Books and Friends

With palms together


Good Morning Everyone,



Finally, we are completing the critical charge at the Order. We have the initial chronicle of our Shingi or standards for the Order picked up in to the book form. Rev. KoMyo as good as we will have the pdf chronicle accessible soon. we have sent all of the sections to each clergyman within our Order for their review. we want to make this content accessible to any part of of the Order, together with lay members.



I additionally have my book, Living Zen: A Diary of an American Zen Priest in the routine of being the imitation upon direct content by Amazon.coms company, CreateSpace. It will be accessible as the paperback as good as as the Kindle downloadable book. It is currently being duplicate edited by tyro Jill Freeman in PA., as good as by my Teacher, McGuire-roshi, who has concluded to writer the preface. My partner as good as Jiisha, Soku Shin, is additionally adding her profitable discernment to the text.



I will keep we familiar of the progress of these texts as good as let we know when, exactly, they will be available.



Over the last few days, we have lost dual friends. Mary Phillips as good as Bobby Siegel. Mary was the social workman who assisted aging persons as her practice, afterwards became the strong intent peace activist who sat with us at the Federal Building for multiform years. She was the wonderful person, the marvelous poet, as good as the deeply caring mother as good as grandmother.



Bobby was the scientist, the staunchly scientific person, who traveled the creation to do her science. She was an odd, though pleasant mix of agnostic/practitioner, who attended synagogue services, practiced Zen meditation, as good as had the low fondness for Kwan Yin, the Chinese chronicle of the Bodhisattva of compassion.



Both of these women were hospice patients. we was means to lay with Bobby the day prior to she died as good as shouted the Great Heart of Wisd! om Sutra whilst holding her hand. Her eyes were moist as good as she had the lovely grin upon her face as this powerful sutra was chanted. we confess we choked-up the bit at the phrase or two. It was the single of the many meaningful practice of my hold up as the monk to suggest this sutra to my friend.



Be well.Zen knowledge for daily living.

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