Tuesday May 9, 2023, is the third anniversary of Jitsudo Roshi’s death. I can’t possibly express my gratitude and love for my dear friend and guide in a Blog post. So I won’t try. There will be a memorial service on Tuesday morning at 6:30. Two periods of sitting, followed by Identity of Relative and Absolute Service. Please join.
8 Deep Bows,
Zenho and Issan
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Jitsudo’s Smile
Battered butterscotch-smooth
Antelope leather suitcase
Lined with Celtic shearling,
Clasps of antler worn and grooved
The gold lettering worn
And worn til there is just
A faded “I” and an even less
Distinct “m” the gold wisped away
By the packing
And unpacking
Of my hands
And my mothers’ hands
And fathers’ hands stretching
Back before the antelope
Itself was stretched across
A savannah painted green and brown
And yellow by a déjà vu brush
Unknown in these modern towns, modern times
This packing the past
To seek the future
Purchase of more antelope and lamb
And elephant and deer
To quell the rising risen fear until
At the cusp of outside and inside
A gap appeared in the fabric of
Space leather and
Shearling time
Acquiesced to and from
An emptiness pouring into a realm
That unfolds beyond limit
Brim-full with activity of antelope and lamb
And elephant and deer and Sujata
And Shakymuni and Yeshe Tsogyal and
Roshi’s biggest smile that swallows me
So completely that thought of
Getting something out of this
Are abandoned with that old old bag
Zenho
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SCHEDULE May 8 – 15
Zenho will be out of town from Tuesday afternoon through the following Tuesday morning, so there will be no Zoom after Tuesday
MONDAY, 6:30AM, ZAZEN AT TEA HOUSE, DAVID KEKANSAN OPENING
MONDAY, 7PM, DREAM KOAN AT THE TEA HOUSE OR ZOOM
Drag your body to the Zendo, or Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81182899201?pwd=UVU4MnJhMG1ZUGJaOHhaSndwQ2dYQT09
TUESDAY, 6:30AM, ZAZEN AT THE TEA HOUSE OR ZOOM, WITH ZENHO. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JITSUDO ANCHETA ROSHI. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86265616603?pwd=WHZEQWNDQnZPS1VicDl6VVlEdmxFZz09
WEDNESDAY, 6:30AM: ZAZEN AT THE TEA HOUSE
THURSDAY, 6:30AM: ZAZEN AT THE TEA HOUSE, DOKUSAN WITH ISSAN SENSEI
FRIDAY, 6:30AM: ZAZEN AT THE TEAHOUSE
No Gate Zen Center 