Lovely! And yes, it's a very meditative practice.
Gassho
Meitou
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Junkyo's Kanji is Zen in Japanese modern script.
After some back and forth, I confirmed that Hishiryo wrote "Mushotoku" or "Nongaining," and he followed very nicely a model from Deshimaru Roshi ...
Here is Ben's:
Here is Deshimaru:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HYEWAzqbl5.../mushotoku.jpg
It is the mind free of all goal and thought of gain.
A funny thing is that it stumped several young college educated young Japanese I showed it too, who struggle both with "cursive" script in this age of smart phones, and obscure Buddhist terminology. Even when they saw the Deshimaru version, I had to explain to them what it meant. Now it is crystal clear, and he did a wonderful job ... even though he was not hoping to "gain" our praise! :cool:
Gassho, J
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