Chanting & Zazen Circle (Mo thru Sa)

[Guest]

Hi everybody !

Seiko, it’s a great news! We miss you here, as you can guess. And all is going well for me and my family. Fires and heat waves are in the opposite part of Canada. In Quebec, actually, it’s cool and sometimes cold.

Will be back from camping next Monday, friends !

See you soon !

Yuki 雪

Sat less than 20 hours ago… I hope it count for a Treeleaf Sat Today

[Anchi]

Bonjour Yuki,

Tu nous manques, comme tu le sais

À bientôt !

Gassho

[Seiko]

Good morning compadres, I hope all are well and full of beans today? I hope everyone is OK?

Cat news from Lincoln UK.

Last night we slept like fallen trees in a forest.

Connie (the sick cat) takes her medicine well - on food - like ketchup on chips. She is bright and alert this morning but no toilet activity yet... That's a decider. She was hit by a car on Thursday and has a break in her spine just above the tail. As she has no sensation or movement in the tail, if she survives it will be amputated. In the meantime, we need litter tray action before 9am Monday.

Today Teresa goes to see her mum in Harrogate hospital and a meal with her brothers, in a restaurant chosen for it's special dullness: It's a Yorkshire thing.

So the blind man is looking after the broken cat.

No more excitement please.

In Gassho
Seiko
stlah

[aprapti]

Good morning compadres, I hope all are well and full of beans today? I hope everyone is OK?

Cat news from Lincoln UK.

Last night we slept like fallen trees in a forest.

Connie (the sick cat) takes her medicine well - on food - like ketchup on chips. She is bright and alert this morning but no toilet activity yet... That's a decider. She was hit by a car on Thursday and has a break in her spine just above the tail. As she has no sensation or movement in the tail, if she survives it will be amputated. In the meantime, we need litter tray action before 9am Monday.

Today Teresa goes to see her mum in Harrogate hospital and a meal with her brothers, in a restaurant chosen for it's special dullness: It's a Yorkshire thing.

So the blind man is looking after the broken cat.

No more excitement please.

In Gassho
Seiko
stlah

metta, Seiko

aprapti

sat

[Jundo]

Connie (the sick cat) takes her medicine well - on food - like ketchup on chips. She is bright and alert this morning but no toilet activity yet... That's a decider. She was hit by a car on Thursday and has a break in her spine just above the tail. As she has no sensation or movement in the tail, if she survives it will be amputated. In the meantime, we need litter tray action before 9am Monday.

Our cat, Master Tinky, lost his tail in just that same way. He never complained, never said he missed it, never compared himself to other cats with longer tails (actually, most Japanese cats have stumpy tails anyway, so he fit right in). It also never slowed him down or seemed to effect his balance in any way. Just like humans, who can do without our tails!

Japanese bobtail cats:



Gassho, J

STLah

[Ryokudo]

Hi all, Yuki should be back with us tomorrow so I figured we could use one of his previous suggestions for the readings this week, besides I missed it the first time due to work commitments. (Lovely self interest there)

So I suggest we recite the Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage from Sekitō (Shih-t'ou) this week.

As there are many versions, here is the text I took on the site Daily Zen : https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/son...roof-hermitage


Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage


I've built a grass hut where there's nothing of value.
After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap.
When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared.
Now it's been lived in - covered by weeds.

The person in the hut lives here calmly,
Not stuck to inside, outside, or in between.
Places worldly people live, he doesn't live.
Realms worldly people love, he doesn't love.

Though the hut is small, it includes the entire world.
In ten square feet, an old man illumines forms and their nature.
A Great Vehicle bodhisattva trusts without doubt.
The middling or lowly can't help wondering;
Will this hut perish or not?

Perishable or not, the original master is present,
not dwelling south or north, east or west.
Firmly based on steadiness, it can't be surpassed.
A shining window below the green pines --
Jade palaces or vermilion towers can't compare with it.

Just sitting with head covered, all things are at rest.
Thus, this mountain monk doesn't understand at all.
Living here he no longer works to get free.
Who would proudly arrange seats, trying to entice guests?

Turn around the light to shine within, then just return.
The vast inconceivable source can't be faced or turned away from.
Meet the ancestral teachers, be familiar with their instruction,
Bind grasses to build a hut, and don't give up.

Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely.
Open your hands and walk, innocent.
Thousands of words, myriad interpretations,
Are only to free you from obstructions.
If you want to know the undying person in the hut,
Don't separate from this skin bag here and now.

Shih-t'ou (700-790)

I hope that is ok for everyone,

Gassho,

Ryokudo.

[Ryokudo]

Our cat, Master Tinky, lost his tail in just that same way. He never complained, never said he missed it, never compared himself to other cats with longer tails (actually, most Japanese cats have stumpy tails anyway, so he fit right in). It also never slowed him down or seemed to effect his balance in any way. Just like humans, who can do without our tails!

Japanese bobtail cats:



Gassho, J

STLah

I was talking the other day about my teeth falling out and I said it's fine as I shouldn't be so attached to them anyway . Maybe its the same for Connie?

As for a blind man watching over her.....well I've seen Zatoichi and he seems to be incredibly able to look after himself and his pals!

In gassho my brother,

Ryokudo

[aprapti]

hi guys, i had a visit of the internet-bodhisattva again this evening.. he switched off my wifi twice and gave me some training with the paramita of patience..
may be more luck tomorrow..



aprapti

sat

[Tai Shi]

Did you know this was going to happen?
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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[Ryokudo]

hi guys, i had a visit of the internet-bodhisattva again this evening.. he switched off my wifi twice and gave me some training with the paramita of patience..
may be more luck tomorrow..



aprapti

sat

Hey Aprapti,

You were there, whether you were there or not, it just makes us a real 21st century zendo!!

Internet in, internet out, we do the hokey cokey and we turn about .

It's just kinda internet-age cool.

Gassho mi hermano,

Ryokudo

SAT/LAH

[Guest]

Hi everybody !

Good to be back among our group, even if only for one week !
My IPad stop working a while during zazen because it was too hot here, in my backyard. Some shades helps me to be back on time for the last part of our chanting, happily.
Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage is a nice choice… I could read it in Japanese later this week if you want. « Kusayane no an no uta » is really a great zen text.

See you tomorrow !

Yuki 雪

Sat today at 12:17 pm, (Tucson hour), 15:17 pm (Chicoutimi hour), 16:17 pm (Brasil hour), 20:17 pm (London hour), 21:17 pm (Paris hour), 22:17pm (Bruxelles hour) and 04:17 (Tokyo hour)…

[Ryokudo]

Hi everybody !

Good to be back among our group, even if only for one week !
My IPad stop working a while during zazen because it was too hot here, in my backyard. Some shades helps me to be back on time for the last part of our chanting, happily.
Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage is a nice choice… I could read it in Japanese later this week if you want. « Kusayane no an no uta » is really a great zen text.

See you tomorrow !

Yuki 雪

Sat today at 12:17 pm, (Tucson hour), 15:17 pm (Chicoutimi hour), 16:17 pm (Brasil hour), 20:17 pm (London hour), 21:17 pm (Paris hour), 22:17pm (Bruxelles hour) and 04:17 (Tokyo hour)…

Hey Yuki,

Lets go it in Japanese today! Can you post the text in Japanese?

Cheers

Ryo

[Guest]

Hi Ryokudo,

Even if I didn’t sit today, I post the Japanese text at your request.

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Kusayane no an no uta

Kachinonai kusa no koya o tatemashita.
Tabetaato wa, rirakkusu shite o hirune o shimasu.
Kansei suru to, shinsen'na zassō ga arawaremashita.
Ima dewa zassō ni ōwa rete sunde imasu.

Koya no hito wa shizuka ni koko ni sunde imasu,
Uchigawa, sotogawa, matawa sonoaida ni hari tsuite imasen.
Sezoku-tekina hitobito ga sunde iru basho, kare wa sunde imasen.
Sezoku-tekina hitobito ga aisuru ryōiki, kare wa itoshite imasen.

Koya wa chīsaidesuga, zen sekai ga fukuma rete imasu.
Ju Heihō fīto de, rōjin wa katachi to sono seishitsu o terashimasu.
Idaina norimono bosatsu wa machigainaku shinrai shite imasu.
Chūtohanpana, matawa hikui no wa fushigi ni omowazu ni haira remasen.
Kono koya wa horobiru ka dō ka?

Kusari yasui ka dō ka ni kakawarazu,-moto no masutā ga sonzai shimasu,
Minami matawa kita, azuma matawa nishi ni sunde imasen.
Shikkari to antei-sei nimotozuite, sore o koeru koto wa dekimasen.
Midori no matsu no moto no kagayaku mado —
Hisui no kyūden ya shuiro no tō wa sore to hikaku suru koto wa dekimasen.

Atama o ōtte suwatte iru dake de, subete ga yasunde imasu.
Shitagatte, kono yama no sōryo wa mattaku rikai shite imasen.
Koko ni sunde iru to, kare wa mohaya jiyū ni naru tame ni hataraite imasen.
Dare ga hokorashige ni seki o tehai shi, gesuto o yūwaku shiyou to shimasu ka?

Hikari o mawashite naka o terashi, modotte kudasai.
Sōzō o zessuru kōdaina jōhō-gen ni chokumen shi tari, se o muke tari suru koto wa dekimasen.
Senzo no kyōshi ni ai, karera no shidō ni seitsū shi,
Kusa o tabanete koya o tate, akiramenaide kudasai.

Nanbyakunen mo tebanashite, kanzen ni rirakkusu shite kudasai.
Te o aite, mujitsu de aruki nasai.
Nan sen mo no kotoba, musū no kaishaku,
Shōgai-mono kara anata o kaihō suru dakedesu.
Koya de fujimi no hito o shiritainara,
Ima koko de kono sukin baggu kara hanarenaide kudasai

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See you today !

Yuki 雪

[Anchi]

Hi everybody !

''Kusayane no an no uta '' song is beautiful in Japanese.
Thank you Yuki.

Aprāpti , chanting was a wonderful '' Four Vows'' in Dutch.
Thank you Aprāpti.

It’s great to sit and chant in so good company !

See you tomorrow !

Gassho

[aprapti]

see you guys on monday..



aprapti

sat