KYONIN (and Jundo's) TRAVEL DIARY in JAPAN

[Jundo]

Two photos of Kyonin as I sent him back to his home world today ...



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(Actually, those were taken a few weeks ago, when we visited the headquarters of the Japanese Space Agency, which is also headquarted here in Tsukuba).

Kyonin should now be getting ready to board his plane, which departs in about an hour. I hope he got his curry rice!

Gassho, J

STLah

[Washin]

Two photos of Kyonin as I sent him back to his home world today ...

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/atta...8&d=1571113694

Kyonin should now be getting ready to board his plane, which departs in about an hour.

Ad Astra, Kyonin!

Gassho
Washin
ST

[Meitou]

Thank you for taking us along on this journey. Homeward bound now Kyonin, flying through the endlessly spacious sky.
Gassho
Meitou
Satwithyoualltoday lah

[Heiso]

Thank you for sharing this trip and i'm glad you made it in one piece!

Gassho,

Neil

StLah

[Tairin]

Wonderful!


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Jundo]

I have just received word that Kyonin has made it safely home. He will post greetings tomorrow, as he is exhausted!

The Japanese people send him this final message: Kyonin, Regrese pronto a Japón! ... come back soon! (My wife took this from the monitor when she was volunteering at the Opening Ceremony of the Japan National Olympics three weeks ago ... about 200 Japanese folks dancing traditional Mexican folk songs)

Gassho, J

STLah

[Ishin]

Glad he’s home safely.
Gassho
Ishin
Sat/lah

[Onka]

I have just received word that Kyonin has made it safely home. He will post greetings tomorrow, as he is exhausted!

The Japanese people send him this final message: Kyonin, Regrese pronto a Japón! ... come back soon! ....



Gassho, J

STLah

Which one's Dani?

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[Heiso]

Very glad to hear he's home soon. What a trip!

Gassho,

Neil

StLah

[Horin]

Gassho

Stlah
Ben

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[Kyonin]

Hi guys,

I'm back home. I got here yesterday, but I was very tired due to lack of sleep on the flight back. But I am now back at my desk and taking it really easy for the following days.

So my last few hours in Tsukuba were a little hectic because I needed to pack everything up, have breakfast, do the farewell zazenkai and go to the station to hop onto the bus bound for the airport. I wasn't really aware of what it all meant until I saw Jundo bowing good bye to me:

IMG_20191015_101645.jpg

With this it finally hit me. The adventure was about to end! Tons of emotions got to me because being with Jundo and his family felt so natural and right that saying goodbye was not even a possibility in my mind.

On the way to the airport I felt really sad... maybe a couple of tears showed up.

I got in good time to the airport, I check in my luggage and went to get my last Japanese lunch. Since I love curry and ton katsu, I found a place where they have both in the same plate. It was a huge lunch, but worth it:

IMG_20191015_123934.jpg

Now I need time to process everything I saw and learned while at the same time trying to adapt back to regular life and slowly get back to work. I want to take a break from everything and then go back to this thread and all the photos I took to put all the memories in order.

Thank you all for your support and your love.

Also I want to thank Jundo's family for their patience and for making me feel at home.

Finally, thank you Jundo. For all the time I took from your life to teach me and to designing all the trip. I know this trip is changing a lot of things in my life already.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Kyōsen]

Thank you for sharing your adventure with us, Kyonin! I'm glad to hear you made it back home safely

Gassho,

Sen
SatToday|LAH

[Meitou]

I'm so happy for you Kyonin, in a way it's as if you did this trip for all of us, it felt so real to me.
Thank you both and Jundo's family and wow that lunch looks so good!
Now rest up a little bit, there must be so much to process.

Gassho
Meitou
satwithyoualltodaylah

[Jakuden]

This was so wonderful, I agree Meitou it's like it was all of us together going to Japan! It's been enthralling from start to finish. Deep bows.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Junkyo]

I am glad to hear you are safely home Kyonin! It was so wonderful to follow along with you here.

Gassho,

Junkyo
SAT

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[Nengei]

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat. LAH.

[Washin]

Kyonin, I'm glad to hear you're back home safely.
Looking forward to more of your stories and pics about
this wonderful trip

Gassho
Washin
SAT

[Heisoku]

Dear Kyōnin
I hope you are safe after the troubles in Mexico City this week.
Gassho
Heisoku
LAH / not ST yet


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[Kyonin]

Dear Kyōnin
I hope you are safe after the troubles in Mexico City this week.

Hi Heisoku,

I am too far from the hot areas in Mexico this week. I live in the city of Guadalajara, near the Pacific. We have some violence here, but not as harsh as in up north or in the capital city.

So all is good around here.

Still I am chanting our Metta verses for all victims of violence.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Kyonin]

Hello guys,

This trip was a sensory overload in every sense of the word, but in a good way. I knew that I'd be seeing a lot and learning a lot, so I decided to take a lot of pictures so I can later review them all.

I selected some of the best pictures and little videos and put them in an album. I still have to organize it, but If you want to take a look, go a head

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CpDduexhy7kB7y2t6

I will still be posting on this thread in the following days.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Horin]

Beautiful impressions, kyonin! Thank you for taking us on that trip.

Gassho
Ben

Stlah

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[Shinshi]

Hi guys,

I'm back home. I got here yesterday, but I was very tired due to lack of sleep on the flight back. But I am now back at my desk and taking it really easy for the following days.

So my last few hours in Tsukuba were a little hectic because I needed to pack everything up, have breakfast, do the farewell zazenkai and go to the station to hop onto the bus bound for the airport. I wasn't really aware of what it all meant until I saw Jundo bowing good bye to me:

IMG_20191015_101645.jpg

With this it finally hit me. The adventure was about to end! Tons of emotions got to me because being with Jundo and his family felt so natural and right that saying goodbye was not even a possibility in my mind.

On the way to the airport I felt really sad... maybe a couple of tears showed up.

I got in good time to the airport, I check in my luggage and went to get my last Japanese lunch. Since I love curry and ton katsu, I found a place where they have both in the same plate. It was a huge lunch, but worth it:

IMG_20191015_123934.jpg

Now I need time to process everything I saw and learned while at the same time trying to adapt back to regular life and slowly get back to work. I want to take a break from everything and then go back to this thread and all the photos I took to put all the memories in order.

Thank you all for your support and your love.

Also I want to thank Jundo's family for their patience and for making me feel at home.

Finally, thank you Jundo. For all the time I took from your life to teach me and to designing all the trip. I know this trip is changing a lot of things in my life already.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Thank you so much Kyonin for sharing your journey with us. It has been fun and educational taking the virtual trip with you.

As an aside I am a big fan of both tonkatsu and curry - your meal looks delicious. But no BullDog sauce for the Tonkatsu?

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Heisoku]

Dear Kyōnin
That’s a relief that you are far from the troubles but still unsettling for people caught among it. Indeed much metta to all caught in such horror.

On the other hand your whirlwind trip looks really amazing. I am so happy for you!

Gassho
Heisoku
Lahst


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[Kotei]

Thank you for the wonderful pictures, Kyonin.
As others said... Thank you for taking us all with you, too.

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Tairin]

I got in good time to the airport, I check in my luggage and went to get my last Japanese lunch. Since I love curry and ton katsu, I found a place where they have both in the same plate. It was a huge lunch, but worth it:

I am surprised I’ve never heard of Japanese Curry before this particular thread and after looking it up online I am even more astonished I’d never encountered it.

Today my wife and I took a crack at making it here using a synthesis of several online recipes. What a wonderful dish! I can definitely see myself asking it again as the weather turns cold.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Onka]

Hello guys,

This trip was a sensory overload in every sense of the word, but in a good way. I knew that I'd be seeing a lot and learning a lot, so I decided to take a lot of pictures so I can later review them all.

I selected some of the best pictures and little videos and put them in an album. I still have to organize it, but If you want to take a look, go a head

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CpDduexhy7kB7y2t6

I will still be posting on this thread in the following days.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Lovely.
Gassho
Anna.


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[Meitou]

Hello guys,

This trip was a sensory overload in every sense of the word, but in a good way. I knew that I'd be seeing a lot and learning a lot, so I decided to take a lot of pictures so I can later review them all.

I selected some of the best pictures and little videos and put them in an album. I still have to organize it, but If you want to take a look, go a head

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CpDduexhy7kB7y2t6

I will still be posting on this thread in the following days.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Beautiful photos Kyonin, thank you.
Gassho
Meitou
sattodaylah

[Tairin]

Wonderful pictures Kyonin. Thank you for sharing them with us.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Tai Shi]

Kyonin, I am happy for your safe return to your home. I hope you found all in order there. I never realized how tall you are. This makes me come to respect you more, for being tall can bring problem. We all have problems and my tall friends in the US are often asked if they played US football or basket ball, or other inappropriate remarks. I do respect you for undertaking such a trip of both visiting Jundo and his family, and sight seeing. Good luck as you return to labor. I found that, though I was on disability insurance, as a young man, and into old age, I always worked, though university trained with 4 degrees, I was willing, and wanted to even empty trash, and clean public bathrooms to help out. No work is below the honest man.
Tai Shi
sat
Gassho

[Jundo]

I would also like to again thank all the donors who helped make parts of Kyonin's trip possible, and my ability to accompany him a few places. I am pleased to report that, with your help, we kept within the budget and there were no surprises.

He could not have made the pilgrimage without you.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Geika]

I loved the pictures! Welcome back home! Although, from my end... you didn't really go anywhere... hmmm

Also... Cyberdyne??? O_O

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Washin]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CpDduexhy7kB7y2t6

Those photos are beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Kyonin

Gassho
Washin
ST

[Seishin]

So thankful to you for sharing your experiences and glad you have returned home safe and sound. Some wonderful pictures in that link that you will be able to treasure for eternity.

Sat

[Shokai]

Kyonin;
This has got to be by far the best impersonation of Bodhidharma (Daruma) That I have ever seen.

Bodhikyoni.jpg

Are you sure you're not a reincarnation of the Master himself ??

gassho,Shokai
stlah

[Byokan]

I selected some of the best pictures and little videos and put them in an album. I still have to organize it, but If you want to take a look, go a head

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CpDduexhy7kB7y2t6

Thank you Kyonin! Oh my gosh, yes, spot-on Daruma impression! Which one is you??

Taigu and Jundo smiling together ...

Gassho
Byōkan
sat + lah

[Nenka]

I scrolled through this whole thread with my husband. He particularly got a kick out of the "Star Trek" picture of Kyonin and Jundo at that ...uh....pod hotel. He said, "Oh! You're all a bunch of nerds!" I don't know how he didn't figure that out sooner.

Gassho

Nenka

ST

[Kyonin]

Hi guys,

I made a little video about my experience in Antaiji. It's not a dharma talk at all, just me chatting away for a few minutes.



But if you want a better narration about how it is to sit sesshin in Antaji, what better way than to read Uchiyama Roshi explaining in detail. I had that experience and then some because abbot Muho had made some modifications. If you have the book Opening the Hand of Thought, go to Chapter 4.

https://books.google.com.mx/books?id...page&q&f=false

Soon I'll make another video about my experience in Eiheiji and the typhoon!

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Kotei]

That sounds pretty intense... ;-)
Thank you for your video!
Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Onka]

Hi guys,

I made a little video about my experience in Antaiji. It's not a dharma talk at all, just me chatting away for a few minutes.



But if you want a better narration about how it is to sit sesshin in Antaji, what better way than to read Uchiyama Roshi explaining in detail. I had that experience and then some because abbot Muho had made some modifications. If you have the book Opening the Hand of Thought, go to Chapter 4.

https://books.google.com.mx/books?id...page&q&f=false

Soon I'll make another video about my experience in Eiheiji and the typhoon!

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Brilliant stuff Kyonin!
I have long dreamt of doing a long retreat and always enjoyed reading stories of monks and nuns who live as hermits. Your feedback of doing Sesshin at Antaiji with Muho is very welcome.
I don't think I'll ever get the chance to do a pilgrimage to Japan but I definitely see some long retreats on my own in the future despite my physical limitations.
I look forward to watching the Eiheiji video and participating in the upcoming Treeleaf Rohatsu retreat.
Gassho
Anna
st

[Heisoku]

Thanks Kyōnin
I know how a flat zafu can really be painful, after mine flattened slowly over a 3 day retreat. It’s now got a cover and is used on a footstool.
Look forward to hearing about Eiheiji.
Gassho
Heisoku
Stlah


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[Tairin]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us Kyonin.


Tairin
Sat today and lah