Chinese writing

[lora]

Hi,

I'm curious, what do the Chinese characters on the Treeleaf page mean?

Thanks,
Lora

[AlanLa]

Re: Chinese writing

Yeah, now that you mention it, I've been wondering that, too.

[Shohei]

Re: Chinese writing

I asked Jundo this a while back,and think the answer was
Tree leaf

Gassho
Dirk

[lora]

Re: Chinese writing

Thanks, Dirk, that seems obvious now!

Many Blessings, Lora

[Jundo]

Re: Chinese writing

Hi,

That is Nishijima Roshi's writing ... Konoha Zendo (Treeleaf Zendo).

Those characters will also soon be carved into a wood panel over the door of our small sitting hall at Treeleaf Tsukuba.

Gassho, Jundo

PS- Chinese/Japanese characters are just one of the cultural "decorations" of Zen we were talking about on another thread ... although the practice of just writing them is quite great.

I think many of you have seen this video of Nishijima Roshi engaged in his writing ... but please have a look if not ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1989726504

[lora]

Re: Chinese writing

Thanks, Jundo.

Many Blessings,
Lora

[lora]

Re: Chinese writing

Hi,

Watched the video. Images of penmanship, tea, Master at work. Very peaceful.

Thanks.

Lora