Author Archives: mugaisangha

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 andContinue reading “REMEMBERING JITSUDO ROSHI”

When I came out of my hotel on Monday morning at 4:30 AM at the Wyndham Garden Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio to drive back to Albuquerque I went out to the parking lot to my car and there it was, gone. It’s the first time my car had ever been stolen. I even gotContinue reading “Workable”

Out on the river the past two Sundays. Feeling the roll and flow beneath me in the boat, breathing in the pristine blue sky. The heat -driven scent of water and mud. Burbling and tickling sounds of the flowing water’s riffles and eddies. Feeling the silky water, cool and soothing. Staring in awe at theContinue reading “Actually.”

“The wheel is turning and you can’t slow downYou can’t let go and you can’t hold onYou can’t go back and you can’t stand stillIf the thunder don’t get you then the lightning will“ ~Robert Hunter Congratulations to Sokukai & Ryūdo, turning the dharma wheel! I was thinking about what it means to practice thisContinue reading “The Being of Feeling”

This coming weekend we’re going to celebrate the Jukai Ceremony for Michael Stoffel and Madison McClintock. Friends, family and children are all welcome. The ceremony is at 8:30 Saturday, March 25 at the Tea House. Please be 15 minutes early. Jukai is a somewhat more formal welcoming into our Buddhist community of these dear friendsContinue reading “Solidarity – No Separation”

we have been prayed for under ancient night skies around dinner tables upon the sun as it rose again generations and  generations of  prayers upon prayers  and now we  too  take our place amongst this infinite  chant ~noah s.  “Don’t waste your mind on nursery rhymes, fairy tales of blood and wine, it’s turtles allContinue reading “Prayer”

“From the lying mirror to the movement of starsEverybody’s looking for who they areThose who know don’t have the words to tellAnd the ones with the words don’t know too well” ~Bruce Cockburn the real-true-fact is that there is no answer. so here it is: .authenticity .potency .emptiness .issan-gee says: authenticity is potency, potency isContinue reading “the immensity”

Yesterday, Zenho shared a profound teaching, informed by a powerful realization on attachment. Following is Zenho’s writing: ATTACHMENT As some of you are aware, we (issan and Zenho) have been playing with changing The Four Boddhisattva Vows: “Sentient beings are numberless…” The one that we have ;had great difficulty with is the second vow. ItContinue reading “being-attachment”

The Winter Solstice is Wednesday, December 21st this year. The longest night of the year. Light a candle or two. The late Stone Age, roughly 10,200 BC is estimated to be the earliest period that humans recognized the Winter Solstice. Monuments such as Stonehenge, in England, Newgate, in Ireland and Maeshowe, in Scotland are alignedContinue reading “WATCHING THE DARK”

Greetings Friends, It is such a wonderful Bodhi Week! Sitting zazen, mini-sesshin, together and engaging in service makes Rohatsu time special. For those who have not been able to attend in person we hold you in our hearts and your presence is palpable in the zendo among us. We still have a few more daysContinue reading “Bodhi Week”