tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post345499784816673862..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): "Remembering Soen Nakagawa Roshi"genkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-57010575781051904832011-12-17T08:46:07.838-05:002011-12-17T08:46:07.838-05:00genkaku - That will do fine. Thanks very much for ...genkaku - That will do fine. Thanks very much for the effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-12304712206688226542011-12-15T14:38:33.124-05:002011-12-15T14:38:33.124-05:00No Soen Roku, but I do have a German version of &q...No Soen Roku, but I do have a German version of "Points of Departure - Zen Buddhism with a Rinzai View" by Eido Shimano that I'm looking to get rid of. :)Christophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-4419328031512147172011-12-15T13:57:42.983-05:002011-12-15T13:57:42.983-05:00Dear anonymous -- The zendo was built by overcomin...Dear anonymous -- The zendo was built by overcoming one bit of ignorance and the next -- sort of like stringing beads. There were no blueprints and there was no master plan outside the notion that the building would be 12x16 feet (a bit too small as it turned out). First I had to dig holes for the pilings that would support the whole structure. Digging holes and mixing cement was not a problem, but assuring that all six of the pilings were of equal height (and that the building would therefore be level) was something I had to check out with my neighbor, Mike. Then there was the question of what sort of framing material I was going to use. I wanted something the bugs wouldn't eat, so I chose pressure-treated wood ... until I found out how expensive that would be. At that point, I looked around the New England hills I live in and determined that a good many 200-lus-year-old houses were still standing and their timbers were not pressure treated. So then I found a saw-mill that would cut what I wanted ... for about 30% less. And that's how it went. Bit of ignorance after bit of ignorance. The result has a lot of flaws (and as the builder, I know every damned one of them), but the net effect is fine ... a small place with room for zafus, zabutons, an altar, a little art, a closet, and a plug for an electric radiator. Squirrels running across the roof add to the ambiance.genkakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-10144805851292745252011-12-15T12:01:05.886-05:002011-12-15T12:01:05.886-05:00Thanks, Adam. I was wondering today: would you hav...Thanks, Adam. I was wondering today: would you have any of the plans/instructions for your Zendo build?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-42741704688137014672011-12-15T10:20:04.906-05:002011-12-15T10:20:04.906-05:00I am looking for a copy of the Soen Roku, loaned m...I am looking for a copy of the Soen Roku, loaned mine out and it never came back. Anybody got a spare around ? <br /><br />TamchoTamchohttp://barnetnet.netnoreply@blogger.com