My Cancer Ango - 9 - "Angos of Hard Knocks"
Hi All,
The following "Talk from the Hospital Bed" is a little longer, but I think you will find it inspiring, with hope, love, even laugh and smile bringing. A few tears.
It recounts the stories of some wonderful priests and priest candidates, teachers lay and ordained, good and ethical and dedicated folks, whom I witness being "shut out" because of artificial walls being built by some in the Zen Establishment. We are in an age of building walls, rather than just sitting facing walls.
There is no reason to exclude this small group of people. There are others I could not cover, but not so many really. They have suffered enough (and learned to transcend such suffering through their Zen Buddhist Practice). They are each and all Bodhisattvas working to help other suffering beings.
I apologize that I am still a bit winded, so my voice is hard to hear sometimes.
https://youtu.be/d2G-CPrHtyQ
Gassho, Jundo
STLAH
My Cancer Ango - 9 - "Angos of Hard Knocks"
Hi,
Radiologists read film from anywhere in the world and a report is sent back to the ordering physician at the other end of the world. Local physicians consult specialist from very far away daily. All the time. Life and death situations. Psychologists and psychiatrists work remotely just as well as in person. There is such a shortage of psychiatrists in the USA that a lot of people would die without telepsychiatry. People can get bachelors, masters and even PhD degrees with little brick and mortar attendance. All via internet. All from accredited institutions. Law students and medical students can do a significant portion of their educational online. All from accredited institutions.
The crux of the problem is that there are no accreditation bodies regarding our modality of training. There is not going to be an accreditation body nor will we be incorporated into an accreditation body until the way we do business garners more attention. We need more students and we need more priests. The more the merrier. We specially need priests to grow what we do here.
But then again, who needs accreditation? Do we need it? Who needs it? We all can and we all do teach. You can not teach and you can not not learn. There is even some patriarch that could not even read. The accreditation thing is just to have more credibility. More credibility equals greater opportunity to spread the word.
The people I hang out with could care less about pedigree. They just care about vibes. If the vibes are good then we hang. If they are bad then no hanging out. I hang out with some very interesting people. A good pedigree in my circles is actually a hindrance in some cases. Won’t explain why.
I think we get good vibes here. I would not be here or be part of any other group that did not allow me freedom of expression. I am still here after 5 years and I think this is a good sign.
Anyway, just saw the new stars wars movie. Mtfbwu. [emoji4]
Happy holidays.
Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_