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

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, I will sit in heart and then live with you on Thursday. =)

Happy travels.

Gassho
Shingen

[Daiyo]

I'll try to sit live but one-way if my parental duties allow me.
Camera and mic off.

For some stupid reason I haven't yet figured out. I don't feel comfortable being recorded.


Gassho,
Walter

[Dosho]

Jundo,

The Thursday one comes during dinnertime, but I should at least be there for a portion.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Sekishi]

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with Jundo and Leon. We toured a historical park that was both a working plantation and the site of a significant battle during the American Civil War (the end of the Siege of Petersburg) in which nearly two thousand lives were lost, and thousands more were injured.

The day was filled with moments ordinary and sublime. Ever present were those who toiled enslaved, those who suffered and died in a war six generations before, and those who are suffering and dying in wars in this moment. Victims of attachment to views, to greed, anger, and ignorance. Also present were the trees, grass, and flowers, sparrows, cardinals, and jays, innumerable insects both loud and quiet, finding homes in the ageing earthworks that one summer (not so long ago) were worth fighting and dying for. Life is. And it is tenacious.

We sat Zazen by a silent canon, on a restored earthworks. The earth beneath us was sun baked and extremely hot, my small mind turned it into a kind of minor hell (you can see it in my face, but not Jundo's). We sat with all sentient beings.

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Thank you to Jundo and Leon for a beautiful day. Thank you all for being part of this Sangha. Thank you to all sentient beings.

Deep bows,
Sekishi

[Nindo]

[Mp]

Wonderful picture Sekishi, thank you. =)

Gassho
Shingen

[Joyo]

That is a time when my kids are with me, so I will try and join, but may be interrupted somewhat.

Gassho,
Joyo

[Myosha]

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with Jundo and Leon. We toured a historical park that was both a working plantation and the site of a significant battle during the American Civil War (the end of the Siege of Petersburg) in which nearly two thousand lives were lost, and thousands more were injured.

The day was filled with moments ordinary and sublime. Ever present were those who toiled enslaved, those who suffered and died in a war six generations before, and those we are suffering and dying in wars in this moment. Victims of attachment to views, to greed, anger, and ignorance. Also present were the trees, grass, and flowers, sparrows, cardinals, and jays, innumerable insects both loud and quiet, finding homes in the ageing earthworks that were once worth fighting and dying for. Life is. And it is tenacious.

We sat Zazen by a silent canon, on a restored earthworks. The earth beneath us was sun baked and extremely hot, my small mind turned it into a kind of minor hell (you can see it in my face, but not Jundo's). We sat with all sentient beings.

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Thank you to Jundo and Leon for a beautiful day. Thank you all for being part of this Sangha. Thank you to all sentient beings.

Deep bows,
Sekishi

Saw the photo first and thought of the caption:


". . .here seen posing with 'Cannonballs-of-Peace'."

(the best kind of ammunition)


Thank you for the moment.


Gassho,
Myosha

[Jakudo]

Very nice! Thank you for sharing.
Gassho, Jakudo

[Koshin]

This is great, thank you

Gassho

[Dosho]

This is such an awesome time for the sangha! Thanks for sharing these moments Sekishi!

Gassho,
Dosho

[Byokan]

Just beautiful! Thank you Sekishi.
What an awesome photo

Gassho
Lisa

[Jundo]

Thank you, Sekishi, for a lovely day with Leon and me. Kannon-Canon.

Gassho, Jundo (on the train, about an hour from Risho and Grace in Tampa)

[RichardH]

Thank you, Sekishi, and thank you Jundo for making these amazing Dharma tracks.

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Gassho
Daizan

. . I recently read two accounts of Shiloh, and would like to go to the site one day.

[Jundo]

Please join our Zaqzenkai with Grace and Risho, about to begin ....

http://youtu.be/qDKiNb3kETM

Gassho, J