Dear All,
My Dharma Brother, Gustav Ericsson, who is both a Zen Teacher and a fully Ordained Priest in the Lutheran Church of Sweden ...
... will be visiting Japan in April and, I expect, will come for a visit with us to offer a guest Teaching here.
In the meantime, Gustav recently found and uploaded a few dozen short comments by our Teacher, Nishijima Roshi, on a variety of topics, in answer to some questions posed by Gustav many years ago:
They really give a nice feel for Nishijima's personality and special way of expressing things, and some of his ideas about Buddhism. Below are a sample. I call them the "Dish Rack Teachings" because Nishijima, then about 86 years old (he died at age 94 in January, 2014) had retired to a TINY apartment in a building for seniors, and made these recordings in the little kitchen sitting next to the sink.
He also had a bed, a Zafu, his priest Robes (he always sat in Kesa) and all his books for his translation work in that tiny place. Most of the short comments are 1 to 4 minutes long ...
Beginner's mind
Just Sit
Who am I?
Future optimism
Posture, Handicap and Zazen
more below ...
nishijimaportraitbw-207x300.jpg
My Dharma Brother, Gustav Ericsson, who is both a Zen Teacher and a fully Ordained Priest in the Lutheran Church of Sweden ...
... will be visiting Japan in April and, I expect, will come for a visit with us to offer a guest Teaching here.
In the meantime, Gustav recently found and uploaded a few dozen short comments by our Teacher, Nishijima Roshi, on a variety of topics, in answer to some questions posed by Gustav many years ago:
They really give a nice feel for Nishijima's personality and special way of expressing things, and some of his ideas about Buddhism. Below are a sample. I call them the "Dish Rack Teachings" because Nishijima, then about 86 years old (he died at age 94 in January, 2014) had retired to a TINY apartment in a building for seniors, and made these recordings in the little kitchen sitting next to the sink.
He also had a bed, a Zafu, his priest Robes (he always sat in Kesa) and all his books for his translation work in that tiny place. Most of the short comments are 1 to 4 minutes long ... Beginner's mind
Just Sit
Who am I?
Future optimism
Posture, Handicap and Zazen
more below ...
nishijimaportraitbw-207x300.jpg
aprapti
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