Tornado in Tsukuba

[Jundo]

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Thank you, everyone. This is also serving (as did the earthquake and Tsunami last year) to bring our small community together. Folks in the town are signing up to take turns to go help with the cleanup.

Here are some photos of the damage to the town from the tornado. A few miles away, where we are, no damage at all. Such is life/fate/Karma ... the way the wind blows.







We sit for folks today.

Gassho, J

[Hogo]

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We sit for folks today. Gassho, J

Every day.

Sorry to hear this news for all affected, but also relieved to hear you and your family are well.
Gassho. Hogo.

[Gary]

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There I was stressing about my car breaking down, thank you Jundo for the reality check.
I sat for you guys last night and folk affected by natural disasters. You are all in my thoughts.

Gassho
Gary

[Rich]

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Glad to hear you are OK.
Will sit for everyone in Tsukuba,

[Eika]

Tornado in Tsukuba

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[murasaki]

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I am glad you and your family are alright, Jundo.

They say natural disasters everywhere are on the rise, and we can see this is so...possibly because they are a reflection of all of the turbulence inside human minds.

Gassho
Julia

[Jundo]

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I am glad you and your family are alright, Jundo.

They say natural disasters everywhere are on the rise, and we can see this is so...possibly because they are a reflection of all of the turbulence inside human minds.

Gassho
Julia

A famous Koan about Huineng, the 6th Ancestor ...

Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind. One said, "The flag moves." The other said, "The wind moves." They argued back and forth but could not agree.

The Sixth Ancestor said, "Dear sirs! It is not the wind that moves; it is not the flag that moves; it is your mind that moves." The two monks were struck with awe.

So, a big moving wind is mind. It is also air shifting between high and low pressure systems. It is also, as Dogen wrote in Shobogenzo Immo ...

“The matter is beyond the wind moving and beyond the banner moving: you are the Mind moving.” ... “Of course, your mind may move, but what is more, you yourselves,dear sirs, Move.” Why do we say it in this way? Because That which is moving is ‘Moving’, and because ‘you, dear sirs,’ means you, dear sirs.

Gassho, J

[Dojin]

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Jundo, Im glad to hear your family is well.
may the family of the boy who died have peace of mind.

Gassho, Dojin.

[ghop]

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Glad to hear you're ok Jundo and fam.

These pics remind me of the tornado that hit here last April. Had many friends who lost loved ones and homes. Nature has a way of reminding us how small we are. And how we need each other. Metta to all who suffer from storms, both inside and outside.

gassho
Greg