Kinhin

[Jundo]

Also, sesshin at Hui Neng’s temple? Amazing

And the 6th Ancestor is still there ... or, at least, most of him (it is said that the head was perhaps stolen and brought to Korea, and the mummy was attacked a few times during the centuries, most recently during China's Cultural Revolution) ... but they put him back together:



At various times in Zen history, this mummy became absolutely sacred in the Zen world, comparable to purported bits of the Crucifix or the Shroud of Turin in Christianity, felt to hold all kinds of powers. You can read a little about that on pages 175-76 here:

https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=kvQbsHHh4AoC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=huineng+mummy+cult+head++korea&source=bl&ots=CZzsFA-a0l&sig=ACfU3U0NipQ7McAi2iJtRhx6KsnbpKhZ5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitup_SgKv1AhVUIIgKHc7KAWQQ6AF6BAgUEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

When I go, please do mummify me ... and keep me in Bion's living room, next to the television.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Bion]

And the 6th Ancestor is still there ... or, at least, most of him (it is said that the head was perhaps stolen and brought to Korea, and the mummy was attacked a few times during the centuries, most recently during China's Cultural Revolution) ... but they put him back together:



At various times in Zen history, this mummy became absolutely sacred in the Zen world, comparable to purported bits of the Crucifix or the Shroud of Turin in Christianity, felt to hold all kinds of powers. You can read a little about that on pages 175-76 here:

https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=kvQbsHHh4AoC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=huineng+mummy+cult+head++korea&source=bl&ots=CZzsFA-a0l&sig=ACfU3U0NipQ7McAi2iJtRhx6KsnbpKhZ5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitup_SgKv1AhVUIIgKHc7KAWQQ6AF6BAgUEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

When I go, please do mummify me ... and keep me in Bion's living room, next to the television.

Gassho, J

STLah

I’ll put you right in the zendo, next to the Buddha, in between the portraits of Nishijima Roshi and Sawaki Roshi. Promise to also put a TV next to you.. [emoji1] (PS: please no haunting!!)

[emoji1374] Sat Today

[Ippo]

When I go, please do mummify me ... and keep me in Bion's living room, next to the television.

Gassho, J

STLah

By then, won't there by "holographic projections" and all kinds of kool stuff besides television? Jundo, maybe we should make you into a virtual projection instead? Pre-record different teaches and certain reminders when Bion does something bad ??

That would give a whole new dimension to timeless/spaceless/emptiness of who we are....

Gassho,

Ippo

SatToday

[Jundo]

And John, we all hope you are feeling a little better today ... and all our several members with the Covid today ...

Gassho, J

STLah

[Jundo]

By then, won't there by "holographic projections" and all kinds of kool stuff besides television? Jundo, maybe we should make you into a virtual projection instead? Pre-record different teaches and certain reminders when Bion does something bad ??

That would give a whole new dimension to timeless/spaceless/emptiness of who we are....

I probably have enough on youtube and such that I can be kept forever like William Shatner ...

Got a question for "Star Trek" actor William Shatner? You could see it answered in an interactive conversation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and using video responses that Shatner prerecorded.

This two-way conversational video platform was developed by StoryFile, and the company recently introduced the "conversation" with Shatner on its website as a way to commemorate the actor's 90th birthday this past spring. In the video, a jovial-looking Shatner sits in a room awaiting users' questions about his life and career, which can be posed as audio or text. Once Shatner is asked a question, the system swiftly selects an appropriate answer from the prerecorded options, providing the response in real time.

https://www.livescience.com/william-shatner-ai-chat

https://youtu.be/AEj2K4YzwiU

I will be able to answer questions about Kinhin hand position for centuries to come!

Gassho, J

STLah

[Amelia]

By then, won't there by "holographic projections" and all kinds of kool stuff besides television? Jundo, maybe we should make you into a virtual projection instead? Pre-record different teaches and certain reminders when Bion does something bad ??

You just livened up a repressed memory I have of a bad dream about one of my great grandfathers who had passed away when I was about 3 or 4... I dreamt that they mummified him and hooked him up to a soundbox and wires to make us able to communicate with him...

O_O

Gassho
Sat, lah

[Jundo]

You just livened up a repressed memory I have of a bad dream about one of my great grandfathers who had passed away when I was about 3 or 4... I dreamt that they mummified him and hooked him up to a soundbox and wires to make us able to communicate with him...

I will dedicate Zazen today to your great grandfather.

[Shokai]

Jundo; Is it time to make up the " Don't wait til they've gone, ask em now" Q&A list ??

合掌
stlah

[Jundo]

Jundo; Is it time to make up the " Don't wait til they've gone, ask em now" Q&A list ??

合掌
stlah

I think about everything has been asked around here at least 10x, but I am happy to keep answering as best I can ... in flesh and blood ... for a few more years.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Amelia]

I will dedicate Zazen today to your great grandfather.

Thank you and perhaps that will rest the spirit of the scary dream memory

Gassho
Sat, lah

[Onrin]

Fascinating video of the Chinese temple, and now I know what exactly I'm doing on my on trots around the Tsukuba countryside.
Gassho,
Chris