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To Read the Newsletter newsletter SEVEN THUNDERS www.seventhunders.org ~ February 2021 SEVEN THUNDERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Co-President Matthew McTigue 503.548.7004 [email protected] Co-President Ed Glad 503.662.4265 [email protected] President Emeritus Greg Smith 503.758.1020 [email protected] Secretary Kailyn Kent 925.321.1704 [email protected] Treasurer Jenny Brausch 541.971.1297 THE TRUE EYE [email protected] IRON FLUTE CASE 19 by Leonard Marcel Director Michael Seely hao-chou was planning to visit a mountain 503.730.0821 C Jushin, 778-897). He is well known from his ap- [email protected] temple when an elder monk wrote a poem pearances in cases in other koan collections. At and gave it to him: the age of eighteen, he met his teacher, Nan- Director Dan Dickinson chuan (Nanquan/Nansen Fugen, 748-835) and 503.632.5957 Which mountain is not a holy place? trained with him for forty years until his teach- [email protected] Why take walking stick and visit Mount Tai? er’s death. Then, at the age of sixty he began Director If the golden lion appears in the clouds, to travel throughout China, visiting prominent Dan Brown It is not a happy omen at all. Chan/Zen masters of the time He did that for 503.504.2955 [email protected] Continued on page 8 After reading the poem, Chao-chou asked: Director “What is the true eye?” Beth Brenner IN THIS IssUE: 602.510.9178 [email protected] The monk made no reply. The True Eye pg 1 Newsletter Editor Greg Smith The Iron Flute (Tetteki Tosui) is a collection of 7 Thunders retreats & events pg 2 503.758.1020 one hundred koan compiled in Japan in the eigh- 7 Thunders sittings pg 2 [email protected] teenth century by a Soto master named Genro Other Pacific Northwest Groups pg 2 Newsletter Layout (n.d.). The name is interesting. As you know, Bob Smith Remembrance pg 3 Teresa Marcel flutes can be made from any of several kinds of January Virtual CIR pg 4 503.534.2600 [email protected] wood, including bamboo, as well as certain other Rohatsu 2020 pg 5 materials, and they have a series of graduated I Dream a World Redux pg 6 TEACHERS Book Group pg 6 Leonard Marcel Roshi openings and a mouthpiece to create music. A 503.636.9009 Zen flute, however, is different. It is made of iron Off the Cushion: A tree Fell pg 7 [email protected] and has no holes. So how does one make music Bend Spring Retreat pg 11 Sr Joan Saalfeld with such a thing? Let us see what this case can Dharma Books Donations pg 11 503.347.4333 [email protected] tell us. Summer Sesshin Registration pg 12 June CIR Registration pg 13 Many thanks to all who contributed their time and talents to this publica- The protagonist in this case is the great Chao- Summer Sesshin Registration pg 14 tion. Articles may not be reprinted chou Ts’ung-shen (Zhaozhou Congshen/Joshu without permission from the author. Seven Thunders Newsletter ~ Page 2 SEVEN THUNDERS RETREAts & EVENts Zazenkai follow NEWSLETTER SUbsCRIPTIONS FIRST SATURDAY SITTINGS RETREAT SCHEDULE Published three times a year, our news- letter is a benefit of Seven Thunders membership. Prospective members Monthly “First Saturday” sittings have been ■ March 27 & 28 – Virtual Palm Sunday who would like to receive the newslet- transferred online until it is deemed safe to CIR at Stones and Clouds, on Zoom, led ter can be added to the mailing list by meet at the Trappist Abbey again. Up-to- by Leonard Marcel. Registration infor- contacting Jenny Brausch at livinggreen@ date information and links to join the sitting mation on page12. comcast.net. Complimentary copies will can be found on the Seven Thunders website ■ April 10 – Virtual Zen retreat in Bend, be sent for up to one year or until at seventhunders.org. The format remains on Zoom, led by Leonard Marcel. January dues requests are mailed. After much the same, with formal group sitting Registration information on page 11. that, if membership dues (full member- beginning at 9:00 a.m. A talk by the teacher ■ June 18 - 19 – Virtual CIR on Zoom, led ship currently $30 per year) are not begins at 10:00 a.m., which is followed by by Sr. Joan Saalfeld. Registration informa- received by March, you will be sent an opportunities for private interviews with the tion on page 13. announcements-only version of the teacher. Formal sitting ends at noon. There is newsletter. Please send membership no charge, but donations for teacher support ■ July 13 - 17 – Zen sesshin at Stones and dues to: Jenny Brausch, PO Box 3119, and Seven Thunders via the website are Clouds (tentatively in person), led by Albany, OR 97321. ~ gratefully accepted. The schedule through Leonard Marcel. Registration informa- 2021 is (* indicates 2nd Saturday of month): tion on page 14. ■ February 6, Leonard Marcel ■ March 6, Leonard Marcel ZAZENKAI ■ April 3, Sr. Joan Saalfeld Held at the Stones and Clouds (Rai’un) ■ May 1, Sr. Joan Saalfeld Zendo in Lake Oswego, led by Leonard Marcel. These will take place online until ■ June 5, Sr. Joan Saalfeld further notice. ■ July 10*, Sr. Joan Saalfeld ■ February 20 ■ August 7, Leonard Marcel ■ March 20 ■ September 11*, Leonard Marcel ■ September 25 ■ October 2, Sr. Joan Saalfeld ■ October 23 ~ ■ November 6, Leonard Marcel ■ December 4, Sr. Joan Saalfeld Zazenkai follow Zazenkai follow OTHER PACIFIC NORTHWEst SEVEN THUNDERS REGULAR SITTINGS DIAMOND SANGHA GROUPS PORTLAND AREA SIttINGS OLYMPIA SITTINGS NO SANGHA, PORT ANGELES ■ Monday evenings via Zoom (until further ■ Monday evenings, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., and ■ Teacher: Kristen Larson. Zazen: Saturday notice) at Stones and Clouds (Rai’un) Zendo, every Saturday morning from 6:00 to 8:00 mornings, 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. For more in- 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., zazen & dokusan. Check a.m. in the Chapel at St. Michael Church, formation, please contact Kristen Larson at SevenThunders.org for details. Contact: 1021 Boundary St. SE, Olympia, WA 98501. 360.452.5534 or [email protected]. Leonard Marcel at 503.636.9009 or mar- Three rounds of sittings (from 6:00 to 7:30) [email protected]. are followed by a reading from contempla- THREE TREASURES SANGHA, SEAttLE tive writers and a questions and comments ■ Teacher: Jack Duffy. Zazen at Dharma Gate SALEM SIttINGS period. Contact: Pat Harvey, 360.357.8401 (1910 24th Ave S.) on Wednesday evenings ■ For Salem Zen Center’s online offerings, [email protected] 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Friday mornings 6:30- email for the Zoom links: REDMOND SITTINGS 7:30 a.m., followed by breakfast. For more [email protected]. Wednesday information, please contact ■ Monday evenings, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 529 evening meditation & Dharma talk from 7:00 Larry Keil at 206.322.8759 or go to their NW 19th, Redmond, OR 97756. Contact: to 8:00 p.m. and a Saturday morning medita- website at: http://three-treasures-sangha. Leanne Latterell at leannelatterell@bend- tion & Poetry share from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. org/ ~ broadband.com or 541.604.1739. ~ Seven Thunders Newsletter ~ Page 3 BOB SMITH REMEMBRANCE Robert Lloyd Smith, from Corvallis, was turning to Corvallis as an assistant among the handful of original 1985 members professor. He was vital in OSU’s of Seven Thunders. He died at the age of 84 participation and leadership in the on November 15, 2020— shy by about a many large-group, collaborative month of his 85th birthday. Born and raised observing programs that followed, in Chicago, he moved to Portland to study and he helped foster the tone for physics at Reed College and afterwards collaborative research in OSU’s made the Pacific Northwest his home. With Oceanography Department. He his Reed bachelor’s degree in hand, he began was named a Fellow of the Ameri- a graduate program in modern physics in can Association for the Advance- 1958 at the University of Oregon. His stud- ment of Science in 1990, and he ies in Eugene, however, were disrupted when served as editor of Progress in his thesis advisor failed to be given tenure. Oceanography from 1984 to 2002. Cast adrift, Bob found his way to Oregon State and a new program in oceanography Beyond oceanography, Bob en- in the fall of 1960. During his work in physi- joyed the good things in life: swim- cal oceanography, Bob collaborated with fel- ming, walking, wine, food, art, music, low grad students to undertake pioneering Shakespeare, religion, history, and measurements over the continental shelf as his grandchildren. His friendly good well as the seasonal monitoring of coastal nature extended into all these ar- upwelling and downwelling. Their investiga- eas. He was a member of St. Mary’s tions brought them international recognition. Catholic Church in Corvallis and was friends with monks of the Bene- Bob was a quiet, thoughtful and considerate After completing his PhD in 1964, Bob dictine Abbey in Mt. Angel and the man with a wry sense of humor and a soft took a NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship at Trappist Abbey in Carlton. He is survived and generous smile for everyone he met. His the National Institute of Oceanography by his second wife, Jane spiritual life and contemplative practice were in England before re- Huyer, three children and their spouses, and six serious matters for him. Even in his declin- grandchildren. ing years, he managed to participate in Con- templative Intensive Retreats and occasional First Saturday offerings. He will be missed by all who knew him.
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