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  • Seiko
    Novice Priest-in-Training
    • Jul 2020
    • 1077
    #1

    When life changes your plans

    Please excuse me running long.

    With all the best intentions, sometimes life doesn't work out the way we planned. This message is not teaching of course, as I am merely a novice, but I do hope anyone here who couldn't join Rohatsu 'live' will take some comfort from knowing you are not alone.

    My contribution to Rohatsu was small but I am thankful that I recorded it, as it was impossible to attend live. My wife had double-booked us for babysitting two of the grandchildren, so we had a 3 year old and her 7 year old sister all weekend. The 3 year old wakes four or five times during the night (as fresh as a daisy) and wants a long chat each time. During the day, she does nothing you ask her to do and everything you ask her not to. Because of this, the other grandparents will only have her for an afternoon, never overnight. The girls stayed for 3 days and nights. So that's how my Rohatsu looked.

    Today my brain is mush and my body is jelly. I am going gently to try to ward off another ME/CFS relapse.

    I will gradually catch up on sleep, then on my own little YouTube Rohatsu. I hope you can too.

    Peace and Love.

    Gasshō
    Seiko
    stlah
    Gandō Seiko
    頑道清光
    (Stubborn Way of Pure Light)

    My street name is 'Al'.

    Any words I write here are merely the thoughts of an apprentice priest, just my opinions, that's all.
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    • Kokuu
      Dharma Transmitted Priest
      • Nov 2012
      • 6871
      #2
      That sounds like an incredible weekend of practice, Seiko! Thank you for your recorded contribution to Rohatsu. Many people in the sangha have to practice around work and family commitments and Rohatsu is often not exempt from that.

      Please take it easy today.

      Gassho
      Kokuu
      -notsatyettodaybutsatalotyesterday!-

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        • Jundo
          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
          • Apr 2006
          • 40713
          #3
          The 3 year old wakes four or five times during the night (as fresh as a daisy) and wants a long chat each time. During the day, she does nothing you ask her to do and everything you ask her not to. Because of this, the other grandparents will only have her for an afternoon, never overnight. The girls stayed for 3 days and nights. So that's how my Rohatsu looked.
          That is the perfect Rohatsu Retreat! Wonderful.

          Yes, it may explain why the Buddha and Dogen kept their Sangha as no-kid-zones, but that is not how we roll at Treeleaf.

          Lovely. 3 and 7 year old Buddhas.

          Gassho, Jundo

          stlah
          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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            • Washin
              Senior Priest-in-Training
              • Dec 2014
              • 3804
              #4
              Thank you for sharing your beautiful Rohatsu retreat experience, Seiko.

              Gassho
              Washin
              Sat/Lah

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              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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