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  • Tomás ESP
    Member
    • Aug 2020
    • 575

    ARTS: A most meaningful gift for my 30th birthday

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    Got this gift for my 30th birthday last week from my dear aunt Susanne. It’s a Crabapple tree. A flock of Robin red breasts came in January to eat the remains of the red berries (In Vermont, not in Barcelona). The whole scene and Dogen’s message are profoundly meaningful to me and I just wanted to share it. It reminds me of this quote:

    “Birth is an expression complete this moment. Death is an expression complete this moment. They are like winter and spring. You do not call winter the beginning of spring, nor summer the end of spring.”

    Gassho, Tomás
    Sat&LaH

    Sorry for going over 3 sentences.
    Last edited by Tomás ESP; 02-25-2022, 02:47 PM.
  • Doshin
    Member
    • May 2015
    • 2641

    #2


    Nice. Happy Birthday.

    Doshin
    St

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    • Tairin
      Member
      • Feb 2016
      • 2828

      #3
      Happy Birthday Tomás
      泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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      • Nengei
        Member
        • Dec 2016
        • 1696

        #4
        This is beautiful! What a wonderful, thoughtful gift. Happy birthday, Tomás!

        Gassho,
        然芸 Nengei
        Sat today. LAH.
        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.

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        • Jundo
          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
          • Apr 2006
          • 40466

          #5
          Zen folks do not quite believe in time, or even in "birth" for that matter. And yet, here you are!

          Happy Non-Birthday!



          Gassho, J

          STLah
          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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          • Anchi
            Member
            • Sep 2015
            • 556

            #6



            Life itself is the only teacher.
            一 Joko Beck


            STLah
            安知 Anchi

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            • Kokuu
              Dharma Transmitted Priest
              • Nov 2012
              • 6847

              #7
              What a beautiful gift! A belated Happy Birthday to you, Tomás!

              Gassho
              Kokuu
              -sattoday-

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              • Bokugan
                Member
                • Dec 2019
                • 435

                #8
                Originally posted by Tomás ESP
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                Got this gift for my 30th birthday last week from my dear aunt Susanne. It’s a Crabapple tree. A flock of Robin red breasts came in January to eat the remains of the red berries (In Vermont, not in Barcelona). The whole scene and Dogen’s message are profoundly meaningful to me and I just wanted to share it. It reminds me of this quote:

                “Birth is an expression complete this moment. Death is an expression complete this moment. They are like winter and spring. You do not call winter the beginning of spring, nor summer the end of spring.”

                Gassho, Tomás
                Sat&LaH

                Sorry for going over 3 sentences.
                Lovely gift!

                Happy belated bday [emoji120]

                Gassho,

                Bokugan
                SatToday LaH
                墨眼 | Bokugan | Sumi Ink Eye
                Ryan-S | zazenlibrarian.com

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                • Tomás ESP
                  Member
                  • Aug 2020
                  • 575

                  #9
                  Thank you all

                  Gassho, Tomás
                  Sat&LaH

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