Stay at home, Watch at home #3

[Kokuu]

Dear all

I hope you are comfortably sheltering in place.

This is a short piece (but lovely, imo) of Jundo's teacher, Gudo Nishijima Roshi, talking with Gustav Ericsson in Tokyo 2005.




Deep bows
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Tairin]

Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Shokai]

Thank you Kokuu , I truly enjoy listening to our Dharma Grand father Nishijima Roshi.

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Jundo]

Nishijima Roshi was referring to the fact that, in Japan, Korea and some other places, traditionally a new born baby is born as "1 year old" at birth, and then a year is added with the Chinese (old lunar calendar) new year. (This way of counting is no longer followed in Japan, although it is in Korea).

https://www.90daykorean.com/korean-a...-is-korean-age

So, a baby born just a day, on the eve of the new year, would be "2" the next day!

This way of counting is of China origin, although not so common there now:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning

Of course, just as Zazen is the same for a 16 year old beginner or a (then) 86 year old Roshi, 1 year old or 100 years old or 1000 x 1000 years old is all the same.

Gassho, J

STLa

[Heiso]

Thanks for posting this Kokuu.

Gassho,

Heiso

StLah

[Washin]

Thank you Kokuu

Gassho
Washin
st-lah