tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post9123412047190124453..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): gifts from a Zen pastgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-17668265301154438932017-07-09T18:00:07.042-04:002017-07-09T18:00:07.042-04:00Genkaku -
The story about Kyudo's successor a...Genkaku -<br /><br />The story about Kyudo's successor as Abbot of Ryutaku-Ji is a bit complicated; as to whether Kyudo wanted to downplay the drama of "Transmission" I tend to think he would.<br /><br />Kyudo struck me as the type of guy who would forget anniversaries like the birth or death of some famous Zen personality rather than make them opportunities to intensify practice (and, perhaps, create or perpetuate a myth).<br /><br />But regarding succession see the <a href="http://genkaku-again.blogspot.com/2013/11/dharma-transmission.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">comment</a> to one of your November 2013 blog posts.<br />http://genkaku-again.blogspot.com/2013/11/dharma-transmission.html?m=1<br /><br />I believe the comment is fairly accurate based on some discussion I personally had with Kyudo Roshi during the three years I practiced at Soho Zendo as a lay student. Evidently Kyudo's teacher Soen Roshi and Kyudo had discussed a few succession scenarios for the benefit of Ryutaku-Ji.<br /><br />As to the remembrance for that visitor, I would have simply sent him a dried flower representing impermanence. Nothing mysterious.<br />Mū Shin Frank LoCiceronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-57612258917739101382017-07-09T11:50:42.523-04:002017-07-09T11:50:42.523-04:00I suppose there is such a thing as a zen student, ...I suppose there is such a thing as a zen student, who is hopefully taught by all of life.<br />olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com