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  • Kyonin
    Dharma Transmitted Priest
    • Oct 2010
    • 6748

    Sometimes it's summer

    The other day I walked through a corn field, which is rare because I live in a big city. Still, in the outskirts there is this corn field.

    The field painted that moment in bright green of the leaves nurturing with sun. Moist from the ground held the plants firmly, and at the same time, the plants told the story of millions of living beings that gave their lives in oder to keep Life going on.

    Each grain of corn heralded infinite possibilities to build the present and to feed other beings, to keep on nurturing other beings.

    This corn field is the highest point of the evolution of all the universes, in a moment that now is only a memory.

    My silence and awe were broken with my tears. I may be the only fool that cries when passing through a corn field.

    All I could whisper was: A veces es verano (sometimes it's summer).

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    Sat/LAH
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍
  • martyrob
    Member
    • Jul 2015
    • 142

    #2
    "Sometimes it is Summer"

    Thank you, Kyonin for that beautiful vignette.
    Sometimes the miracle of creation catches us unawares and we confront that for which only tears can be the appropriate response.
    What a blessing!

    Wishing you well, dear Kyonin.

    Martyn

    Sat today.


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    • Jakuden
      Member
      • Jun 2015
      • 6141

      #3
      [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]
      Deep bows dear brother!
      [emoji274][emoji943][emoji535]❤️

      Gassho
      Jakuden
      SatToday/LAH


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      • Mp

        #4
        Thank you Kyonin ... lovely. It reminds me of this little poem.

        Spring comes
        Grass grows
        All by itself

        Gassho
        Shingen

        Sat/LAH

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        • Tairin
          Member
          • Feb 2016
          • 2864

          #5

          Tairin
          Sat today
          泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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          • Shokai
            Dharma Transmitted Priest
            • Mar 2009
            • 6422

            #6


            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/

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            • Jundo
              Treeleaf Founder and Priest
              • Apr 2006
              • 40770

              #7
              ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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              • Joyo

                #8
                Thank you, Kyonin!! I'm so glad you shared this.

                Gassho,
                Joyo
                sat today/lah

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                • Shinshi
                  Senior Priest-in-Training
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 3729

                  #9
                  Just beautiful Kyonin. Thank you for sharing that moment, and for making it seem so real in your description.

                  Gassho, Shinshi

                  SaT-LaH
                  空道 心志 Kudo Shinshi

                  For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.
                  ​— Shunryu Suzuki

                  E84I - JAJ

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                  • Troy
                    Member
                    • Sep 2013
                    • 1318

                    #10
                    [emoji1374]thank you


                    Sat2day

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                    • Washin
                      Senior Priest-in-Training
                      • Dec 2014
                      • 3810

                      #11


                      Washin
                      sat/lah
                      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'.

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                      • Souchi
                        Member
                        • Jan 2017
                        • 324

                        #12
                        Thanks

                        Gassho,
                        Souchi

                        SatToday

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