The Roshi had come by car across the country, visiting the Grand Canyon ("Perhaps this is the first time tea has been offered to Grand Canyon? Next morning we went to a certain point to watch the sun come up; I shed a tear") and Yellowstone Hot Springs ("Chauffeur say it is against American rules, but Eido-shi became naked, dived in, and I and Do-san (the visiting monk from Japan) dived in too, won-derful! And finally driver dived in too!") He was delighted by a night-blooming cereus in the zendo that blossomed in the dusk and was dead by morning; he jumped up on the windowsills in celebration of its death and life. "Life and death are the same! Only the words are different! Cereus not so-called beautiful! Not so-called ugly! Those are just words! Cereus comes from universe, you come from universe, all comes from universe – clouds, sky, fire, rain, stone, self! Flower reflect something beautiful in you!" soennakagawaroshi/
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:27:37 +0000
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