New Years Greetings from Treeleaf, Japan 2015

[Hotetsu]

Happy New Year everyone!

Gassho,
Scott

#SatToday

[Jika]

Jundo is like John Connor and speaks from the future!

Or he's like Star Trek IV, "Voyage Home", which was translated as "Zurück in die Gegenwart" [Back to the Present] as the German movie title.
So now, welcome to the present Present which is our Home!
Happy new Present 2015!

Gassho,
Danny
#satto... uhm, no, 'bout half a day ago.

[Joyo]

Happy New Year to all.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Daiyo]

Hi Danny, I used to study german for a couple of years. I always liked it.
I used to think it was because I love Die Toten Hosen, but I like German culture since I was a teen, with no logical explanation.
Many years after that, well into my 30's I knew I was adopted as a baby, and my biological mom was a german student or from a german (or at least german speaking) family who could not raise me and decided to give me away.
I cannot accurately describe the feeling I had when I was sent to Frankfurt Am Main for a work training.
When I landed there I felt home as never before, can not describe the feeling.
It lasted only 6 days, and I don't know when, but I'm sure I'll visit Germany again before I die.

Gassho (and sorry for the rant)
Walter.

#SatToday

[Jishin]

Happy New Year!

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Yugen]

Happy New Year and best wishes to all my dharma sisters and brothers at Treeleaf! Here's to a remarkable year together -

Deep bows
Yugen


#sat2day

[Anshu Bryson]

Best wishes for a wonderful New Year to Jundo and all at Treeleaf. This week has been a particularly sobering time here in Indonesia, with the Air Asia tragedy affecting so many and so starkly highlighting the impermanence of things. Much metta to all.

Gassho,

Bryson

sat today

[Tb]

Hi.

Happy new everyone.

May the force be with you
Fugen

#sat2day

[Kokuu]

Hi all

Happy New Year to everyone. Wishing 2015 to be a happy and peaceful year for all at Treeleaf and beyond.

Bryson, that is indeed no way anyone would want to begin another year. So sorry for everyone affected by the Air Asia tragedy.

Deep bows
Kokuu
#tooilltosittoday

[Daitetsu]

A Happy New Year to all of you, guys!
Hope you had a good start.

All the best,

Gassho,

Daitetsu


#sat2day

[Heisoku]

Happy New Year to everyone here at Treeleaf and also to friends at Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage.
May we all be well and happy.
Gassho
Heisoku

Sat today.

[Nindo]

Hi Danny, I used to study german for a couple of years. I always liked it.
I used to think it was because I love Die Toten Hosen, but I like German culture since I was a teen, with no logical explanation.
Many years after that, well into my 30's I knew I was adopted as a baby, and my biological mom was a german student or from a german (or at least german speaking) family who could not raise me and decided to give me away.
I cannot accurately describe the feeling I had when I was sent to Frankfurt Am Main for a work training.
When I landed there I felt home as never before, can not describe the feeling.
It lasted only 6 days, and I don't know when, but I'm sure I'll visit Germany again before I die.

Gassho (and sorry for the rant)
Walter.

#SatToday

Hi Walter,
thank you for sharing your story. (This was not a rant. A rant is when you speak in anger or frustration about something.) I had wondered why you are called Walter, but there are many families with German roots in Argentina, correct? Maybe it is not so uncommon?
I hope you can visit Germany again one day.

Gassho,
Nindo
sattoday

[Daiyo]

Thank you Nindo.
I misused the term rant, I meant the idle talk instead.
My family had not german ancestors, but italian, lebanese and argentinian ones.
I was called Walter after my dad's best friend.
At least that's what I were told when I asked.
It's not an uncommon name here, but neither very common like Pablo or Diego.

Gassho,
Walter.

#SatToday

[Jika]

Walter,
I like them too!

http://lospantalonesmuertos.blogspot.de/2009/11/alles-wird-vorubergehen.html

Alles wird vorübergehen.
Todo va a pasar.
Es wird alles mal vorübergehen.
Todo pasará alguna vez.

Die gute und die schwere Zeit - nichts bleibt jemals stehen.
Los tiempos buenos y los difíciles -nada jamás queda-.


Thank you for sharing.
Being an adopted child leaves many questions, much metta.
I hope you can visit again!
Imagine: When you and me are doing Shikantaza, we are in the same place! (though I can't tell if it's Frankfurt, never been there. But it probably is not NOT Frankfurt.)
Willkommen zuhause. (Welcome home.)

Gassho,
Danny
#sattoday

[Daiyo]

A nice song which relates to impermanence:
"Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit"

Sorry for the off-topic and hope you have all begun a beautiful year.

Gassho,
Walter.

#SatToday