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  1. #51
    Day4 Sesshin.


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    Lovely!

    Thank you, Kakunen.

    Gassho
    Kokuu
    -sattoday/lah-

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    Great photo's Kakunen.
    It sounds as though things are going well with you.
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  4. #54
    Finish 5 days Sesshin.



    I can see the sunshine at rainy season.

    Gassho
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    Kakunen


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kakunen View Post
    Finish 5 days Sesshin.



    I can see the sunshine at rainy season.

    Gassho
    Sat lah
    Kakunen


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    Thank you for your practice and sharing with us your experience.

    Gassho
    Washin
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    Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
    Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
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    I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
    and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

  6. #56

    How are you from Kakunen

    Changing practice place,with our nature.

    Farming.Like Antaiji...

    With nature,Jijiyu-Zanmai.



    I keep on practice,here and now.

    Gassho
    Sat Lah
    Kakunen


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  7. #57
    Kakunen, you are becoming like "Homeless Kodo" ... going from monastery to work in the farm field back to the monastery. Inspirational.

    Gassho, Jundo

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kakunen View Post
    Style of monk changed,but landscape don’t change.



    We need rice,water,cloud,mountain,and all being.

    I try to sit with them.

    Gassho
    Sat today Lah
    Kakunen


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    Thankyou mr.k, landscape don't change. I needed to hear this, things have been tough for me, and many others too.
    Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to feel these things, all is the same in dharma.

    Gassho
    SatToday
    LaH

  9. #59
    1month at here.

    Very hard work with nature.


    Keep on practicing at here.

    Gassho
    Sat Lah
    Kakunen


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    What vegetables are you making, Kakunen?

    Gassho, Jundo

    STLah
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    What vegetable is that Kakunen?
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    What vegetable is that Kakunen?
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    Looks like cabbage from here. It is cabbage season in Japan. I can tell in our farming neighborhood, by the eyes ... and by the nose!

    Gassho, J

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    Lots of vegetables!

    Cabbage,Lettuce,Tomato,Potato,Radish,Chinese Cabbage?白菜,Corn,Wheat,Pumpkin,and so on.

    Gassho
    Sat Lah
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kakunen View Post
    Lots of vegetables!

    Cabbage,Lettuce,Tomato,Potato,Radish,Chinese Cabbage?白菜,Corn,Wheat,Pumpkin,and so on.

    Gassho
    Sat Lah
    Kakunen


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    Summer day at here!

    1day holiday today.

    Keep on working,practicing .






    Gassho
    Sat today
    Lah
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    It is "Obon" in most of Japan, when many people usually return to their hometowns to be with family, as well as "Bon dancing" (obviously, all difficult and discouraged this year).

    It is a big Buddhist holiday here to remember the dead, but not so big among Zen groups in the west except among families of Japanese heritage. It is actually a time of ancestor remembrance, and to visit the graves of parents and grandparents.

    We do not celebrate the holiday in our Sangha, and have a day for remembering our family and friends who have passed in February ...

    https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ighlight=nehan

    ... but you may wish to take some time to remember them again this week.

    Here is some information about "Obon" (actually, there are two in Japan, one in July, but most people celebrate now in August):

    Obon [お盆] is the festival celebrated in Japan in mid-August, on the 15th. But the Obon festival season lasts for a few days, from the 13th to the 17th of the month, but different areas of Japan celebrate this festival on different days. It is the day to remember and honour the spirits of the ancestors. All the Japanese will visit their family and go to the graveyards’ of their families. Actually it can hardly be called a festival, it is a Buddhist tradition observed in Japan and in the other Buddhist nations as well. It is not an official national holiday, but many companies are closed down in Japan on those days, and the Japanese get together with all their family members. They believe that the souls of ancestors will come back and join them on this particular day.

    All the houses are thoroughly cleaned in advance to welcome the spirits, and foods such as vegetables, sweets and fruits are placed as offerings in front of the altars in houses and temples. Incenses will be burnt during these days in every house. Paper lanterns called chochin and flowers are used to decorate the houses and the butsuden. People will go to the graveyard of their relatives to invite the souls to come home with them, and this tradition is called Mukae-bon. ... During this festival, Bon Odori dance is performed accompanied with a special music and drums. All the people dress in kimonos or yukatas and dance on the stage. They normally form a circle and dance around a lamp or a lantern, and almost everyone in the crowd will join this dance. This is done to welcome the spirits and hence this dance is considered the dance for the spirits. These are usually held at parks, temples or shrines, adorned with countless paper lanterns. Some temples and shrines are famous for their festivals held during the obon season. Rokudo mairi is the practice in which people gather at the temples or shrines to call for their ancestral spirits.

    ... Nowadays, Obon is considered a time for the family reunion and, that aspect is more important than honouring the souls in the present day society. People working and living in urban areas, and those living far from their home and family, will be coming back to their homes and enjoying the family presence during these days.

    http://jpninfo.com/17480

    Bon Odori originates from the story of Maha Maudgalyayana (Mokuren), a disciple of the Buddha, who used his supernatural powers to look upon his deceased mother. He discovered she had fallen into the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and was suffering. Greatly disturbed, he went to the Buddha and asked how he could release his mother from this realm. Buddha instructed him to make offerings to the many Buddhist monks who had just completed their summer retreat, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. The disciple did this and, thus, saw his mother's release. He also began to see the true nature of her past selflessness and the many sacrifices that she had made for him. The disciple, happy because of his mother's release and grateful for his mother's kindness, danced with joy. From this dance of joy comes Bon Odori or "Bon Dance", a time in which ancestors and their sacrifices are remembered and appreciated.
    Bon Odori dance at a Soto Zen temple in Hawaii ...


    Gassho, J

    STLah

    PS - Yes, you may notice that Japanese Buddhism is a bit ambiguous about whether there are "souls" or "spirits" of the dead that can visit, a belief in souls and such that is not philosophically usually part of traditional Buddhism. It is more very ancient Japanese beliefs that became part of Japanese Buddhism, and the Zen and other Japanese Buddhist priests usually just let the question be ambiguous and celebrate Obon and welcome the spirits.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

  17. #67
    Very good to hear from you, Kakunen!

    _sTlaH

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    こんにちは!お元気ですか。I am great, spending a lot of time at home and enjoying the nice weather we´re having these days here in Spain. I´m mentally preparing to attend my first zazenkai tomorrow morning.

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    I try to uproad my video.




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