Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
"If we want too much and become greedy, our way of life may change and we will not be able to live rightly."
In Zen Words, "Sho-u yo-ku chi-so-ku or Ta-ru wo shi-ru."
It means we should not want too much but be sufficient and be rich in mind.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed a few days ago.
"We should live our lives with modesty, decency or delicacy not with having the risk of our lives."
I-no-chi-ga-ke and ko-ko-ro-ga-ke in Japanese are the words which have stepped on the same sound and rhyme.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed about after 6 months.
"Keep company with good character of a person"
Se-n-ko-u-ji
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
It is very difficult to translate the meaning of these words into English.
If we pray with our palms joined
we will wrap happiness in our hands
Thank you very much !
Se-n-ko-u-ji
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed for the first time in five months.
The word of 'Thank you' will make a person happy and he will smile.
Though it is a simple word, it is an important word.
I heard the sound of drums and a fife from somewhere this morning.
A group of lion dance called 'I-se da-i-ka-gu-ra' came and were dancing the lion dance in front of the house who requested to dance to purify their house by the dance.
They came to my house before noon and gave the amulets.
After that they danced in the yard of my house praying for good health and good luck in this year.
This event tells us the coming of early summer.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple had been renewed like this.
It means as follows.
Contentment with the present situation.
Too much is as bad as too little.
Our desire tend to be infinite and it causes our pain in mind.
Be careful not to be a slave of desire.
I went to a town hall to attend a meeting held by Soto Shu which is one of the sect of Buddhism the day before yesterday.
＊It started with the silent prayer for the victim of Great earthquake of East Japan on March 11.
＊Next Zen meditation on the chair was followed .
About 800 people sat still on the chair and the watered silence there were so nice.
＊After Zazen, Mr. Minoru Kamata who is a honored director of Suwa central hospital appeared on the stage.
The title of the lecture was "Way of life not to compare".
But the content of speech was mainly about his support for the people of Tohoku area.
He always thinks ' If I were the very person, what would I want ? '.
When there is an embarrassed person, imagination and sympathy is necessary to help him.
And, we should give one percent to someone even if we are in bad circumstances.
He also talked about his work at Suwa central hospital after graduating medical college.
And he served for the people in Nagano prefecture and as a result, the people there seemed to be very healthy.
And he talked about story of the heart transplant between a girl and a boy in Israel and Palestinians.
He said " To gain peace, we must cut negative chain. "
Especially, nuclear accident in Japan seemed to be really an impact for Mr.Kamada who had continued the medical support after Chernobyl nuclear accident a long time.
"we should not forget that man is an animal that makes mistakes. "
And he said ''The current way of life might have been wrong. We should want less."
He wanted to tell a lot in the lecture using the slides within about 80 minutes and was splendid.
It was a nice lecture and I also thought a lot.
＊Last stage was a talk concert by a cellist, Tetｓuji? Ito, a pianist, Mari toda and the narrator, Hiroko Nakatsuka.
The song of Japan with which everybody is familiar was played by the cello and the piano following a little talk of a priest is repeated.
The Soto sect offers a program in RSK radio titled "Mind of today and mind of me" is broadcasting, and that concert was similar to it.
＊This was the second time that I attended the lecture like this.
The first time was in November, 2008 that was held at Takahashi.
I was moved very much to see the beauty of the Zen priests on the stage for the first time .
It was very beautiful this time too!
@ About Zen meditation on the chair
Takamatsu Saijyo Inari
Inari shrine by lord Ito of Okada clan
This Inari shrine was built by lord Ito in the Edo period and was a village shrine of the family for a long time.
It stands inside the enclosure of the old residence of feudal lord .
After lord Ito left this village at Meiji period, it has been enshrined by the people of this village.
Twice a year, in February and in July, we clean the precincts of the shrine and enshrine it.
Now that this building began to break down, we decided to rebuild it.
There was lots of opinion about the construction, and we decided to build a smaller one.
Each family pay about ￥50,000 for the construction. 
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