Greetings from Kakunen (Mr. K.) now Training at Jyomanji

[Kakunen]

Hi Kakunen,

Do they have readings of the "Zazengi" chapter of master Dogen's Shobogenzo ("Syoubougenzouzazengi") every last Zazen period of the day, too?

12 40' periods... in one of the Temples ("Busshinji") here in Brasil, they sit 40' too, I guess 10 or 12 periods during Sesshin.

As other said, thank you for your practice.

I liked the sea on the rocks photo. Thank you.

Domo arigato, Gassho

Kyōsei

#SatToday

Kyosei san!Here is same style of Honzan Head temple.Saikawa Roshi maybe come from Sojiji.So same as style of Sojiji.

I was training with monk from Brasil.He was at Sojiji 4Years.He said to me,Buddhism is very helpful for people in Brasil!




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[Kyosei]

Kyosei san!Here is same style of Honzan Head temple.Saikawa Roshi maybe come from Sojiji.So same as style of Sojiji.

I was training with monk from Brasil.He was at Sojiji 4Years.He said to me,Buddhism is very helpful for people in Brasil!




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Hi Kakunen-san,

They made an institutional video for Busshinji, and I was there, so the monk who is also a movie maker (Seigen san) and did the video asked for my permission while I was having Dokusan with Saikawa Roshi and captured that moment. I am that bearded guy in the video. Saikawa Roshi is a lovely person and a great master, he teached me some precious things I keep in my memory.

Here is the video that depicts the various activities developed there. You can see me here, from 3:15-3:23:



Hope all is well there in Japan, have a good Sesshin.

Gassho

Kyōsei

#SatToday

[Mp]

Hi Kakunen-san,

They made an institutional video for Busshinji, and I was there, so the monk who is also a movie maker (Seigen san) and did the video asked for my permission while I was having Dokusan with Saikawa Roshi and captured that moment. I am that bearded guy in the video. Saikawa Roshi is a lovely person and a great master, he teached me some precious things I keep in my memory.

Here is the video that depicts the various activities developed there. You can see me here, from 3:15-3:23:



Hope all is well there in Japan, have a good Sesshin.

Gassho

Kyōsei

#SatToday

Lovely video Kyōsei, thank you for sharing. =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Kakunen]

Hi Kakunen-san,

They made an institutional video for Busshinji, and I was there, so the monk who is also a movie maker (Seigen san) and did the video asked for my permission while I was having Dokusan with Saikawa Roshi and captured that moment. I am that bearded guy in the video. Saikawa Roshi is a lovely person and a great master, he teached me some precious things I keep in my memory.

Here is the video that depicts the various activities developed there. You can see me here, from 3:15-3:23:



Hope all is well there in Japan, have a good Sesshin.

Gassho

Kyōsei

#SatToday

I saw this video.Very good temple!And I love this song,chant name Syosaimyokitijyodarani消災妙吉祥陀羅尼 . This chant is meaning,pray for peace.

I pray for peace of Brazil.

I am training with monk who came from Colombia ,he said to me that his country now at war in his country.

Maybe roots of war come from drag and money.I feel sad.

We feel peace when we sit.
We are not suffer from desition when we sit.Buddhism do not deside good or bad.

合掌 Gassho.


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[Kakunen]

Finishing 7days Sesshin.

Come back ordinary days.

Every morment is shining.Adding daily photos.






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[Kakunen]

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[Kakunen]

I start sewing Nyoho-e.




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[Mp]

I start sewing Nyoho-e.




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Lovely Mr. K ... enjoy! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Kakunen]

Hi Everyone!

I will go to main temple Eiheiji and have 7days Sesshin from tomorrow.Eiheiji made by Master Dogen.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6601.html

And after Sesshin I will meet Master Sawaki's disciple.Now he is only disciple who learn directly by Master Sawaki .

Amazing.


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[Shugen]

Wonderful!

Good sitting.

Shugen

Sattoday


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[Sekishi]

Thank you for continuing to share your practice with us Kakunen, and for the lesson in dedication.

Gassho,
Sekishi #sattoday

[Kakunen]

Start Sesshin at 4AM.Very good to sit at deep mountain.I will share picture after several day.

Share schedule but only Japanese.


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[Kakunen]

Snowing at Eiheiji.


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[Troy]

Always love getting updates on Mr. K


•sat2day...合掌

Troy

[Rich]

Thanks. Lovely pics

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[Kakunen]

I share video of way to Eiheiji Zendo.This is Treeleaf only.





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[Jakuden]

I share video of way to Eiheiji Zendo.This is Treeleaf only.





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Beautiful Kakunen, thank you for sharing this experience. I hope to see it in person someday.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Mp]

I share video of way to Eiheiji Zendo.This is Treeleaf only.





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Beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing Mr. K! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Geika]

Thank you, Mr. K. It's like I get to walk with you.

Gassho, sat today

[Kakunen]

I meet person at here who was at Antaiji ,we practiced together.He said to me ,he became fat at here in Eiheiji.

Antaiji is Antaiji,Eiheiji is Eiheiji.Jyomanji is Jyomanji.Annonji is Annonji.Tenryuji is Tenryuji.




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[Byokan]

Thank you Kakunen for your practice, and thank you for sharing your beautiful photos and details about monastery life.

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Kakunen]

Finish Sesshin.








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[Geika]

I have to admit that I sometimes use your photographs as a phone background, Mr. K. I hope that's alright. They are so nice.

Gassho, sat today

[Kakunen]

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[Eishuu]

写真はきれいです。ありがとうございます。

Gassho
Lucy
Sat today

[Kakunen]

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[Kakunen]

I keep on sewing Kesa everyday and my mother start sewing also.




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[Mp]

Keep it going Kakunen one stitch at a time. =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Kyonin]

Nice work, Mr. K!

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Kakunen]

Now I am at 7day Sesshin again!


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[Shugen]

Now I am at 7day Sesshin again!


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Happy Sitting!

Gassho,

Shugen

Sattoday


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[Kakunen]

Finish Sesshin.

I felt like this written in Japanese.After sleeping I will try to write in English.
仏教では縁は全て受け取るという考えがあります。

座禅では足を組み手を組み考えを止めるのが大義です。受け取りっぱなし、やられっぱなし、それが座禅の本質 かもしれません。

そうするとなぜか縁が道を指し示す。そして宇宙から受け取り我は存在意義を失いながらも、皆存在意義を失う 。

意義がないことが本来の面目で本当は皆同じでいつもそうだとしたら、皆々受け取りっぱなし、なされるがまま 。

我々はみんな実態としては私が私を支えるなんてことはなく、細胞一つすら意識でも作れない。あるのは頭の中 の思い込みだけ。

だから我々は生物みな宇宙のシステムに生かされているだけ。

だから我々は一切同じ。これが仏教の本質と感じます。

縁をはい！と言い受け取る。それでも人生にイエスという！

体験からしか分からない。だからいくら本で説明しても、理解しようとしても駄目。体験だけ。だから人から人 にしか伝わらない。

真逆の発想転換を求められる仏教もフランクル心理学もやはり似ていて、虚無感を乗り越え、新しい価値へと人 を誘うようです。

諸縁吉祥
福寿無量
合掌九拝

廓然無聖




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[Kakunen]

I did Shukke Tokudo again under Style of Sawaki Roshi.









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[Jundo]

Lovely、Kakunen. One cannot Leave Home too often。

おめでとうございます！

Is you teacher Kōjun Kishigami Roshi? Please tell us more!

Nine Bows, Jundo

SatTodaｙ

[Mp]

This is wonderful Kakunen, thank you for sharing with us. =)

Deep bows
Shingen

s@today

[Shugen]

How wonderful!

Gassho,

Shugen

[Geika]

Congratulations!

Gassho, sat today

[Kakunen]

Lovely、Kakunen. One cannot Leave Home too often。

おめでとうございます！

Is you teacher Kōjun Kishigami Roshi? Please tell us more!

Nine Bows, Jundo

SatTodaｙ

My teacher is Kosen Sasagawa.

His teacher is Tokugen Sakai.
His teacher is Kodo Sawaki.


https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawaki_K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D

I found some scribe by German.

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[Kyonin]

Dear Mr. K

Congratulations!! I am happy for you.

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Kakunen]

I had very excellent experience after came here.

I met person who came from Cuba and we sat together at Treeleaf.

I met trainee monk at Eiheiji who come from same country small city .

My mother met monk who is younger brother of my first teacher of Zen.So my mother was very surprised.And his teacher is same as my teacher Monk Sasagawa ,Tokugen Sakai and another teacher did Shukke Tokudo at Jyomanji.

And I do Shukke tokudo with person who came from Spain,he practiced at Antaiji from 25 years ago,he trained with Muho.

I am very surprised at this happenings!


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[Kakunen]

I had very misterious experience after came here.

I met person who came from Cuba and we sat together at Treeleaf.

My mother met monk who is younger brother of my first teacher of Zen.So my mother was very surprised.And his teacher is same as my teacher Monk Sasagawa ,Tokugen Sakai and another teacher did Shukke Tokudo at Jyomanji.

And I do Shukke tokudo with person who came from Spain,he practiced at Antaiji from 25 years ago,he trained with Muho at his trainee period.

I am very surprised at this happenings!



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[Jakuden]

I had very excellent experience after came here.

I met person who came from Cuba and we sat together at Treeleaf.

I met trainee monk at Eiheiji who come from same country small city .

My mother met monk who is younger brother of my first teacher of Zen.So my mother was very surprised.And his teacher is same as my teacher Monk Sasagawa ,Tokugen Sakai and another teacher did Shukke Tokudo at Jyomanji.

And I do Shukke tokudo with person who came from Spain,he practiced at Antaiji from 25 years ago,he trained with Muho.

I am very surprised at this happenings!


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We have a saying here for these type of happenings. We say "it's a small world!"

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday


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[Kakunen]

Takuhatsu under snow.




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[Jundo]

Rev. Kakunen, our old friend, asked me to translate this for him as he is really tired. You will understand why when you read it. He may be away soon for a long period of retreat in his training, and unable to write us, so he asked me to post it.

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Hello everyone.

I am continuing training at Tenryuji Temple. Before this, a Jyomanji Temple, I was so busy with work that the head priest there instructed me to visit Tenryuji Temple.

Here at Tenryuji I have a monthly Sesshin and I sit every day and a lot of people come from abroad.

The head priest at Tenryuji, Kosen Sasakawa, is tough but kind. Because it is the lineage of Sawaki Roshi, it is in the circle of Antaiji Temple (Sawaki and Uchitama Roshi’s temple where I used to practice) and Nishijima Roshi.

I have had a big change since I came here. I came to accept events and even my father and mother have had good changes.

I threw all my house away the other day, moving away and just keeping a few possessions. Jundo helped me move. Separate from my family, money is almost zero, luggage is down to just a few boxes.

This is a true “Homeleaving” (as priest ordination is called) and this style is rare now. There was a reason that I had to throw it all away, because I was in such a state.

Next month I will go to Zuioji training monastery, which is the closest in its style to the ways of Sawaki Roshi. I cannot do Internet or leave the monastery for about a year. Then I might go to the Soto Head Monastery Eiheiji for more training.

I am indebted to everyone. Japan has the ways and traditions of Japan and there were times when it may strike a strange chord.

I am looking forward to speaking with you all again in the future.

Gassho, Nine Bows
Much Good Karma and Much Good Fortune

Kakunen

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From Jundo: Some shots and information about Zuioji ...

http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/...jp/zuioji.html

[Mp]

This is wonderful news! It sure sounds like our friend Kakunen has found the path beneath his feet ... I am very happy for him. =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Kyonin]

Very inspiring.

Thank you Mr. K.

Thank you Jundo for the translation.

Gassho,

Kyonin
SatToday

[Shugen]

Give Mr. K our regards! I look forward to hearing from him in the future.

Gassho,

Shugen

Sattoday

[Geika]

Thank you, Jundo. I wish him all the best.

Gassho, sat today

[Kakunen]

Thank you Jundo.

I finished monthly 7days Sesshin Zazen retreat.

Very tired,and sufferd vertigo and fever,I will scribe later.

We finished cleaning and came spa.And we start ordinary sitting at tonight .Crazy.






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[Mp]

Very tired,and sufferd vertigo and fever,I will scribe later.

I hope you feel better Kakunen. Thank you for your practice. =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today