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Primary Point, Vol 4 Num 2 Address Correction Requested Non Profir Org. Return Postage Guaranteed U.S. Postage PAID Penni. /1278 Providence. RI INT, PUBLISHED BY THE KWAN UM ZEN SCHOOL . VOLUME FOUR, NU�BER TWO 528 POUND ROA_D,_�UMBERLAND. Rt 07864 :(401) 7§9-6476 JUNE 1987 Harmonizing with clouds, with rain -­ when I first came to this coun­ II). 1980,. Nurturing true mind try, I had no temple, food or home. I was Atop mountain-firm vows very poor. Arriving .in New York City, .IN CELEBRAT.ION OF The scenery is unique: Master Soen Sa Nim his Zen Center opened . Unmeasurable prosperity, infinite life, to me. He was the, first Zen Master in " Deep is the ocean of merit. America to help. Soen Sa Nim has said, 60TH . HIM'S "When become a become a :' :'S:A you monk, you S,0E.�:;, Yen. Hakaya Taizan Maizumi Roshi millionaire. enter is Any temple you your Zen Center of Angeles home-one food which is Los million; any ',�-<::�. ··<.�<,BIRTlID·AY_, .. '.1 . a of the Chinese needed, is given-two million; and all the . [this-is translation poem] clothes you will ever wear are provid­ . from' the ed-three million." Selections tribute book, Our is a Sangha -large family. Masters, compiled by Diana Clark ' DO YOU SEE THIS? when spreading the Dharma, bring this An Appreciation of Tubby Teacher when family close together. Students, prac- , Tubby Teacher raised his hand before the I tieing Buddhism, bring the Dharma to life. together in the Dharma, that we may all at­ Congratulating 60th Birthday of Maui Sangha. "Do you.see this?" he cried When Soen Sa 'Nim gave me refuge in his tain Buddha, Nature, arid peace. Seung Sahn Zen Master out: I was astonished, and so was every­ lasting , New York City Temple, he became a living body else. Buddha. Yen. Maha 'Ghosananda "Golden Staff Traverses - It is my prayer that all Buddhists will bow New, England Khmer Buddhist Society Endless miles of emptiness ,continued onpage 2 INDEX , High Energy Land Purchased In Kentucky Mountains 8 • Poems by Soen Sa Nim; Stanley Lombardo • Story by Robert Genthner The Third Intervie.w ' A retreat story by JerryShephard .•... 8 ',A Thank You to Our Many - ! Donors ..... ... � . r, . 13 : Books Reviewed: . Death and Dying: The Tibetan Tradition How the Swans Came to the Lake, 2nd edition Moon in a Dewdrop: writings of Zen Master _D_f!g�n - .Photo, Courtesy of Lexington Zen Center' _. � - --- . - 'A dialogue with Jakusho Kwong, Roshi Abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center -THE ZEN• SCENERY OF I .' • .. \ "" �. \ '.' . V'.' '/i :,., ��,-·I. '.;; 1"'-1." .L.'{ :�.:. •. �. :.1 .• .• This-is '. ,.,_ < 'ti ,UI:J,'1 ;; ;',:1 -;KwongrRoshi: actually our first time er-. (laughter) The dog knows. The dog was . Jakusho Kwong Roshi, Dharma successor to Suzuki l!-l!:,s!!i'fJ}peagr!'an1 Abbot 01;' oIj;���l<Q't��r.end-of America, and our first very kirttl and compassionate. He didn't tell Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in northern . \: he�e., �put: Rhode ahyone.'·We shared this mutual secret of California':��9J!J.o: {!}'.: If. <.�f{_ft;.,Fal, �lWt'.g� � �$ at. .. �e.n. Ce�t�r �n and chanting retreats in the past several years with; hOSPIt�Ity, life, truth and weakness. I think it Ze..Q'lJa,st'e."'��un���'l,..�n_.jn ih,es_� 4 �, Island, Yo1!,; SImpleness, seemingly, retreats the Zen the two .... styles of teachers (Japanese a_mIKorean) 1'Vere blended dr(ri.. '''''..... -and direetvess is-very commendable [one's motivation for practice] goes back 'students both teachers In 1984 Roshi and his back when I oj practiced together. April wife Laur'! . Reflecting was three years. further than how we began [actually] prac­ . visited the Providence Zen Center. The following exchange occurred between' t�e. old', I was a frail child, and when I went to ticing, what our ideas were when we began, Kwongs, Zen MasterSeung Sahn, and teachers and residents ofPZC. Roshi was just cry by myself, the Scotty dog next door Continued on 4 asked to talk about his life and how he started practicing and teaching Zen. would follow me and we would cry togeth- Page (Holding the ceremonial Zen stick above his '. enlightenment experience, he was not' was In the Buddhist head, Jacob brings the point of it down on awake; he asleep. scrip­ "- the altar table with force.) ,- ""- THE PILGRIMAGE TO tures we often read that the way we live is' as . if in a dream. So it is'our job, according to Budda saw a star, got a great 'enlighten- the Buddha and the patriarchs, to awaken ment. (Hits the altar again) AWAKENING from this dream. Guchi's attendant saw a finger, got a That's what happened one day to this great enlightenment. (Hits the altar a third By Master Dharma Teacher. Jacob Perl called But>' mao That's also . person Gautama _ time) _ .. to Guchi's attendant. we .The Dharma a,t, \vhat.happened sP . j.ol/owil)g formal speech wa's>given Btui.d.fla)� �l1iight�"I'Q�n(- Day 'we celebrate " Today Buddha's enlighten­ .... '.' c',' '.' . at the on .... celebrate thelr- exper�ence�tbu('qf�course:: but we also celebrate Guchi's ce1:e-motiie� Providence zin'Cen(er lfJ�ceriz'b'e;'6; 1�86: ment, attend- -this \s';.n'o.t ant's enlightenment. Which one is greater? Today is Saturday.' .• e)!:�.�r�en�e ��'fmm���J�:��H��� �Pf�.�ei���e.i��s \i��i�:��le�.f����{ ��.ifY< orGuchi's attendant. At anY'momept thiS Which one? This is the traditional form. Everybody is mum Buddha-e-Shakymuni jneans ,ithe - . .. on Hoh! familiar with it. We celebrate this experi- awakened one." That means, 'prior to his, _ Continued page 6 2 pRIMARYpoINT JUNE 1987 Excerpts from New Book vZ,en Sahn on his 60th Birthday HO,noring .. Master Seung -, .' . ".:�I,�.� �f'���'" ;" _ In honor ojSoen Sa Nim 's 60th birthday, which will be celebratedAugust J. at' Pro vi- The 60th. Birthday in the .Orient is very material about our teacher, Zen Master dence Zen Center and later in the month in Korea, a tribute book has been put to- important, because it means that an entire Seung Sahn, to commemorate his 60th gether by long-term student Diana Clark, co-founder of Empty Gate Zen Center, cycle of the Chinese calendar has been Birthday. The response has been heart- The book includes a lbng biographical sketch of Soen Sa Nim's life before he came lived. It is traditional that a person-reaching warming. People have come forward not to the United States (augmented by recent interviews with him), an outline of the [hat age is honored by the gathering of his only with many personal experiences of his major landmarks of his teaching here and abroad since then, and delightful or her whole family, by gifts, by lots of impact on their lives, but also with new It a celebration, or 'contributions from many .of his students, friends and other teachers, written good food, is time of great stories about Soen Sa Nim that they have especially for his 60th birthday. It is also a fitting moment to review the heard him tell. Others have sent poems, events of the to them and It has into an , person's lifetime; put photos drawings. grown The contributions are varied: in some perspective, to look with wonder, of many tasts, many irn- poems, anecdotes, remembrances, drawings, often - amazing potpourri humorous and warm-hearted. Many photographs spanning Soen Sa Nirn's life are . to say thank you.... pressions, many offerings of love �nd deep- included, We are printing a sampling of the contributions, with Diana's permission, This book has been fascinating to watch ly felt gratitude. The book will be available at the School Congress August 1 at Providence Zen develop. It began in a very small way, with . ",,,,. Diana Clark, editor write to the Kwan Um Zen School, the-idea of .a.few letters' of con­ Center. Thereafter, collecting Soen , of Sa 60th ,. Nirn's gratulations ana some anecdotal per4l1p.s,�" e, -",;: i' ,;_::- .: birthday tribute book *'��f..: �.��'\; -i A\. � / '{',' '�,¥I.: 'pHor.o,l})'. Richard Qr.Pbbert 1 continuedjrompage Time Traveler "Tomorrow morning we will 'do 1'08 60 years earth-born, bows," he said,' And they did. Fortunately I The Old Man teaches. whole world, wasn't or there, probably I wouldn't be Spewing forth lies and gossip here. On deaf ears: . Since then we have had several encoun- If you want to know the true way of Buddha ters, something like a Comet in from rushing And Old Man's original face', the unknown universe and all the engaging Look to the clock. little asteroids for a few moments, and then . rushing out again into the vast reaches of, Tick"tock. empty space. Tick; tock. Where does he come from? Where is he Tick, going? Can we catch him to make him 60? tock. I offer nine bows, my best effort. "Skinny" Robert W. Genthner Robert Aitken Koko An Zendo a jade tree Diamond Sangha, Hawaii falls a clay pot shatters empty on the jloor here 'the shards of the zen master empty Soen Sa Nim's first visit to Sonoma as truth empty Mountain. From the Valley of the 'Moon-he as Soen Sa Nim saw three rainbows, while we on this moun­ tain saw a double rainbow. I said to myself, heat moves wind "This is a very specialday!" In tradition, moves pushes when Buddhist teachers meet, it is quite anything a door natural to prostrate before each other. in open a mind a mutual recognition.
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