TRAVEL DIARY: DHARMA TRACKS Across AMERICA (7/16-8/26) & WASHINGTON RETREAT (8/9-14)

[Seimyo]

Deep-bows Dosho.

Seimyo

[Myosha]

Hey Dosho,

Here, there and everywhere. . . .

Thank you.


Gassho,
Myosha

[Rich]

Thanks Dosho. Your words really captured the experience.

Kind regards. /\

[Mp]

Deep bows to you Dosho ... when I read your words I truly felt them in my heart! Thank you for sharing this experience with us and thank you for being such a beautiful part of this sangha, this family! =)

Gassho
Shingen

[Yugen]

Dosho,
I bow deeply to you with love, and great joy

Yugen

[Kyotai]

Thank you Dosho.

Gassho, Shawn

[Shugen]

Gassho to you Dosho.

Shugen

[RichardH]

To all:

I just posted this to Facebook:

"The last 96 hours have witnessed some of the most profound moments of my entire life and there is no way I could do any justice to a description of those events right now. I am so mentally spent that in every moment I am either falling asleep or on the verge of tears (happy ones!). To everyone who was a part of that, whether in the flesh or in my thoughts, a sincere and humble thanks to you all. From Jundo and Leon, to my Canadian friends, to my family, to my sangha, and even to the toll takers and wait staff: Thank you all SO MUCH for being a part of it. If you have even the slightest idea of what I am writing about, trust me, you were a part of that experience. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, I love you all."

I dropped Jundo and Leon off at the train station this morning in a light rain before dawn. I don't know whether Jundo was just in a hurry or he found it as hard as I did to say goodbye, but if it had been any longer I would have started crying like a baby.

I truly do love you all and want you to know, with no exaggeration, you have saved my life.

In the coming days I will try to put more words to this experience, but for now that's all I can muster.

Deep bows.

Gassho,
Dosho

Hi Dosho... It was wonderful to meet you in Niagara. I enjoyed your company and really treasure our practice together. I was pretty pumped before you guys arrived. This has been a turning point for me in this crazy sangha of misfits (like me).

Deep bows

Daizan

[Jundo]

Hey Guys,

I had a lovely visit and a few moments of Zazen with Gina, our old regular at the Zazenkais in Tsukuba. She is now working at the UN as part of the delegation, alhough just a temporary internship. Wow, sounds exciting! She says "hi" to all.

Richard/Oheso who was to join us suddenly was detained at work. He sat with us in spirit.



Gassho, J

[Mp]

Lovely picture ... Nice to connect I bet Jundo and Gina. =)

Gassho
Shingen

[Kyonin]

Nice to see you guys together! Is that NY?

Hi Gina!

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Jundo]

Yes, a bench in NY City.

Gassho, J

[Ed]

Hi Dosho... It was wonderful to meet you in Niagara. I enjoyed your company and really treasure our practice together. I was pretty pumped before you guys arrived. This has been a turning point for me in this crazy sangha of misfits (like me).

Deep bows

Daizan

I sit in wonder at this energy.
In deep gassho to Jundo and this sangha.

[Koshin]

Thank you Dosho, this is truly a great adventure

Gassho

[Dosho]

Very nice to see Gina again.

Yes, a bench in NY City.

I have taught you well!

Gassho,
Dosho

P.S. Here in New York (the state) you don't say New York when you are referring to the municipality, you say New York City.

P.P.S. No one besides us cares.