaoran
Liu Tiemo
Miaoxin
Shiji
Juhan Daojen
Huiguang
Huiwen
Fadeng
Yu Daopo
Zhidong
Wenzhao
Miaohui
Jizong Xingche
Jifu Zukui
Shenyi
Zenshin
Empress Kōmyō
Ryonen
Shogaku
Egi
Kakuzan Shido
Ekan Daishi
Kontō Ekyu
Mokufu Sonin
Soitsu
Eshun
Yōdō
Kodai-in
Soshin-ni
Tenshu
Daitsu Bunchi
Tachibana no Someko
Tokugon Riho
Teijitsu
Otagaki Rengetsu
Mizuno Tenmyō Jorin
Hori Mitsujo
Nagasawa Sozen
Kendō Kojima
Kasai Joshin
Ruth Eryu Jokei Fuller
Jiho Sargent
Our Differently-Abled Ancestors
Lakuntaka Bhaddiya
The Baby Prince Bodhisattva
Khujjuttara
Cakkhupala
Patacara
Sanu
Ganjin
Suppabuddha
The Moso
Arya Chudapanthaka
Toju Reiso
... Those who have struggled with addictions, confusion, depression and mental conditions often misunderstood ...
... and countless others whose names have been forgotten or left unsaid.
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Something like that. Any volunteer? Thank you in advance on behalf of everyone.
Gassho, J
STLah
