Tuesday, January 5, 2021

January 5, 2020

Although we would spend a lot of time and effort learning the forms, the point of Tea Ceremony, the emphasis, is not on recreating the forms perfectly... each instant becomes a unique, non-repeatable opportunity to experience your state of mind.  

In this context when you serve tea to someone, you are not serving tea as much as you are serving your state of mind.  Actually, what more do we have to offer?

Josho Pat Phelan 

(Excerpted from "The Sound of the Inanimate Expounding the Dharma" in Seeds of Virtue, Seeds Of Change)

 


(Calligraphy by Roshi Suzuki Hoitsu:  Character for 'Dream')

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Special bows for today: 

  • Please continue to offer bows in honor of:
    • Nora Hayes-Roth, a dear friend of Misha's, who died on 11/25/20
    • Dan Pomeroy, a friend of dharma brother, Dainuri Rott, who died on 11/20/20
  • Please continue to offer bows of well-being for: 
    • Shannon's husband, Gil, who is still in ICU
    • Misha's brother, Duane, who is receiving radiation for cancer 
    • Roshi Sojun (Mel) Weitsman) who entered hospice 12/14/20
    • Flip Dibner, who is undergoing chemotherapy while at home 
    • David Shaw, who suffered a stroke; he is home now with his wife, Nancy, and beginning the long slow process of rehabilitation
    • Rev. Les Kaye, Misha’s Zen teacher, who is in the final month of chemotherapy

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