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Dharma Connection2011.Pdf harma d CONNECTION The Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji 2011 Table of Contents Letters ............................................................................................... 4 Daily Schedule FEATURES Sundays, 9 a.m.- noon: chanting service, zazen, teisho or dokusan Teisho - Manjusri’s “Three by Three”................................................... 6 Mondays, 7-7:45 a.m.: short service, zazen Tuesdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m.: zazen Lucky to Be Back at Dai Bosatsu ....................................................... 13 Wednesdays, 6-7:45 a.m.: chanting service, zazen An Olive Branch at DBZ ....................................................................... 19 Thursdays, 7-7:45 a.m. and 6-8 p.m.: short service, zazen Facilitated Weekend at DBZ: One Participant’s Refl ections ........... 22 Fridays, 7-7:45 a.m.: short service, zazen First Thursday of the month: tea and discussion following zazen PRACTICE Second Sunday of the month: Dharma Study, 7-9 p.m. Tibetan practice: Saturdays, Noon - 1 p.m.; Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mom’s Stroke ....................................................................................... 24 First Saturday of the month: Tibetan Dharma Study, 1:30 p.m. Zen Mind on the Mountain .................................................................. 27 Newcomers welcome; please arrive at least 20 minutes early Hope Is Not a Plan ............................................................................... 29 A Child’s Hook: Buddha’s Birthday Dharma Talk ............................... 32 Sesshin Schedule 2011-2012 Passing through the Forest ................................................................. 34 Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, abbot of the Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji in Syracuse, Time to Study Books, Meditate on Precepts, Sew Rakusu .............. 36 NY, and Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji in the Catskill Mountains, leads sesshins at both settings. Meanwhile, Back in the Woods .......................................................... 39 Each retreat begins at 7 p.m. on the fi rst day; sesshin concludes at 5 p.m. on the last day at The Shape of the Maple Leaves ........................................................ 41 Hoen-ji (ending times differ at DBZ). For details, fees or to purchase Jihatsu (meal bowl sets), My Hospital Chaplaincy Is my Practice .............................................. 42 e-mail [email protected]. More information is available on the website, www.zencenterofsyracuse.org or www.zenstudies.org . Droplet in Time: Onondaga Lake ........................................................ 44 Rohatsu 2011 The Perfect Way: An Interview .......................................................... 48 Sesshin Nov. 30-Dec. 8, 2011 at DBZ; daily morning and evening sittings at ZCS SANGHA ACTIVITIES Zen Center of Syracuse 2012 sesshins President’s Report ............................................................................. 51 Winter Sesshin: Jan. 26-29 Treasurer’s Report ............................................................................. Spring Sesshin: April 19-22 53 Summer Sesshin: July 26-29 Meet the New President ..................................................................... 54 Anniversary Sesshin: Oct. 18-21 Our Many Bodhisattvas ...................................................................... 55 Dai Bosatsu Zendo 2012 sesshins Martin Luther King Jr. Sesshin: Jan. 13-15 Sangha Passages ................................................................................ 58 March On Sesshin: March 7-11 Donors .................................................................................................. 59 Holy Days Sesshin: March 30-April 6 Nyogen Senzaki Sesshin: May 5-13 POETRY Anniversary Sesshin: June 30-July 8 Samu Sesshin: Aug. 3-8 Walking Mind ...................................................................................... 12 Golden Wind Sesshin: Sept. 29-Oct. 7 Harvest Sesshin: Nov. 3-11 Haiku - Stepping cautiously ............................................................... 12 Rohatsu Sesshin: Nov. 30-Dec. 8 Haiku - Geese have fl own ................................................................... 18 What is This? ....................................................................................... 23 Dharma Connection Haiku - Winding jungle road ............................................................... 31 is published annually by Path ..................................................................................................... 37 The Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji 266 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, New York 13207 Haiku - Let everything go .................................................................. 38 Telephone and Fax: 315.492.9773. Haiku - Sleeping in a tent .................................................................. 40 Residence Hall: 315.469.6029 Storm ................................................................................................... 43 Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, abbot Saturday .............................................................................................. Editors: Shinge Roshi and Meigetsu Rebecca Beers 47 Designer: Tetsunin Pat Yingst The Gift ............................................................................................... 50 Photographer: Myorin Catherine Landis Haiku - Walking with Nikita ................................................................. Cover: Zen Center of Syracuse by Myorin Catherine Landis 53 Ho En calligraphy: Eido Tai Shimano Roshi Live Release ........................................................................................ 57 __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2 DHARMA CONNECTION 2011 3 Letters Dear Sangha, Out here in Portland, Oregon. Far from the Syracuse Sangha, waiting for Dear Sangha, some extraordinary seismic happening. Well OK. Today, the day after Shinge Roshi’s birthday (October 2), I want to share Morning, a little chanting from the Sutra book. Zazen, followed, if possible, the wonderful warmth and celebratory feeling at the potluck party for her last with yoga, zazen in the late evening and a little reading from Eloquent Vow , night. About fi fty people attended, and the food was great! Three families with Dogen or Suzuki Roshi on the Sandokai, perhaps just chanting silently Enmei young kids attended, and we got a great deal of pleasure from playing with Jukku Kannon Gyo. Goals and practices. These are the spaces between living them and watching them explore the dynamics of other families. Nikyu had in various worlds. fun with 18-month-old Alia, Fugan Sam and Julia Gordon’s youngest daughter, At home, grown children and their signifi cant others trying to make their playing peak-a-boo and making faces. lives. Out here at Gales Meadow Farm, a very hard-working, visionary wife: Roshi and I had just gotten back from Dai Bosatsu Zendo, having completed Annie is recovering from eye surgery. There is produce to deliver, weeds to Golden Wind sesshin. Upon our arrival, the trees were in full beautiful foliage. pull, and eager young people, workers to pay attention to. Planted a half-acre Matt Russell, a Hoen-ji resident who is now a fall kessei student at DBZ, and of crimson clover which I was able to get covered just as the fi rst rain of the Erin Mackie, from Hoen-ji’s jukai class, who was attending her fi rst sesshin season started, perfect timing, last minute as usual. Tomato sauce is being ever, were among the participants. cooked down on the stove. Victor, a young man who works here, brought fresh Seven-day sesshin at DBZ is rigorous. Erin said at the post-sesshin brunch, cider he made and is warming it up as well. Must be fall. when fi rst-timers speak, that she was surprised how much her legs hurt, Hey, we ain’t no spring chickens, reminders everyday. But then, a favorite despite her physical training in dance and yoga. poem, fl owers in the spring, a cool breeze in summer, the moon in autumn, Matt is really enjoying his time at the monastery; he decided to do kessei snow in winter; if there are no vain clouds in your mind every season, every day after spending the month of August there as a volunteer. is a good . How wonderful the Hoen-ji grounds looked when we returned, thanks to On other days there are the wonderful encounters with students of music, Sangha and ESF student efforts. What a treasure. string to string, heart to heart. They are a joy. Finding a voice through music and sharing it with others, especially children who are so open, a great Gassho, treasure. Jisho Judy Fancher However innumerable all beings are, I vow to free them all. Oh if I could even help family, maybe even myself a little . However inexhaustible delusions are, I vow to extinguish them all. They are thistles bringing up nutrients from the deeper soil. They will never go away but maybe we can rearrange them a little. However immeasurable Dharma teachings are, I vow to master them all. Suffering, illness, as well as joyful things, may I follow their guidance. However endless the Buddha way, I vow to follow it. Life a dew drop, a fl ash. I vow to stay the course as long as I am able. I can picture the beautiful Hoen-ji neighborhood changing colors, Onondaga Creek moving swiftly along, and the feel of frosty air on the nostrils in the early morning, walking along West Seneca Turnpike or doing kinhin on the lawn. Grateful for our teacher-mentor-master and friend, Shinge Roshi, Sangha, and friends. We miss you all.
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