Do We Need A Mokuhyo (or Moktak)

[Risho]

Ha! I saw your previous post earlier and genuinely said to myself (in your voice) : “and yet.. and yet… “ [emoji23]

[emoji1374] SatToday

I have a few buddhas and a kuan-yin gifted to me so it's not my fault!

Tairin - I know you feel. I was just thinking how I'd like to get a more Japanese style buddha statue and a mokugyo actually looks beautiful and it's a useful tool. So I don't have a lot but it would be cool. hahahah

Gassho

Risho
-stlah

[Bion]

I have a few buddhas and a kuan-yin gifted to me so it's not my fault!

Tairin - I know you feel. I was just thinking how I'd like to get a more Japanese style buddha statue and a mokugyo actually looks beautiful and it's a useful tool. So I don't have a lot but it would be cool. hahahah

Gassho

Risho
-stlah

I use the mokugyo daily. I find it useful for chanting [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] SatToday

[Guest]

I use the mokugyo daily. I find it useful for chanting [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] SatToday

We are using it often too in Chanting and Zazen Circle, mostly with Hannya Shingyo and HAKUIN ZENJI ZAZEN WASAN, and sometimes with Enmei Juku Kannon Gyo.

Yuki (雪)
Sat today

[Bion]

Do We Need A Mokuhyo (or Moktak)

We are using it often too in Chanting and Zazen Circle, mostly with Hannya Shingyo and HAKUIN ZENJI ZAZEN WASAN, and sometimes with Enmei Juku Kannon Gyo.

Yuki (雪)
Sat today

You put it to good use and keep it busy! [emoji3526] [emoji1374]

[emoji1374] SatToday

[Jakuden]

Hi Talib! Good to see you back here! You and I joined Treeleaf around the same time.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Rousei]

Our Zendo and my house are filled with little Buddha statues, bells, incense burners and other stuff ... mokugyo too.

I very rarely see Gautama Buddha figures about. I often see bodhisattvas and laughing buddha. I have been on the look out for a nice Gautama buddha statue!

There is a fine balance I go for, I look out for but I don't seek. If I see things I want i think my karma has ripened, and if the price is right I'll get it. Otherwise maybe I need to do more metta, get my karma back in align. I don't cling to these desires. Besides I like to keep my possessions pretty minimal.

Here in Ishikawa Bodhidharma daruma dolls are everywhere though.

[Jundo]

I very rarely see Gautama Buddha figures about. I often see bodhisattvas and laughing buddha. I have been on the look out for a nice Gautama buddha statue!

There is a fine balance I go for, I look out for but I don't seek. If I see things I want i think my karma has ripened, and if the price is right I'll get it. Otherwise maybe I need to do more metta, get my karma back in align. I don't cling to these desires. Besides I like to keep my possessions pretty minimal.

Here in Ishikawa Bodhidharma daruma dolls are everywhere though.

Most seated Buddhas I see are actually Amida Buddha, which one can generally tell from the Zazen mudra in which the hands, with backs of the fingers are touching, is a bit different from our Zazen mudra which is what Shakyamuni uses generally.

But it is fine. Our Buddha in the Tsukuba Zendo may actually have originally been Amida, but I cannot tell because the body is so beat up and worn away. Buddha is a Buddha is a Buddha ...

Gassho, J

STLah

[Seibu]

I wonder if the Motak is more tender than the Mokugyo. I mean I soaked that think in salt water for hours, and it's still pretty tough to chew. Definitely not my favorite fish; I'd go with Salmon.

Happy Thursday

Gassho

Risho
-stlah

Gassho,
Seibu
Will sit right away/lah