Much Metta to you and your mother, Kakunen.
Gassho
Much Metta to you and your mother, Kakunen.
Gassho
Life itself is the only teacher.
一 Joko Beck
STLah
安知 Anchi
Jundo thank you.
I stay cafe at near hospital(is at Aoto Katsushika)
I can not sleep.Because doctor and nurse come so many time,and ask lots of things.
I sleep sofa at hospital,but my aunt who live in Nagareyama(She is good cooker),
making Bento(meal for me),and also head monk at my home temple(who live near
hear) help me,so I take bath at there.
I always contact with them,if I am so far from there.
I know,WE ALL HELP EATCH OTHER,when we are at special situation like this time.
I always think about my roots,My father's root IWATE,and My mother's roots TOKYO.
I think Japan is safe country.
I think very important things right now.
Ukraine and Israel.
They now suffer right now,difficult to keep roots place.Also US.
This is my practice,because I will go to Europe and help lots of people.
Anyway,I need to sleep,If nurse come to me,I need to keep condition.
Gassho
Sat today
Kakunen
Much metta. We are sitting with your mother, you and your family in our hearts.
Gassho
Bobby
SatTodayLAH
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Just Sit
Sending much metta to you and your mother, Kakunen
Gassho,
Dan
ST/LAH
Sitting with you and metta for your mother, Kakunen. Lots of wise words said here.
Indeed, sometimes life hits you hard and you can't change anything about it.
You just go on doing the stuff needed. Wish you a lot of strength...
Gassho
Washin
stlah
Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
----
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'.
Hi
In early morning at Japan.4AM
Thank you for your support.
I am very grad,I can feel you,all of you from a distance.
Condition of my mother getting better,I hope.
But not so easy.
When my uncle passed away at this February,I was Sesshin at Toshoji.
I can not meet him.He is my father's old brother.I can remember memory.
My father was famous designer in Japan.But he always drunk alcohol.
So my father make so big problem,he supported me.
Also my mother make big problem,because she also designer.
But lots of people supported me,as right now.
Yesterday,I went near river,I can not stop crying,and feel I want to die at river.
But I will go back to Tenryuji,fukui tomorrow.
I have roll,to change my flow of life from ancestors.
I will go,I will go.
My uncle(my mother's younger brother will come back from Tohoku today midnight.
I want to sleep,rest,zazen.
Hope to your peace and stop war.
Peace will come,war will end.
If you will know truth,we are all support by all nature.
I will sit today.
Please sit with me.
THANK YOU FROM JAPAN.
I can remember this song.
Staying these road,this song about life.from Norway.
I have a blood of artist,so I want sing.Like my sister.(I call her sister,
but she is cousin)
She is singer.
http://hirafune-musik.net/gallery.html
Gassho
sat
kakunen
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Sending metta
Gassho
Risho
-stlah
Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com
Sitting with you, Kakunen.
May all beings be healthy and at ease through all their ills.
Gassho
Sat, lah
求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
We're all in the same river but in different boats, Kakunen. We can find ourselves a common direction, a safer route together, but we still have to row our boat ourselves.
Keep rowing!
Gassho.
Sat today.
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If you will know truth,we are all support by all nature.
gassho
ds sat & lah
Visiting unsui: use salt
BeautifulIf you will know truth,we are all support by all nature.
I will sit with you
gassho,Shokai
stlah
合掌,生開
gassho, Shokai
仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai
"Open to life in a benevolent way"
https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/
Metta to you, Kakunen, to your mother, and to all who suffer. Bows to those who work to alleviate that suffering, whether aunties, teachers, friends, or strangers.
Sitting with you.
Gassho.
((st))
東西 - Tōsei - East West
there is only what is, and it is all miraculous
Much metta to you and your family Kakunen. A deep bow to your mother and all mothers. Sitting with you.
Gassho
Matthew
Sat today and lent a hand
I am sorry that you are going through this, it is a very difficult situation. Best wishes to your mother and to you. Thank you for sharing
Sat today,
Chō Boku
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Metta to you Kakunen, sitting with you for peace and for metta to all beings who suffer.
Gassho,
Kaisui
sat
Thank you all.
I come back from Fukui Tenryuji this morning.
Lots of people,also you support me.
I am not sure,my mother will recovery at past time.But she sleep in bed.
And Uncle and aunt support her.Also doctor.
I need to prepare about greeting tour of Hossehinshiki(Dharma combat celemony)
at end of this month.
I will try to do best.(No... better)
Anyway I sat today also.
And I try to sit tomorrow.Jundo give advide to me,so I ask head monk at Tenryuji.
I will start sit 5 AM(normally 4AM)
Life is most important,I realize at this time.
Please take care your body and mind,I also.
Season change winter to spring,high stress for us.
Hope to meet at next week,at Tsukuba Zendo.
Gassho
Kakunen
Sat today
Sending much Metta Kakunen, I will sit for you and keep you and your Mom in my thoughts. Take care.
Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH
Sending Metta Kakunen, be strong. Sitting for you and your family
sat for peace
Seishin
精 Sei - Meticulous
神 Shin - Heart
Hi brother Kakunen,
All this is also Buddha. May your mother be at peace.
Please let go of the past. All you have now is this moment to be with her. Just be a Buddha for her.
Sending a lot of metta and love for you.
Gassho,
Kyonin
Sat/LAH
Hondō Kyōnin
奔道 協忍
Keeping you in my thoughts, Kakunen. That must be terribly painful, especially with your difficult history with your mother. It is noble of you to visit her in her time of need.
Gassho,
Kaishin
Thanks,
Kaishin (開心, Open Heart)
Please take this layman's words with a grain of salt.
Hi
I talked last week at weekly Zazenkai.
I talked about my practice,I was at Jouman-ji for 6 years ago.
Master Keizan's 1st temple Joumanji,have gread tradition.
And I really big respect to head monk Koya Tamura.
I learned lots of things from him.
I try to share video about Jouman-ji.
In Japanese,but you can see so beautiful temple,I think.
I try to write about practice at Jouman-ji,later.
And again,I try to share Koya's English talk later.
Gassho
Sat Lah
Kakunen
English talk from head monk Koya
My heart is always with him.
And I was big influenced by him,so my talk is like him I think.
Buddhism is normally teached from teacher to student.
And student become teacher.
This is the way of Soto style.I respect this style.
He can speak English well,so many people from overseas to practice at there.
I also practice Antaiji.Zen is all around world.
禅は世界に広がっています。私はとてもうれしいです。
Gassho
合掌
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I actually saw him sit zazen for 2 hours continuously!! Absolutely lovely!!! Thanks for sharing, brother!!
Sat Today
Bion
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When you put Buddha’s activity into practice, only then are you a buddha. When you act like a fool, then you’re a fool. - Sawaki Roshi
Thank you for sharing Kakunen.
Deep Bows.
Sat for peace.
Seishin
精 Sei - Meticulous
神 Shin - Heart
Hello Kakunen,
Jouman-ji looks like a truly beautiful setting for practice, and I agree with what Koya said. Thank you for sharing these videos with us and keeping us informed of your travels.
Gassho,
然芸 Nengei
Sat today. LAH.
Bion
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When you put Buddha’s activity into practice, only then are you a buddha. When you act like a fool, then you’re a fool. - Sawaki Roshi
Nice talk by Koya
Sat/lah
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Hi
I will write detail after,but I try to prepare to write book.
BAD MONK KAKUNEN in JAPAN.
I share video of Hossen-shiki(Dharma combat) in Tosho-ji,at past time.
(Somebody uploaded)
I wanted to do Hossen-shiki at Jouman-ji or Tosho-ji.
(As I talked 1st April Zazen-kai)
This video is kind of real Hossen-shiki.When I was at Tosho-ji,nobody
knows meaning of Hossen-shiki.But in this video Shuso(1st place of
trainee monk do lots of mistake in her motion.About 14min at video
she drop important stick at floor,this is so big mistake at Japan.
But I need think,meaning of Hossen-shiki.
I am Japanese,but in Japan I sometimes treat as strange monk.
Because I like to sit Zazen for peace.But lots of monks in Japan,do not sit Zazen.
So..?in Japanese,I can not almost find real place for practice.
But Tosho-ji and Jouman-ji is good temple.Also I practiced good temple,I feel.
(When I was at Tosho-ji 2021,because of Covid,western monk is not there(Almost)
Like that,for me lots of case difficult to be accepted at Japanese temple.
So I went to lots of temple to find my main teacher.
I went to there,in all temples I practice with western.
Some Japanese monks is good monk.But I was refused at lots of temples.
But for me very possitive to do journey with such experiences.
I do not decide to write book,because in Japanese lots of temple feel
kind of criticism for them.
I try to think about theme at here,if you allow.
I have possibility to delete this page,because sometimes like this is
very dangerous for me.
Sat LAH
gassho
kakunen
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Beautiful setting, thank you for sharing Kakunen
Gassho, Tomás
Sat
Can't wait to read it!
Gassho, Shinshi
SaT-LaH
空道 心志 Kudo Shinshi
I am just a priest-in-training, any resemblance between what I post and actual teachings is purely coincidental.
E84I - JAJ
Looking forward to reading the book!
Gassho
Washin
stlah
Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
----
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'.
Most interested!
Why bad?
Gassso,
Greg
ST
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Jukai '09 Dharma Name: Shinko 慎重(Prudent Calm)
I think we should start a clothing line and call it BAD MONK.
Gassho,
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.
Been done.
"Bad monk" is actually often a good monk who, in his or her humanity and imperfection, can never be a perfect monk, can never meet all the high standards of a story-book monk, sometimes trips and stumbles and acts too human ... but is thus an excellent monk as a result. Many of the greatest teachers like Kodo Sawaki were such "bad monks."
Gassho, J
STLah
ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
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遜道念芸 Sondō Nengei (he/him)
Please excuse any indication that I am trying to teach anything. I am a priest in training and have no qualifications or credentials to teach Zen practice or the Dharma.
We Buddhists try not to speak about "Bad people," but rather, about sentient beings who, because of the disease of Greed, Anger and Ignorance, sometimes act badly.
Also, there is a difference between a "Bad Monk" who maybe oversleeps sometimes for a Ceremony, has a beer too many, spills pasta sauce on his Kesa ... and one who pillages, commits bank robberies and sets arson fires. The former is a "bad monk" who we can foregive as human ... the latter should not be a monk at all, but maybe in prison.
Gassho, J
STLah
ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
"The best horse will run slow and fast, right and left, at the driver's will, before it sees the shadow of the whip; the second best will run as well as the first one does, just before the whip reaches its skin; the third one will run when it feels pain on its body; the fourth will run after the pain penetrates to the marrow of its bones. You can imagine how difficult it is for the fourth one to learn how to run!
"In your very imperfections you will find the basis for your firm, way-seeking mind. So I think that sometimes the best horse may be the worst horse, and the worst horse can be the best one." - Suzuki Roshi
求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
I would really like to read this book, Kakunen. I think you have a lot of interesting stories to tell, and it is especially good to hear of the experiences of someone who ordained and is training leter in life than might be usual for a monk.
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-
Hi
I find this page.
When I was at Antai-ji at 2015
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-Antaiji/page4
When I was at Jouman-ji at 2016
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...Jyomanji/page6
This is what I talked at Zazenkai at 1st April at Treeleaf at my talk.
As I write at here.I want to write,but maybe for me impossible to write only my
memory.I need your help and Jundo.
I can remember,if I check this story,scribe at here.
Anyway, I could not talk and write English.
And I did not know real,kind of meaning of Zazen,Shikantaza.
If I will publish my book Bad monk Kakunen.
Maybe written with Jundo and TREELEAF SANGHA.
Please check again old thread.I will try to check also.
I also find video at Antaiji,uproad by Mr,K.(Now Kakunen)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dxHqC5Zu4kE
From Mr,K
Kakunen
Gassho
Sat LAH
Last edited by Kakunen; 04-11-2022 at 11:34 AM.
Hi
I just little bit check my scribe when I was at Jouman-ji and Antai-ji.
Jundo,Shingen,Kyonin,Sekishi and lots of Dharma friends write at there.
When I talked at Dharma-talk at this
Sekishi told me,we started same period at Treeleaf.
I can remember the looooo...ng history of our practice.
With you.IN INTERNET.
I think this is what Jundo said.
Our Sangha is real.(Sorry if I wrong my memory,when I met him,he said such like so)
And also I am very grad.
Please see Jouman-ji home page.Head monk Koya in Joman-ji Japan.
http://jomanji.web.fc2.com/index_e.html
at here.
He scribe
ENGLISH, KOREAN and FRENCH instructions available.
LONG TERM STAY welcomed.
People of all religions welcomed.
We hope our guest becomes a real Buddha, a person of peace.
And now I am at Tenryu-ji at Fukui Japan.Also have HP
http://tenryuji.net/about.html
Sorry in Japanese.
Scribe as
天龍寺では経験、性別、年齢、国籍、宗教を問わずどなたでも、また長期間短期間いずれの
参禅も受け入れています。
Tenryu-ji accept all person.
All experience,all sex,all age,all country,all religion.
Long time,and short time stay all welcome.
----
I think this is what Jundo said at Treeleaf Sangha.
I am little bit tired.In these days.
So I try to write later more.
But I realize,Buddha try to help all...llll being.
Gassho
Sat today
LAH
kakunen
Last edited by Kakunen; 04-11-2022 at 11:39 AM.
FYI
Jundo said,all member know,but.
This Jundo is so young..!
I want to go back my home Treeleaf.
合掌
Kakunen Cohen.
Last edited by Kakunen; 04-11-2022 at 11:43 AM.
And final today.
Fat Mr,K(kakunen)
Good night.
Kakunen
Hi Everyone.
Is this good picture for Bad monk Kakunen?
Picture with Master Kodo Sawaki.
https://monkkakunen.blogspot.com/202...er-sawaki.html
Or picture with my son.
https://monkkakunen.blogspot.com/202...th-my-son.html
Which is better?
Or another bad picture need?
Gassho
Sat today
Kakunen