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Okay, I really was tongue-tied for today’s sitting. So, here’s what I meant to say … If I don’t explain it, you might wonder just why this guy is sitting in front of a screaming TV, holding a banana; Some folks might guess that the loud, blaring “television” represents the busy, -thinking- mind … filled…

. In traditional Ch’an/Zen painting, such as these persimmons by Mu Chi … open space is as crucial as ink lines. Do not presume that empty space is empty … …. that silence is silent. … gotsugotsu to shite zajô shite, kono fushiryôtei o shiryô se yo. Fushiryôtei ikanga shiryô sen. Hishiryô. Kore sunawachi zazen…

We had some very good news today: The buildings of the Treeleaf Zendo won’t need as much ‘anti-earthquake’ reinforcement work as we thought. (I think that is why I kept confusing ‘architect’ with ‘archaeologist’ during today’s talk … I have roof beams on my mind). Only a few walls will need to be torn out.…

Today we have a special guest to sit-a-long with us. This sitting was filmed in his tiny Tokyo apartment, where he lives alone (since his wife passed away and he closed his Dojo of many years) and has retired to translate books from Sanskrit. Not a pastoral hermitage in the mountains, not a grand palace…
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