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  • Kukai Myoe
    • Nov 2024

    Introduction

    Hello everyone.(Never been good at introductions. :roll: ) My name is Kukai* & I am just another e-sangha refugee. :lol: I just joined after learning of Treeleaf Zendo due to the Sutra thumping melodrama.

    My own background is based in several paths. Hinduism, Sufi, Unitarianism, & Buddhism. Primarily though, my training was in the Sufi tradition with my teachers, Shaykh Nur al-Jerrahi (Lex Hixon) & Shaykha Fariha of the Ashki-Jerrahi Sufi Order. Shaykh Nur practiced several faiths including Buddhism. So, my interest in Dharma really sprang from his writings & inspiration. My practice has been primarily Shingon-shu, but I am eager to learn more of Soto-shu. Looking forward to meeting everyone, & beginning the daily practice here. Gassho.

    -Kukai

    *My birth name is James. So you can call either James, Kukai, Myoe or hey you. I'm flexible. :lol:
  • Shohei
    Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 2854

    #2
    Hi and Welcome!

    Gassho
    Dirk

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    • will
      Member
      • Jun 2007
      • 2331

      #3
      Hey you. Welcome.

      Gassho Will
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      To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
      To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
      To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
      To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
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      • Ten
        Member
        • Nov 2007
        • 34

        #4
        Hey Kukai!

        Welcome to TZF. I'm new here myself.

        Best wishes!

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        • Undo
          Member
          • Jun 2007
          • 495

          #5
          Hola

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          • Ankai
            Treeleaf Unsui
            • Nov 2007
            • 996

            #6
            Hi! Have some tea!
            Gassho!
            護道 安海


            -Godo Ankai

            I'm still just starting to learn. I'm not a teacher. Please don't take anything I say too seriously. I already take myself too seriously!

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            • Tony-KY
              Member
              • Nov 2007
              • 63

              #7
              Hi Kukai,


              I'm also a new member.


              Gassho,

              Tony

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              • Eika
                Member
                • Sep 2007
                • 806

                #8
                Hi and welcome!

                Bill
                [size=150:m8cet5u6]??[/size:m8cet5u6] We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life---John Cage

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                • Bansho
                  Member
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 532

                  #9
                  Hi,

                  Welcome aboard.

                  Gassho
                  Ken
                  ??

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                  • Kukai Myoe

                    #10
                    Thanks to everyone for the welcome. Gassho.

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                    • Rev R
                      Member
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 457

                      #11
                      Hey Kukai,

                      What part of Louisiana are you from? I grew up in Livingston Parish (Walker to be exact).

                      R

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                      • Fuken
                        Member
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 435

                        #12
                        Welcome aboard!

                        Gassho,
                        Jordan
                        Yours in practice,
                        Jordan ("Fu Ken" translates to "Wind Sword", Dharma name givin to me by Jundo, I am so glad he did not name me Wind bag.)

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                        • Dainin
                          Member
                          • Sep 2007
                          • 389

                          #13
                          Hey Kukai,

                          Welcome to Treeleaf!

                          Gassho,
                          Keith

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                          • Kukai Myoe

                            #14
                            Thanks. I really like the community & approach here.

                            Rev. R,

                            I live in Lafayette right by the University. Livingston Parish isn't far from here at all. Now the real irony is that you live in Baltimore. I used to live in the DC area myself. Specifically, Fairfax, Va. and Silver Spring, Md. for about 20 years.

                            Life just gets stranger the older I get. lol

                            -Kukai

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                            • Rev R
                              Member
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 457

                              #15
                              I know a few people located around "The Flat"

                              I've been in Baltimore for about 5 years now. I kinda like having four seasons instead of two.

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