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61-12-02 - December - first Wind Bell

Says Shunryu Suzuki came here from Japan on the afternoon of June 22, 1959 contradicting his own datebook which says May 18, 1959.

 

His associate, Dr. Kato, prof at San Jose State College, assists giving lectures. [Kato is also a Soto Zen priest - dc] - Kazumitsu Wako Kato

 

Weekly lecture program

 

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WB 62-02 January

 

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WB 62-03 February

 

Machine generated alternative text: Rosh± has concluded his bédne3day evening lectures on LotuS and bu began series, UBuddhAte Word". This teaching important. It was at this tire all the animals, bodhløattvae, demon., pd. and Buddha's own mther care to iwar his lest words ot Lovlnp ißsdom yearly screduie of the Zea Center VI-Il Include both • seven day sessMn a weekend sesshin. The seven day Besshån piven twice month intervals. The weekend seaahån be •very other Lodßne for will be provided, free of charge who live too far away to eoærute, Be prepared to eat Japar*se rood. Our mala together are part of the se88hin practice. neue cor you have no but you eat) afford be prepared around two dollars a day, or lese, defray GtESTS and Mrs. •Joyn kitcheii Of Cambrideö (Mass) Buddhist Association, e Soto Zen Group, *v,' kvstrnlia to Boston. 1%ey came to Sokoji January 30th. K: s. ht.cheii joined in the evening zazen and afterwards Rev, Suzuki and the re±ers preøent. Aim gee, e e- 11:00 A.H. et Sundays there Zazen at 7 goo on those days fliher_e 9'

 

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WB-62-04 - March

 

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WB 62-05 - April

 

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WB 62-06 - May

 

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See Jean Ross WB page

 

 

WB 62-07 - June

 

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WB 62-08 - July

 

Machine generated alternative text: OPON FESTIVAL - *'ALL SOULS' This Cestaval Buddhist observance of DANA, the saving of charitable acts. Ananda æd±tation saw his mother suffering hell, asked the Puddh• hog he coU2U save her. Ir•,• to this qvcståant She Buddha provided a 0t including the offering or rood, to be perrorad by yearly. the original Japanese religion Included a strong concept Ot soul so this festlvd car very popular. me ancestors are suppoaed to return to the {ougehoid altere on night of July 13, tyey remain until mornit* of the 16th. of rood, drink, flowers end money are made at each house and temple, on tiles at the front gates, and the temple priests eaeh • banterna are everywhere to dlspel darkrwsg, rear and ignorance. There Is mch redolelng and In the streets. on night of July 16, little wooden boats With plowing set •draft to eon.åuct souls safely back to abodes. Obon be eeleorat0d at SOkoJI on July at 2:00 P.M. Bishop Yamada preside at occasion, (There be no 11•.00 A.M. septice on this day.) to bring offerings of preferably staples *high keep. evening of Jury Japanese Buddhist ehuretsø or Sao reetmtiaø on Buchanan Street between Poet COMING for Segehln, Auguat 27 to 2, to be Bl•hop

 

 

WB 62-09 - August

 

Machine generated alternative text: SESSHIN nek (Avwst 27 2) All •o attend rhe or of W"hin. Three a be sl..ing Occomdatiorg wilt be hr Med will at tirm, b"in at No lecture RULES FOR SESSHIN pr•wnted in A. indicate the Of that first arriving at •h. Clothing in suuu.d C. Silence be kept ot time during iutely necess«y, Qeak in a whi+et, D. While walking, in A. n+ov •ot all 60d hat is Eat quiet with Tips. at overn+t of clohine, o sleeping or blonk•ts. Talking reeinø is DAILY SCHEDUL* OF SESSHIN 45430 Zazen 30-7:00 Civko (mming chant) Kisshiku (breakfast) Clean Zen Yukoi, st"' , I St retroo*) Z azen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin 9: 40—1020 Zazen 1020-1030 Kinkin Zazn Nicehyu Cleon 12:30- zozen 1:50- 2:30 Zazen 2:30- 2:40 Kinhin Zazen 3220-330 4:10 Zozen 4: 10—440 4:40- 500 Rest 00 — 00 Zaz.n 7:00 Cl.mUp

 

 

WB 62-10 - September

 

This first ordination took place on Sunday, September 2nd.

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What's on the other side? I think I looked in the Wind Bell archives and couldn't find anything but maybe should try again. - dc

 

 

WB 62-11 - October

 

Machine generated alternative text: TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIDDHISM IN AMERICA Zen active welcoming Of Buddhist to SM Frmcisco. group here to of Activitie included dinner of Church Sm Frme%co 3, o discussion at this p! • on , o d at Buddhist Church I •y On Fr i doy All •v•nh loin the visiting but ANNOLR*CEMENTS TWO-DAY Sts»aN A vsshin 27 28. will by 5. A] I Three m.d. i s $2 0 day . held LECTIRES Suzuki mntirwin9 his preent series Of "ming R.D. M. Shaw's trmslatior of is by Ltd. Enølmd. We fmm Englmd md •e •voila— ZEN CENTER Zen Center is a religious non—profit orgmization fund the md, in future, buildine Of a center where moy proctiee Md study Zen. Ac— is mnne donating regul«ly Center, ship is from A IN JAPAN l•fr in F.kui is ot will EiY-•ii; in tim sesshin I md ZAZEN SCHEDULES at 7: p. m. — Sundays at l: 00 0. m. Zaz.n: at 45, e xcQt Sunday when i i is held at 7: Evenings ot excer Wednesday, Soh#day md Sunday Note: Zaz.en is on calenda darl that g 4 a CENTER REV SHUNRVu SUZUKI •

 

 

WB 62-12 - November

 

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WB 62-13 - December

 

Machine generated alternative text: SESSHIN FOR BUDDHA'S ENLIGHTENMENT and 2 Zen Center he'd o wuhin to o—mrote Of

 

 

WB 63-01 - January-February

 

Machine generated alternative text: MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER JANUARY - FEBRUAY VOL. 11 NO.I SESSHIN FOR BUDDHA'S ENTRY INTO NIRVANA Feb•uay 15 is remgnized of Buddha's &ath md entry inb Nirvma. In cormwnør— Of Nirvma, Zen Center Will a and a half doy sesshin beginning 22 (Wahi Birthday). The sesshin will be mnducted by Re irin Suzuki. •e attend. Sunday services will be held usual. SERVICE FOR BUDDHA'S ENTRY INTO NRVANA will a *ecial *Nice On Sunday, 17 at 2 p.m. in main hdl b Nirvma. eleven o'clock service will be held on his date. PSYCHIATRY AND ZEN Dr. Douglæ Burns give two lectures on the Of psychia Zen on Wednesday, 6 Wednesday, Mar 6 at 7: 30 p. m. Mater Suzuki's usual W lecture will held On these evenin*.

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZEN CENTER was formed help support a place where people may and receive instruction in Zen Buddhism. The CENTER is a religious, non—profit. Orgmization entirely supported by its rnembers. If you would like to help support ZEN CENTER an Active or Associate pleæe øntact Richard Baker, Treasurer, for a pledge form.

 

 

WB 63-02 - March

 

Machine generated alternative text: March vol. NO. 2 OPENING OF A NEW SOTO TEMPLE A cerenony to opening of a new Sob in %nterey, California will wnductd by Bishop Reirin Yamada on Sunday, March 17, at 2:00. During the called NY WUTSUSHIKI, a new Buddha will be installed on the alt«. We hqe that all who interested will attend. Please ask at Zen Center for details There will be O'clock at Zen tn San his OHIGAN twice a ye« at the spring auturm A special service in •s usually held at these tirms. To the Ohi9m a service will b' day, 24, at 2 0'clock. It will be by Higan Hoyo is memry of our ances held at he Temple on Suzuki. On Sunday, 7, a cele&ation will inclu± will anmunced in be s«ved after the roc n»nib ill hel emny, md a b i rfidq. of J.M•se dmcing. Details

 

Machine generated alternative text: NON-PROFIT ORGAN ZEE CENTER 1881 BUSH STREET SAN FRANCISCO -1 D Yt-a-e-ø

 

 

WB 63-03 April

 

Machine generated alternative text: April vol. NO. 3 BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION &ddha's birthday is on April 8th of .ach ye%. The is called GOTANE or HANAMATSI-R' (Flower f"tivol). S&.oii will this event on Sunday. April 7K. We will begin with a procession «ound the streeh, at 12:30 midday and returning dout 1:30 pm. At 2 0'clock there will be a vecial service durin which the of the congregation will invited pur omacha (sweet tea) over a statue Of Infmt Buddha. Reverend Suzuki will the at a o'clock. At 4 will be by the women's grot* of the In the eveni at 7 0'clock a performa•vc• of trditional dmcing will held in Dancing Sci•øo.l of us o fourteen dmeers from the J main hall. nng the pe=rs. y Of the wel —kmwn dmc•r Kauuma. The dmcing will finiét I I o • cloc There Wilf but Them will I o'clock date, 7th. On R s nynths. During this period w will be held as usual the onl All other services Wii' be We wish Rov«en This t trip and I wh«. will thru will mming Sokoii. Zoz•n of evening lectures. his return. thr

 

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZAZEN AND LECTURE SCHEDULE at 11:00 a.m. at 45, exe•pt Sunday whet it is held at 530, Saturday md Sunday ZaZ&' is mt held an calend« days a 4 or a 9.

 

 

WB 63-04 May-June

 

Machine generated alternative text: May — Jme Vol. Il No. 4 A NNOUNCEMENTS Reverend Suzuki is in He left on April and will retum around the middle Of July. During his *sence zazen is continuing wual except for one ehanee in the schedule: instead of the We"sday evening lecture there is zazen at p.m. On other weekday afternoons. Dr. gives the Sunday rmrning lecture. At present Zen Center perates on m to fiscal md This schedule requires two annual financial rQorts: one at the *nerol in August and one during the first part of the new for incorr tax purposes. IF the general md the concomitant election of officers from to Jmu«y or February, we would Only have one financial report each In order to eff a chanpover, i t would be necessary to extend until January, 1964, the term Of office of the present stees and officers whose term end in August. Whether to effect this chm*— over will be voted on a next business rne"inyn ly 5 at I O a. m. This thro* Seter&r is

 

 

WB 63-05 - July August

 

Machine generated alternative text: Newsletter of Zm Certer July • August q vol. 11 NEWS OF THE PAST MONTH Suzuki h Frmcisco on July He wa by he staying at "gnatery for the pat A p«ty given July 6th return. festivd wa czWate at this On July officiated A service for Reverend Quatg Due, Oath protest the current religious persecution in his country, wa held on July 20K. A student addressed the congregation. A letter from Zen r Members is sent urging United Statø actim in pmventing ftßther pe tion Of Buddhists in South Viet Nan. Son* of the ter visited Mi ddl of work "*ditati held July A Ønf•renc• Of o 17. main topics be dis Of Zen Cen te Zazen on Au in StockEn, Cdifomig, pa•ticipqt• in a d in Los on ing in 18. be that on Sl.mday, uOl Zen Cm t*'s Suzuki. Al wel md sl.eing ing evening, but "hin ( to l) will be cted this meal aft«noon zaz.n will at 6 p.m.

 

Machine generated alternative text: 1. 11. 111. 545425 8:00-8: O RULES FOR SESSHIN G enrd A. Indicate on on t}' of Nals will that day at the B. Clothi ho bri*t or wie skirb b«efmt Of wit+@ut C. Sil•n— kept at 011 during If ænv•nation is necøs«y pleae peak in a whisper. D. While walking kee in a Shahu if wolking in Kinhin. Dwing You d •at al I God is pu. B. Eat si with quiet utensil'. Sl ing—ln staying at of clothi a sleeing bag bl B. There no king or Of DAILY SCHEDULE OF SESSHIN Zaz•n Chsko Chant) K i sshiku Zaz•n Kinhin (Walking Z ozen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin Zaz.n Kinhin Zaz.n 10 1:50-230 . 230-240 320-&30 & 30-410 40 Z azan Kinhiff (we. •vice) (dinn«) Zaz•n IMtruetim 00400 Zozen Kinhin Z azm Kinhin Personal Instrvctim will lat days Of S•uhini 31 — Bush Street . San Frareisco RN. SHnryu Sunki • Fillmore

 

 

WB 63-06 Septmeber

 

Machine generated alternative text: MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 1963 VOL. It, NO. NEWS OF THE PAST MONTH Wako Kato has been *pointed Y direct the new department of A Sian and African studies at Los Bageles City College. Dr. Kato has been closely associated with Sokoii and Z" Cen— ter and has held teaching positions in several Bay Area and universities. We wish Dr. Kato in his position, but miss his San for a Of He after at Eiheiii. A party "as given on September eth in Of Dr. Kato and his fgmily•,_ petchey, Wewish them well in their new undertakings. A Conference in on and Eleven "*mbers of Of establishing in and pl for a o f i n April , 1965, On the occasion Of the 600th of the death of the nd patriarch of Soiiii. This temple is one of the two of Soto Zen in Japan. Of the Los Angeles Zazen—kai and Zen Center exchanged ideas on the various problems which conf new groups of A the fi event Of the Zen Center's attmding was Nak t 26th 1st. those We were visited by Miss Alexa Roy of the Soto re o y way to teach et the Lumbini Orphmoge in J•om. On Saturday e J*anese Tea Ceremo and aesthetic experi ce. in OF our "c Master Suzuki at 27. a.m. on Sunday. usual at Il has decided to supprt ucky enougi t served tea n the beautiful . K aisuya•na. e t yateful them far this educational each year uled Autumn iat cerenony red en Center r day one on Sunday for the whole or part of the sesshin. Zen Center N own budget and there will be for However. contributions at On Wednesday September 25, Dr. talked to Zen Center Japanese and American Dr. Tanaße is well—known J.an•se architect whose special;ty is temple architecture. One Of his mst recent buildin* is the new Taisou at Soiiii. It is the largest building of this kind in Rosen Soto Zen Sect is on a world—wide trip initiate annual peace conference of religious leaders from all maior religions. Aa•chbishop feels that the ace has Seen unsuccessful because it has been misused as an a9ect of ideolog be succes:Ful he that the must be free from plitics and include t}: eoeeration religious leaders. The Archbish# will a-rive in San Frmcisco on 17. There Will a service for the of the peace o service Our will lecture Zen Zen

 

 

WB 63-07 - November

 

Machine generated alternative text: Mmthty Newsletter o' Zen Center NEWS OF THE MONTH vot. No. Seiyo married on the Of October We them lifelong success. A two—day sesshin was held October 26 Ond 27. Zen Center tries to have 0 sesshin every two months. The next sesshin will at the end Of kchbishop Rosen Primate of Soto Zen Buddhism, corm to San Francisco October 17 for a three—day visit. He was at the end of o peace mission Which hod him to see religious leaders in Russia, Italy, Englmd, the Lhited States. Dr. Sato, Professor Psychology at Kyoto utivenity, '*owed ord on his film, "The Science of Zen. This film by this well known scientist and is o report on o study of the mediation (zazen) vice Zen fivnks and of older Zen Masters. The rmnks' respiration, metabolism, d brain waves were measured. Dr. Sato said that there is o scientific basis for reaction to stimulu maintaining that th ractice Of zazen encourages physical and health. He also discussed the ication of Zen nciples in modern Psychotheræy. Reverend Doinen otogiri, who to Americans s!udying Zen &Jddhism, arrived in one day and then he Wen u •st Bisivp Reverend Kgtagiri plans spend at least two

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZAZEN AND LECTURE SCHEDULE Lectures: Z azen: Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. tv%rnings at S 45, except Sunday when it is held at 7:00 Evenings at ±30, excqt Saturday Sunday, and Wednesday Zozen is on calere days that contain 0 4 or g 9. Wind Bell Hanging in Voce by his teeth, his body his East-wind, Southwind, West, North he care. He talks for others in many ways, always Tsu Chin Tsun Ryan Tsu Chin Ryan Dogen

 

 

WB 63-08 - December

 

Machine generated alternative text: Newsletter of Zen CeMer NEWS DECEMBER 1963 vol. No. 8 On Sunday, November 24, at a. m. there was a special memorial service for Our late President Kennedy. Rev. Suzuki compared President Kennedy to a Bodhisattva for his statement, "Ask not what your country can for you, but what you can for your coun This is the Bodhisattva spirit and vow to help others and forep enlightenrnent. On Monty the Main Hall uwnstairs was open all day in tribute to Kennedy. COMING EVENTS Petchey, President Of Zen Center. will return this mnth from where he been free tMnths at Eiheiii the oldest and largest Soto Zen nwnastery in Jqan. I 'is stay conclu&d with the week—sesshin at Eiheiii. We 100k to his return. Zen Center will hold a a half day sesshin fmm Friday, December 27 until 29. On Friday Scturday. the sesshin will begin at 545 a.m. end at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, it begin at 545 a.m. and will end with the Sunday lectu y Master Suzuki at I a. m. Daily zazen meditation kinhin (walki meditation), lectures nd rrwzls will be practiced on the usual sesshin scheåule. Meals wil%e served in the d; totion Hall) three times each day on Friday and Saturday and breakfast only On Sunday. There •Il be charge forghi help us toward meeting enditures On Jmuary 4 (and from to Il a.m. On Saturday, F any contributions that will All 're welcome. will be a Zen Cmter rt•eting wilt held have expired or been vacated, al "*eting ha bun tn in order allow poor-al tion of new officers, the p resentation of th August, preparation Of a si Will all sub Of trying the Wind Bell my trustees scgl report out* wil cture at Il ing? Other me co ming, and many i" Of post Office will the Wind We wish everyone a ay

 

 

WB 64-01 February

 

Machine generated alternative text: Monthly Newsletter of Zen Center F ebnnry, 964 RECENT EVENTS vol. Ill, NO. 1 On 1 , Zen Center held business meeting for presentation Of ihe yearly financial report for the election of new officers and trustees whose terms have Philip Wilson elected to succeed Grahame Petchey President. Betty Warren was re— Vice—pr petchey wcs Treasurer, to succeed Baker. Trudy Dixon, Who has been Secretary since September, was reelected Secretory. Four new trustees were elected to succeed those whose terms had expired. The new trustees Trudy and Mike Dixon, ROSS. Dick Baker and Trudy Dixon were asked take general char* of the Wind Bell. Ross and Dick Baker were asked to see if they could make sure that, when the decide to do a Story on Zen or Visiting or Zen that the to the The purposes Zen Center maintain a center for daily instruction, to publish a replar ne letter. ande provide a mn—profit organization which may accept contributions toward these p Of income pledges: Gifts: We thank all of you Who be able kelp this year. bulletin board. maior Con .72 to Rev. Suzuhi: Sokoii for Telephone Printi and mail in ing Meditati 51200.00 960.00 .75 .14 426. 75 $3322.29 port the Center We hope that you will New Meditation Schedule for Sundays: Lecture On Sundays the weekday rule of "no zazen on dates which contain a 4 or 9 (4, 14, etc.)" There is always (airmst) zazen md lecture scheduled on Sunday. Oil on canvø kakermnos (scrolls) by the well krown Taiii Kiyokawa, are On exhibit in the Sodo (Meditation Hall). This exhibition is open to the ublic until February 10. Tai'i art may be said to be bæed on Zen tMu) has given a large E.aotiful painting to Sokoii. It is a fine gæition the Tera e. COMING EVENTS Sunday, February 16. there will o cerermny for Buddha's Nirvma at 2 p. m. in the Main Hall. will be no 9 lecture on that Sunday, but there will be at a.m. Two Sesshin will held from Friday, February 21 at 45 c. m. until Sunday, each at 5:45 a.m. and and Saturday at p.m. The Sesshin comes to end on Sunday with Master Suzuki's lecture From 9—10 a. There will be daily zazen, kinhin (walking meditation), lectures, instruction, and three (Sunday there will be only breakfast). There will be for Sesshin, but contributions toward e.mses When that is pssible. Saturday, March 7 sand on the first Saturday Of each rrnnth) there will be a business Of Zen Center from 10 to a.m. after Saturday rmrnine meditation. Please if you

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZAZEN AND LECTURE SCHEDULE Zaz•n 545 —645 a.m. Friday 530 — p.m. Zaun datÜ øntaining a 4 or 9 Or Wednesday Lecture 7:30 — 9:00 . m. Saturday Zazen 545 — 10:08 a.m. Sunday Zazen & 00 9:00 a.m. Lecture 9:00 — a. m.

 

 

WB 64-02 March

 

Machine generated alternative text: MARCH 1964 VOL. Ill, COMING EVENTS NO. 2 Surday. March 22 ar 2 p.m. the celebration or Hina Hoya. the thiversal Festival for tile Ancestors. will held at Sokoji Temple. There will be no 9 a.m. lecture on that day. although H a.m. za,'.en will be held as usual. All are invited to come to the 2 a.m. celebration in the Main Hal! downstairs. Some refreshments will be offered after the service. April 9 is B'ddha•s birthday. This occasion will be celebrat«l with a Service in Sokoji Hall on Sunday. April 13 at 2 p.m. There will be no 9 a.m. lecture on that day. 8 a.m. zazen be held as Re&eshments again be offer«i after the 2 p.m. service. The next esshin is for the weeketxi ot April 24. 25. and 26. begin at S:30 p.m. Friday evenirw and end Sunday after-noon at p.m. There will be three meals serv«l on Saturday and two meals on SuMay. but there will be no meal served Friday evening. Those who are unable to arrive by 5:30 p.m. cm F y. please a rrive as soon as you Bishqi Refrin Los and Head the Soto Sect in America has been invited to come to San Francisco to 't is deperxient on his plans. LETTER FROM JEAN goss

 

PDF of Jean's letter

 

 

WB 64-03 April-May

 

Machine generated alternative text: APRIL-MAY 1964 VOL. Ill, NO. 3 NEWS The long-awaited n assistant 'Viest fur Suzuki at a reality. Revereui Dainin Katagi sas arrived trom Eiheiji. Japan. to os at Temple, Prior to coming to San Francis . he Spent Sume time with Bishop Yamada in Lus Angeles. We take this occasion to welcome m officially and to invite everyone to meet and talk with 'urn. On Aßil 13th. bit (Hana Matsu: literally Flowa was celebrated at Sokoji Temple by a rurade a ce. The coluifui parade a block course in the Vicinity of the Temple. by • truck phying music a cover«i wo«len elepha The elephant Was dtawn by childfen in A sesshiri was held oi 25. and 20th. led by Bishop Yamada Los A ngelee•. head of Soto him 'or 90 tar o atteruied extel*l our Bineere thanks to ced. the WilEJ has new which Will make it a mure effec Our ani trienis. At this m*ation within Zen with the addeu.u ot enlargement ot the Zer•iu by financial obligations. We hope trog' you "Retested we will aNe to continue sergiiQ* cost. (u you woo" pinake a regularly monthly donativo. please If not. 0t a.•rnount are always welcome.) you hav at for the Wind Bell, please direct them to either Trtxiy SOJO ZEN MONASORY IN JAPAN The followil:v is an accoutü Gratume P ey. last ent of 'Z Ceü' . oi he first days of his four-momh stay at Eiheiji fal . •augarvu" room thetrial peri'Åj which a ßospectiVe monk must wait i 'tation intu the lite 0t the moguøt«y. TANGARYO by Grahame Pe

 

Tangaryo by GP

 

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WB 64-04 May

 

Machine generated alternative text: 1964 MAY VOL. 111, NEWS 4 Our grateful thanks go to those Of you Who have so quickly With Contri— to help Zen Center meet its new financial Obligations. We have already receiv«l new pl«iges aul several taised pledges from old However. we are still a way from our gcal any help you can give us wilt apreciated. ONE-DAY SESSHIN EACH MO Zen Center has deciddi to hold instead of the 1-1/2 to 3-day ses day sesshins will at the us With meals. As always, everyone is we towards meeting costs THIS Moxrws SESSHIN The sesshin for this m attend. please sign the m Eh time on Saturday , the of s -day seeshin (peri«i Of concentrated m«iitation) each month. ns which have t*en held in the past every two months. The one- time of 5:45 a.m. and will continue throughout the day alternating inhin (walking meditation), lectures by Kevercud Suzuki, om e to arterxi. There is no charge for but contrib_itions $2 a fly a Fgeciated. ANNUAL ONE-WEE# The one SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST A Soto Zen Conf those from on Monterey Peninsula. has t*en sch NCE Dded m r.n tmrd on T EREY P .a.m. p.m. you plan to May 28, at least meal August 30. oups in urges alt who can to T room and EKjard at the Asilornar ities o, will held on Jute 6 and 7 at Asilomar ot SCRO Zen in America. s i sh-speaking people. .00 (total) for the two days pa There are also camping facilities nearby. meals alo will cost considerably less than the $13.00 charge for room driving. Sokoji iB a the trip. Reservations soon with Rev. on the sign-up sheet on the tulletin plac take the ENS, please on the tulletin now 80 that we can at the Conference. of you who are the made u plan to drive the I who will N)TEt There Will no Surxiay Service at Zen Center 7 tkcause Oi the ASilomar Conference no meetix* on June 6. Instead, the monthly will held on Saturday. Jul* 13. REVEREND ISHIGURO OMING TO SAN FRANKÄSO On July 2 Revetaxf Zen Master ani auth« The Scientifk Truth of Zen, will arrive in Francisccto remain until July 9 as the guest of SCRO Mission Zen CeNa. Rev. who was disciple or Zen Master Harada S'8aku, has assisting Dr. Koji Sato with his research IMO the meanil* of Zen from a ot view. Many of you may tr•familiar with Sato's work arout the effect or meditation on the waves 01 Zen Masters snxfeats.

 

More from Jean Ross on her

 

 

WB 64-05 June

 

Machine generated alternative text: JUNE 1964 JULY SESSHIN VOL. 111, NO. 5 NEWS A one-day sesshin (period or concentrated meditation) will held on Saturday. July 18. tkgio- at 5:45 a .m. continui1V thro•out the day alternating 40-minute peri(As of Zazen kinhin (walki1V meditatior». lectures by Suzuki. and Everyone is welcome to attend. There is no charge sesshin. towards cost' (amxoximately $2 a day per person) are greatly ONE-WEEK SESSHIN The date or this year's sesshin has cnanged. Instead ot being held August 24 through August 39. it is now scheduled for August 10 t}vough August 16. X)OKS Will all those who have Sokoji li&ary please return them aa as possible Trunk you. YOYO Hoyo. the Festiva! F ail Au:esuu.. be €el&ated at Sokoji Temple by a ceremony at 2 p.m. on Sul*iay, July There lecture dut day.

 

The First Annual Soto Zen Conference - PDF

 

More from Grahame Petchey about his stay at Eiheiji

 

 

WB 64-06 September October

 

Machine generated alternative text: VOL. Ill. NO. 6 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, NEWS 1964 REVEREND SUZUKI'S TRIP On SeßerniM 21. Suzuki left for Chrntxidge. Massachusetts, to return 28. This will his first trip across the United States. He wili visiting Mr. Mrs. Mitchell ami the (>mtridge sociation. O n Saturda y. 26 e was a one •da y sesshin comiucted by R ev Katagjri. There will a sesshin ou y nch KOREAN ZEN K yutg BO Seo. D.. Z Masto. A bix•t Of Pulguksa Professor at Kook Univasity visit«j us on ttvee He us stides of his very trautiful thousaui year old temple,.".•• Korean Zen does seem to differ from Jarunese Zen. GRAHAME'S LECTURE Grahame Petchey wilt-É;crure on W—åay evenir« Octorp:"' on the meaning of rituals aguj •ubeiji Monastery. be may show us slides frym a DRAWINGS we received ti drawirw Center Pain. DOSARTURES Stiegeiroeyet. etwourag• Joyous Raiost'.xrn. ot Such Pu•is a a od a ha stay in Hal auf Pam Fore may come by way r Joe Lorresti left tor Eiheiji S and JaB•nese culture. ki•s Temple. •Cay e W i Stay in etal studyitv Dan ami Gail Moore who have been sitting with us durirv the by Suzuki, ruve leit for protnbly a year in East (around mined stay in Mexico. We will miss the ot Hal. Pam. We hope they have gt»d gips- and who married aul Gall at the Center.

 

A Mountain Walk - Eiheiji in Japan Report from Jean Ross

 

 

 

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WB 64-07 November-December

 

Machine generated alternative text: VOL. Ill, 7 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1964 NEWS BISH0P YAMADA LEAVES AVERIC-A Bastu.jp Yamada. who has 01 the Soto Zen in America arrival here in the summer of left Javun ou Novem• to president Of Komazawa University theSOtO University in Tokyo. We ale very sorry left America. ct course ate ham•y that Komanwa Will have such fine president. The Bishop of Soto Zen in America Will Sumis vyesently Instructor Of the monks at SOJiJi Monastery. He arrive in America the Of year in LOS where Bishop Ya • mada was. ANNUAL JO-m-E SERVICE The anm•alJodoe service commemorating enlightenment Will 6. at P.M. in main hail Of *'koji Temple. NVEREND SUZUKI •s vtsrr TO While Revete•uj Suzuki was in the East in be saw the the New Fall he umtxidge, But even mote we•e his conversations with Mr. ard Mrs. Mitchell aul the merntrrs 01 the Camtxidge Ekiddhist Asso• Ciation from whom he the Buddhist movement on East Coast. When he returned gave us at Zen Ceruer a mamtM Of imeresting talks atmlt the trip. One they did decide was to tuve an annual 01k -week sesshin training in um - Reva eul SLÄJki. The has yet NEXT SESSHIN The rWXt one day Sesshin is Saturday, S, trginning at 5:45 a. m. is charge attemiir« you Wish to make a exFnses tun atKA1t $2. (X) a ZAZQ•a AT STANFORD Sunjki to coniucts rrunirv Zazen 6:30 7:30 a.m. at &yaM Street. Palo Alto. Anyone is Welcome to join him in Zazeu there. (Tbur*lay at Zea CeMet is by Rev. Katagiri.) Zen Center 1881 Bush Street . San Francisco Rev. Stunryu Sun*i • Fillmore 6-

 

Machine generated alternative text: THE CENTER •S unARY F« •Ome time Zen to ii&ary ami —y to take care we are close to this. It a with glass dO«S is to it will be grotty amxeciat«i. NEWS Pat Roes. Dick Grahame Petchey are ail Jasunese this , We tuve poor cards from Joe LOFesti in Jacnn Stiqeimeyer in Gerrrüny, ZEN CEMtER •S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS Usually from month to mouth income trum pledges dotütions just tnreiy eOVers ex• ror the last four months income has been $30.00 to SISO.OO less than expenses. The major are helping support our two priests, contritRJtingtothe maintenance or the tÄJilding. the Wind Bell. 30 people jegularly support Zen Center by theu pl«iges. the major B»rtion of expense is tx»rne by only a few of these 30 mernt*rs. All of you can please keep up your pl«iges regularly. if each or you could cven raise y€nar pledge one, two. three doiiais a motth. it would help enormously. If any out would like to tEc0me like to make a comritwuon. trut also would aweciated (to a is neces• saty to contrit"te at least $10.00 ia it is to maintain a Center where all of you can m«ntate aul where the Dharma can Please betp us all you can.

 

A Monk's Day at Eiheiji by Grahame Petchey

 

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WB 64-08 December

 

Machine generated alternative text: Newsletter Center wume NO.8 December. 1964 An nou ncemenfs HAPPY NEW YEAR One-thy Sesshin wilt held Saturday. Jant•ry9. 1965. It at a.m. in me early eveniq. come, WEDNESDAY NIGHT LECTURES The sehedule of gpeakers for the Wednesday evening lectues (7:30 p. m.) is aa follows: January 6th January th January 27th F 3rd R ever eut Suzuki Jean R 00' R Kat2giii R Suzuki Graham e ? etcbey Suzüi•• lecnzes are oa the Muset Subjects the into R.D. M. Shav the title 0t The Blue published Michael Ltd.. London. This a humired ko-an compit«l by (A.D. 9AO• 1052). Whc an •Acvreciatory Word* to each A later Zen master, En-go Koku-gon (A.D. 135). his •Introductoty W '*ds• as a to The lecture Will deal *ith Subject 78 79. ELECTOX OF OFFICERS New officers for Zen Center will at to beld on Saugday. Fe&uary 6th at a.m. Atl Zen Center memtzs Wishing to shm:ld plan to this Nomirztio.s will open the positions ot vice •vesident. secretary, and treastrer. Ttree Of the nine trustee positions will also by a vote or the incurntmü Guntees; • nations tor these Are open trom the

 

Jean Ross on Jukai in Japan

 

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WB 65-01 February

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER News NEXT SESSHIN The next one-day sesshin Saturday. March 27 (Sesshin is an intensive pericxi of sitting meditation.) AFT ERN)ON SERVICE Volume tv No. 1 February, 1965 [rom S:4S a.m. uMil 0:30 p.m. The traditional Hoyo (Memorial Service held March 21 in the afternoon at 2 p.m. Thoe will be meditation that morning as usual at 8 a.m.. there will no morning at 9 a.m. THE NEW BISHOP Bishop •rogen Sumi 14, the time Soto Zen Bishop of America. He the Nehane Service for Buddha's Nirvana. and arter the service there a welqpmiog We are lucky have this Zen Master in America a. RETURNING MEMBERS It looks like Norman and'Rit• 1m Europe this summer. Norm get and Pam pore will returning lrorn Gerrnany in time in New Yors inJuly. the 01 A DEPARTURE Philip Wilson able to him in • m sh Eiiw Fragrisc lad that in co t. We wilt •ary øtudy 'u WEDNESDAY NIGHT LECTURES Schedule ot speakers tot the lectures (7:30 p.m.) is as March 3rd March 10th March 17th March 24th Revererxi Suzuki Jean Ross Suzuki R evaerui Katagiri arch 31st peil 7th 14th 21st Reverend Suzuki Reverend Suzuki Graham Petehey R Suzuki Reverexuj Suzuki's lectures are On the Subjects 00m the Hekigan Roku, translated into English by R.D.M. Shaw uruler the title Of The Blue Cliff Records. published by Michael Joseph Ltd.. Lotxiou. This a huuited ko-an Stories compil«.l by Set-cho Juken (A.D. 9bO• 1052). add«l an 'Amxeciatory Word' to each one. A late Zen masta, En-go Koku -gon (A.D. 1063-1135). his •Introductory Words' as a kirui ot Preface to each Main Subject. Zen Center / 1881 Bush Street / San Francisco / Fl 6-7540 / Rev. Shunryu Suzuki

 

Machine generated alternative text: @6giMing Fgtut last Of seM us to a fund Zen CeMer. At the General Meetitv. Fetyuaty 6, we discussed this matter at length. It is not clear at the time exactly how such a fund will spent: whether to a monastery or training center in the mountains. to 01 buy a Center in San Francisco (the present tnjildiug will no down as of the renewal plans for the area), to contritn•te to the tAiilding furnishing Of the Zealo Hall) ar•i litrary in the new temple that Will the regulat congregation ot Sokuji. Of We may that we wili do an tiu•ee. Anyway. the moræy Will sav«j to meet the expenses Of maintaining Zen instruction in America. Our plan at IXesetü is to ask an merntk•rs to a month to this Which in a sav accoura. We Start away. Please help us. The Zen now then it might to descrit:w what Zen Cento is. The Center was formed so that we could meditate and study With Reverend Suzuki. so that a place could for •ditation instruction (we to the 01 the to the maiMenance • t*lildirv, as Well as to holding Sesshins, the Wimj etc So that contritxati would tax Trustees officers are elected to tha t these ons are carried that i s ly matuged. 200. (X) 197.08 '67.80 571.21 02.72 37.75 206.58 155. 56 293.55 for Our irrume 1964 was, A summary of can Seco o' co Ad priests am] iruiividuals maintenance ed is given A 4.7 or Zen Certec were was $52.33 as Of 31st. The t $1,157.90. The 1963 1963: Total Net brome Total As gets s,6iS.82 3,322.29 1.'05,57 Tina I brome I Expe:txlitures Net Income Total Assets S 3,880.79 3.066.SJ 214.26 812.04 - -Grainme 904 With the Of officers at the 6th the Old year Officiagy came to a close a new year tkgan for Zen Cent«. LOOki1V 1964 marked a year transiti•» • Of loss gain Of us here in Refrin Yamada left to become Besident ot Kurnamwa (the Soto University in Japan. In spite or bis heavy schedule Yamada to fimi the time tu come •u Frarrisco to lead some out sesshins. We shall keenly miss these visits. we wish him COMinuiug success in his tesponsibilities in Japan. His replacement as Bishop Of Zen in America and head of the Soto Mission in LOS Angeles is Bishop Togen Sumi. Highlight or the yea( was the arrival minin Katagiri from EiheiJi Monastery in (o an assistam 'Niest to Reweterxi Suzuki at *Aoji Temple Zen . His warmth. quiq tuve nude many We are gvale(ul his a

 

Machine generated alternative text: continuing inspiration us. We hope this is his many years in Sao 1964 was also a oi growth. surticuiarly evident at the Zen Conference Asilomar August. Binging together metntMs ati ever the Wes' Coast. tins conference review«l rhe auf 'resent. and suggestemj guidelines for Soto Zen Buddhism in As Bishop Yamada pointed out. the most important issue of this meeting Was the reaffirmation zazen as (lie t•sis of Buddhist life. In September Reveretxf Suzuki visited Mr. auf Mrs. Mitchel aiki the Baddhist Asao ̶#8226; ciatiun in Camtxldge. Massachusetts. The trip txough:t into contact oldest pact atsi resulted in fresh insights as to some of the pruNems 01 Zen in He had much the earnestness situ-erity of the urntx•dge Association. Here at home we have had some int«estirg additions to the W«inesday night lecture schedule. tktsides RevetetKI Suzuki's talks on the Blue Cliff Records, we also have lectureb by Katagiri. and Jean Ross ami Grahame Pctchey, who have been to Eiheiji Monastery in Japan. Zen Center uruierwent several (Kganimtional changes during the year. The oid classiticatioi' 0t "associate" "active" rnemtrrs was replaced by the single 0' • •mender. merntx•r not, anyotK' may join us for meditation lectures. a merntx•i means yeAå are aNe to help these activities. A at $10.00 a year is rotuued you wish to a please see SUZUki a pledge Other sign" uf growth were evident in an enlarged improved format the which also for the time published photographs, including a whole EV•ge on the August session. bi-monthly sestduns ot 1-1/2 to 2 days were dr0iFI in favor or a monthly sesshin lasting only one day. Betty Warren was put in charge or organizing the kitchen starf (or the session meals. The close 01 the year the actual teginmng 01 u Of or Temple marked out a of tooks. More Zen linidhism are arui any you arc able to contrit»te will much amuec'ate•d, At the Feigunry 6th meetirv. Jean Ross was elected ptesident replacing Phillip Wilson; Grahan.e Petchey replaces Warren as vice-president; Mike Dixon is treasurer Graharne. Irene Horowitz, our new member from the First Zen Institute New York City, takes over the job seccetary from Trudy Dixon. From all Of us. thanks to old officers for a job in managing Airairs ot Zen Center. Welcome to the new officers tua new year the guidance Reverenj Suzuki. whom to the Sutu Sect) We owe a dctg of gratitude which cans»t in words. - -Tnxiy Dixon. Secretary '904

 

Takuhatsu at Eiheiji by Grahame Petchey

 

Machine generated alternative text: Editor: RICHARD BAKER Aft: TAIJI KIYOKAWA Layout EAST WIND PRIXrERS

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZAZnq AN) LECIURE SUIEDULE Moulay through zazen Afternoon zazen 5:45 - 6:45 a.m. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Satuday Sutxiay Zazen (except Wednesday) Lecture Wednesday 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. 5:45 - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. M)TE: No zazen on dates containitv a 4 9 (exc• Sumiay when there is always uzen). No mzen WedlEsday afternoon (trcause or lectUe in

 

 

WB 65-02 April

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER SAYONARA TO MRS. SUZUKI AND PHILLIP V01urne IV No. 2 April. 1965 A party" held at the Kwong's on Match 2(kh Suzuki Wilson. who are leaving this month ror Japan. As well as visiting her home, Mrs, Suzuki some Japanese Americans from San on a temple tour 01 Japan. Phillip. was ixesldent of Zen Center last year. plans to enter Eitieiji Monastery as a monk a stay Of at least a year. Entertainment at the was various merntkrs of Zen Center. •the highlight or the was a puppet 01 hatul•made lhjppets dramatizing L'ddhist story 'Assed on by To-tun FraEisco. HANAMATSURI CEREMONY , The Inmaal celetration of was held on Sunlay. April 4th. with the traditional Parade awl H gatiun as well as Of Zen "tb a Statue ot Ceremonies at SokoJi Temple. The Japanese curve• 'Blticipated in the parade in which a white wooden tuck WAS around the Japanese area. The Ceremony in the main lotto. 01 singing auf dancing by pupils Of SOk0ji Surxlay School. a bimem s of SokoJi Fujinkai. ZEN I i trary With a s man 140 _ Thank* t many can donatiog. t. 2CÅ), religion whethe a tr•ry Icony of the Main H ZEN WDD The Of Miss H 3rd. at 1:00 p.m. in On many in wishirv them WEDNESDAY NGHT LECTURE SCHEDULE l«tures (7:30 p. m. is tentatively as Of the April i 4th April 21st April 28th Grahame Petchey Suzuki R Katagiri May May 12th May 19th May RevereiKi Suzuki Jean ROSS g ever etui Suzuki R evetetu:l Katagiri For Last charwes please check the tÄilietio txard outside the or cali SOkOji 6-7540).

 

Machine generated alternative text: VISIT FROM SACRAMENTO Oa Saturday. fifty ttw• Ojutc:h Temple on a pilgrimage the Ikiddhist Temples in Francisco. Many memtrrs Of Zen Center were on to greet them. tiw•y were served tea and given Reverenl Suzuki. NEXT one-day sesshin Saturday, S:4S a.m. 6:30 p.m. (Sesshiu an intensive period Of Situng meditation), Zol The is [tom the newsletter IWW published by the Japanese congregation 0/ 01 SOKOJi Temple. It was written by George Hagiwara. Ctuirman Of Ot Mauagers or Soto Zen Mission. We at Zen •re grateful to the memtw•rs Zen Whose in the h."e in this At t«iay. SEN SHIN thirty years ago in ttw or 1934 SKAO name to a Temple. Tiut year was cleub pup. This lud •Zen Ik•ddhi'ts enablai H everetxi i sobe to uwish sytugogue in San The Zen Temple i. in tater yean the incorporatu.i as the of San e a teach e'. teaching uf Zen. R Ot SokOJi WeM through trying yea's. tAit the i memis•o• th they' ro enjoy atteMing t*w• 1 mnng Originally Reverend had the hope eluewhere. He was successful in Zen Temples HA wan. A ngeies. in San Francisco, When he saw Out Sokoji •r several to to . te establi"hc-d, uf Zen. was idle five years. due io the interruption Of World War O/ the efforts of the old Who Were in Relocation Centess. to collect the imiiding, Sokoji is stun bete. The War in tu•IS the to San the Relocation Center.. immediatety memeets started Temple maxe to the am' Zen A.st 1964, Sokoji Temple the thirtieth year Ot Its evem vas 0t in

 

Machine generated alternative text: Editor: RICHARD BAKER through Friday Assistant Editor; TRUDY DIXON ZAZD4 LECTURE SCHEDULE Morni1V zazen (meditation) 5:45 - 0:4S a. m. zazen (Excel* W«lnesday) Lecture W «inesday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Scusiay Lecture Are TAIJI KIYOKAWA s:as - a.m. 8:00 - a.m. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. tOTE: No zazen on dates containing a 4 Or 9 Sunday when there is always uzen). No Azen on Wednesday afternoon or lecture in evenirv). Zazen held trum 0:30 - 7:30 a.m. at &yant Street, Palo every •nucsday

 

 

WB 65-03 April (again)

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER NEXT SESSHIN: Volume IV No 3 April, 1965 The date the sesshin Saturday, May 29th. trovn S:4S a.m. 6:30 p. m. luwh Will ( ib an 0t mantation.) WEEK bas tu on July WORLD FEDERALIST TO VISIT ZEN CENTER: Bistop Sogen Asahina, Abt»t Of Engakuji Morustery, Kamakura. head Of the Zen Sect in Japan, is the opening speaker at the Xllth of World 01 (WAWF) to held in San Frarx;isco from Jut.• to June vgorninent scientists thinkers thremghout the world, the purpose movement ib to reorganize League Of Nations ordo to establish World government arx•li8h an armaments and war. headquarters Of the WAWF the Hague, Nethetlands. The JavAnese Of the WA WF was establishej in 1963. Hi •nup Sus•ea• •as made With two utile' leadiq Japanese &KKlhistb •s are Kosho Abtxjt Of Hogwanji Temple, Kyoto oi the Shinsho 'Yimate Of the sect and president 'he Association. Bishop Asahina wili visit Zen on June 19th 2:00 p.m. Auyo•e to him bee at this rime. FROM YAMADA -HOSHI: Reiriu Yamada -Roshi, t.mnetly Bishop of Soto Zen in Amelica with headL in Los Alveles. was sxesident of Kumanwa Univetsity. Toiyu. yea. In hi. recem speech •t the c«emooies there, he stressel the imp"taoce ot at the Zazen was also the ot a discussion Yamada •Hoshi had Ceylonese to Japan duriJV the latter's recent Visit to Komazawa. They talked at»ut ways clarify the ida of which is commonly tNt misteadtrvly translated as "meditation. They to the ties Ceylon The to «ganize a trip to historical in Ceylon. TRANSLATION m PROCESS: pro&ss« Reihi Masumga. Litt.. Ptotessoc ot Aidin.ist ani History at Komauwa is at W'Ak on the translation luto Of the Of 01 the Soto Sect Oj Zeo Part Of hia work has amieared in a book entitled The Soto Zen. the Layman &xMhist Society Pics. cuttently out

 

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image by Taiji Kiyokawa

 

Machine generated alternative text: Sumki tæemly receiv«i a letter trom Professor to devc*e his life to the translation of this of such importance to Soto Zeu stuients. We American students are extrernely grateful to Professax Masunaga his D%en in •REVEREND HASHIMOTO APPOINTED SEIDO± •u Reverui has ill six months. as. new bett«oand io March to Eiheiji MorB8tery to taccemvhis apl.»intrnent as,Seid0 At Fesent he i' lectures on the 'Shot»genzo. vgrr FROM VIETNAMESE PRIEST: In Reverexi Suzuki, Reverend Katagiri and Irene met lunch with M.A.. Ph.D.. Of Vietnam. Dr. Thien-an is a priest, as well as Dean, Faculty of Letters, at Van-Hanh University and Professor. Faculty of Letters, at Saiion University. 'He came to the States with a Catholic priest from VietMm ip order to lecture in New York, Colorado SIXings. amt Los Arveles. —ks excellent English and Japanese. When he met Revereml Katagiri. both amazed to that they had classmates at Komazawa Univasity • in Jarnn.- Thién-an that there is much interest in Zen in Vianam. even though at this time all sects are unit«i into one Church. He present«i two books on in the Vianamese as gifts to Zen Center litrary. Dr. Thien-an will rettrn to the United States in the and at that time will Visit Zen Ceyer to practice zazen with u' te lecture Vietnmese &.M1ism. KOREAN ZEN MASTER BACK IN SAN FRANCISCO: Dr. B) Seo. Korean Zen master and scholar, is tnck in Are aft« months at Columbia Univasity in New York auditing classes 01Berving Am«iean «iucatioml He is now doing this at the Univasity of California, and fontinuirv his study of Dr. Seo hopes to remain in the United States for one yea&hile writing a history of Korean from the nineteeNh century to the Besent. lasi summer he slides at Zen Center of the trautiful temple in Kyong Ju, of whiéh he is Abbot. During May he is couiuctirv classes with the Neo-Dharma Society once a week at the home of Dr. Rex Sweeg, 783 Street. San Francisco.

 

Machine generated alternative text: WESAK SERVICE HELD: On May 16th." Zen Ceitet in the annual Wesak Service ptesented by the ot the Dharma at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco. This service. by the world ova, commemorates birth, enlightenment, uansitiun intu nirvana ot NEW BOOKLET OF st.rrRAsn While at Eiheiji, OratnmePetchey eompikd a book of sutras, which he Kao made 'imo a and Pat Herteshoft the •teneils Reveretxl Katagiri edited them. We especially thank Reveremi Price of the Hume 01 the Dharma the use or hi' duplicating machine. OF ZAZEN AVAILABLE: Fifty copies of the Way of Zazen Fujimota -Hoshi have ik•en Chm&idge is very helpful for beginners uf Ozen Copies are available trom Zen Center at each. "EASURER'S that expawes were $8.76 higher than the income tile month. Pinse keep ycnjr pl«ws up. A account has twen Zen as plaun«i at the Feisuary meeting. Memtus. don't fo•get your .00 donation to ke• this growingl Money may tr txought the monthly meetirvs. given directly to the ueasurer. Mike Dixon. Bit in the contrit»tlon the ( With an envelope or slip of l»per markirv it the Fund ) WEDNESDAY NIGHT LECTURE SCHEDULE: of speakers the W«inesday evening lectures (7:30 p. m . ) is as foliuwo: May 19th May 26th June 2ui June 9th R everend Suzuki R evererxi Katagiri R ev«etxf Suzuki Petchey June 16th June 23rd June 3(hh Reverend Suzuki Reverend Suzuki ßeve•end Kat.gin last minute in speak«s, please check the outside the gall ZOiCenter. (

 

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZAZQ/ LECIURE SO{EDULE Friday S:" - 6:45 a.m. Att«noon mzen Leture 5:30 „6:30 p.m. 7:30 - p.m. SuÜy 5:45 - 10:00 a.m. 8:00 - a.m. 9:00 No a 9 Sumiay when there always uzet». NO 0t IEtue in . held 6:30 • 7:30 a.m. at LOOS &yant Street. Palo Alto. ev«y Thursday trom 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at 849 Pulm Stret. City. ev«y Ttuar*iay evening.

 

 

WB 65-04 July

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER News WEEK SEss1iiN BEGINS JULY 26: at cet Volume IV No The annual Week sesshin. •v 26. Each day's schedule Will include meditation). a With fifteen- minute (work each Excel' (m«titatiun hail). There IS charge sessh•n. ate welcome (winch are about , 00 a day to sleep at tbc• make Reverend Suzuki plan to tying bed' # "It iclesr Bishop ogen Sumi, Whu replaced •San last yea' as head America. plans to come "geles to tg• give instruction and Many leaders have read to tinre in hand experiexre of i,tandard Jules may give picture 'be of ses are t guise planning A" these 'u 'hi. spit". thliiog sessbin Keep silent Whea shou H emove shoes Please see the imut h activ shou e enter i gram on th "edit owing: ma and IOU wide shoes t ows t he -duce in the butnidö Stamf for t-Äjwing amt •I When walking about the IRIild. et•n L arty out th sesshl• kinbin (the shashu hard with he left thumb.) haruls •n the same right uvev Women in sesshin help to wash dishes, kitchen. Warren. Who is in charge Ot 'he kitchen. let you know when The kitchen should left the etnraace serving amt Of Cate should taken keep a it bet'" cups down It is the custom to eat you. you next meal. please let the kitchen After meals. carry your tray to the kitchen. the zelulo [tuuugh anotju.•i ituough Which the trays are out.

 

Sesshin at Eiheiji by Grahame Petchey

 

Machine generated alternative text: OB)N FESTIVAL. OßERVED: Omn Hoyo was beld at SokoJi Temple on July 11th. Ot»n is a Which are 'Aid to These play an imBKtant in spiritual saved the SokOJi Fujiokai, WORLD FEDERALIST SPEAKS AT ZEN CEMrER: EiJi Kawai. touruier of the World Association oi World Federalists Secretary-General oi the All Committee the World Peace Festival. was the guest speaker at Zen Center even". June 23rd. 'be week-lotu annual meetirg 01 the WAWF hese i" San He the One government as of worW also the impxtarre of trr for rece through *actiee Of —zen in Zen Prominent Of many With the WAWF. ZEN CENTER LIBRARY DONA WELCOMED: Zeo Center Lityary thanks tor the Of We Would •ISO tile to that in to Circulation '0 many check«i are due tuck in Ogee WEEKLY LECTURES: Lectures are givea twice Zen eV«y morni1V at 9 a.m. am' every at 7:30 p.m. with Reverelv:l Xatagiri guest slwakers). The topics 0t Revereml S*•• s«mon: 7. y mocaiag ledge. " Chas*er on st'_ries the Hekigan tveu from •s last • on Many as W V evep. Blue cuff R ec«ds) . The curr The o July 7 n collection or one sh ubjecrs are 88 89. ror the commixg Wednesdar even* - Suzuki July 2 t • ' Suzuki July 28 • sess - Revereuf Kavgiri RJSINESS MEETING: The August 7 at am. , fol Saturday mornitv nzen. NUCLEAR PHYStasr SPEAKS AT ZEN CENj•ER Sakae m.cleal 'hysicist 'rotessor at Kyc*o University. Japan. was the guest speaker at Zen on July 7th- Takit« time trom a heavy sch«iule oi lectu.es conference. at L.awretre Radiation Latuatory. other .ciennlic cetuers in 'be u,' on the relation Of Zen He said that amA ail the wcgks of literature philosophy Of the West, 'be Shotx»genzu, by century Of Soto Zen Buddhist sect. has the most foe the spiritual life or man. He was by or the concepts of time. Dr. Shimizu plans to visit scientific the country Of U.S. State Deprtmeot) aroual to Novemtn. GRAHAME PETCHEY RETURNS TO JAPAN: Petchey. Vice-President Zen mouths in Mowgtery in 1963, plans to return to the mornstery to contim..e his Ottujy. This time Gratume Will take his Wife. Pauline. (2•i/Z years), arg' Julia (Il months). his mother. in-taw, Mrs. Julia Laurin. on August 8, tot a year's stay in Javnn. Mrs. Petchey, Mrs. L.mgiu, the two chikbeu wilt live rrar XycRo while Grahame 8b Eiheiji_ Over the a at evenit« lectures in have enjoyafA.rume•s accounts ot first visit to Eileiji. We will miss Petcheys very much. to of Stay in The Ot Zen Center to the anonymous donor Of one dollars given in memory Of Mrs. Reed. the uses to the in to make a to

 

 

WB 65-05 August

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWSLETTER OF ZEN CENTER REM)WNED ZEN MASTER DIES: Volume August. 190b Hashimoto-Roshi Of Hokyoji Temple in Fukui vv•ssed •Way ai age 76 was the authority on Dogen Zetvi's Shot»genzo. and strict way had big the Soto Zen School. Official funeral services Will held on August 28 in Fukui, Zen Cento-I's sesshin, on that day, Will be dedicated to Hashimoto-Ros'". HEAD OF SOTO SCHOOL PLANS SEITEMBER vtsrr; Archbishop Rosen Takashina, prirnate the Soto Zen in Cisco SeptemIEr 2tKi gn his way to Ikazil ty eelebate the tenth anniversary the Of Soto Headquarters in San Paulo. He will b: accompanied by Shuich Soto Official under Reverend Junko Sase ar«i Burv•n Hasegawa. Takashina.Roshi will lead services the ancestors of the memtk•rs oi Sokoji at" Zen Friday. 3rd, p.m. the 01 Sokoji Temple. the 'Arty Will a ISO able to address us in their tri el San . SUPPORT OF ZEN CENTER: From time to time Zen cuntritÄJtions from scattered throughout the WOK". At rimes we' learned that some Of these were little able to afford yhich ey Many thanks to Euro"e, North South America ant We a your Concern iot the supputt well • tizing of the Center. However, the syp IS hete in toe uy necessary the Center fairly ree y , it i exlknses Of the Ce all of medi trary , attemi ing u res ev amour* of at least al dollars atfcrd. It is better to make this ror a pt«ige card. er I upon the regulac contribuuuu. oi fat we ale each mont9. n t that y and a some of the o' tige should one -bided. a ctice. if only a _ Thea tion a . Anyo meditatixw. the Um es We to whav ledge to Z

 

Machine generated alternative text: The recent annual -week sesshia 01 extetkied m«litation) was perhavs long sesshin we have ever had. Each get a little at how to run This year the difficult BONem Oi the kitchen was in a highly ellective Betty Warren aryl Bill Kwong. They the kitchen bad t»th men atxl women at sres.ring, serving auf cleaning-up. Still the '*Oblems of silence, 01 walking 01 Of WOtking have not There complete during the eatile week the eesshin. those who at the temple during the week, there should no talking even duriaw the nighttime The only talkitv should the immediate carrying out oi *Orne gurt or the sesshin. for example the location of a mop Work a question arising in the course meal rves•ration. It is lurticularly imlx»rtant for those lorv•time mernircs to yet the example. newcomers Will naturally 100k to them tot the proc«iures to follow. Sometimes a sigpoc sigtul Ot some kind Will serve instead words. It is a very interesting eXTk•rience to go one Week Without talking. Try it one full day at the next day •s sebShin 28th). y on your cushion any position during every peri"j it is t*tter m«fitatiou. rather than to rest or Sm in Some Other room. From one view. sesshin is a kind experiment in freeirw oneself from ituai ideas Of s luce time. a nd for this it is Co restrict oneself in time by on your cushion each scheduled sitting You Will have other ideas Ot the to of closely the 'Xocedure. Smoking should limited to the land VMiods. Please smoke only 00 the. *teoay. t i N not c to tb e newcomers Work a what work there is to p. Wc should nave to done iocauoo,s or SESSHIN LECIURES A some of still much Reverend Katagiti to lead He arrival from Los Arveles sitting a year or two mt*e tiiuæ. en are are or Reverend Suzuki Also n Soto' Zen in shin. iven twice ditty Mol y throg*Giday) 00 the This year, Reverent Suzuki •s chology),' am (rom religion with science (in particu (especially ethics). Zen io inimical to science, it hab it •n Iosophy. quated with either. Revereu3 Suzuki reit that a clarification of th was important in view or the many questions receM1y rais«i with respect to ISO, tEcause of the in the Weat to think ot religion in mcxaiistic 0t ethical Bishop Sumi spoke on What is the teal mankimi. With the and conflict everywhere much in evidence, this question is or central importance in lives. Zen teaches u' that the search mogt Within. B«ihidharma trought this truth from India to China in the 0th ceMruy A. now it has come 5.000 mites across the pacific. Shabrnuni discover«l the way to overcome suffering, is Other than yourself. "When you trust yourself, " Bishop said, • •then the Zeo way is the life for all Of No summary can convey the spirit ot these speakers. All of the sesshiu lectures were taped ani are in the possibly to ßiured as a small NEXT ONE-DAY ZAZEN; held At.•upt 28th. at a.m. EAsr ZAZEN: Thank' to 'he or Gilrnan Other friends, there Will now tegular in the East Mr. Gilman is renovatitW a small room an shop on Avenue one block act'*S the line Oaklarxf - an ideal location accomm«iatirv and Oakland melitators. rust peri•Äf Of mzen witl held Septemtn 13th from to a.m. at 6052 College Agenue. Please 00 time. this firet pet REI, entrance Will through the door of the antique shop, Which cannot at that in the morning.

 

Machine generated alternative text: Meanwhile Mr. Gilman can use any help in any or you in the East in San Fratriseu will t.• able give • pione Gilman. S•786i, with him. NEW LOCATION FOR PENINSULA z-AZEN: A' moøt 01 you k.m»w, the Of Zen Cernei is 00 in LOS Altos. Tbe lcx:ation Thursday morning zazen (0:00 the tesideoce 01Marion Deity, 746 Univeruity Avenue. Los Altos: by way. thanks to the Peninsula group contritmtiunsi FtR*DS - REVEREN) KATAGiRl AND A NEW ZENDO: Anyone Who Would tike to help wife States this Fail should a marked this This idea spontaneously people Five tea dollars everyone go a long way The svecial is the Which has already time. Its Will made cleat by the iuilowing tae's. Thew year•s week-sesshin. Our Suesem Zemlo sixteen places the walls. There is additional places on the we thin gun mats. Although mute can fitted onto the central section ot tx•comes nearly impossible to Walk the kyosaku twenty-eight places for zazen in the Zeuio itself. Thanks to the Javx•nese congregation to the Concerted effort uf an additional place to meditate was on a ot the auditorium accomnuyla(e the overflow during this yea"b yesbhin, the crowded condition Wab everyone gathered 'o walki•g file coom•. the.e vas havdly enough room i'*lividuals. the sesshins contimje to At the same rate. year Will at 'be • sesshint woblem IS only occurs when there mote than twenty zazen itself may gu up to thirty tbiy year. It is cleat that Zen a rew Zeulu. make a to help phos. it to Zen Centes. in an enve10V* mark«j Foul." Some ate AK) a month On addition to their pledges). The initial plan to the monthly t:Aisiness meetirgs. since this is unreliable. it may tu donation With your piaige check Just make clear for the treasure' •b goes where. TRANSLATOR •ro usrr AMERICA: Reiho Masuauga. o' uf Tokyo, Wilt arrive in San Francisco in Sep(emixa un way tb.,• nth of Historians ot Neligiou beld this year at Masunaga is Bese•nty the mammoüi the Ot Of the S•AO Zen KAPLEAU'S 100K AVAILABLÆ: A Copy Ot Philip Kapleau•s new The Pillars Of Zen. recently WAS by the auth'Ä to •Zen Center's liWacy. The will published Harper aruj ROW in January. Mr. Kapie•au said if any Of Reverend Suzuki •r' like a Copy then, he would to send them one flum Japan a' U.S. "j $6.9S by sea mail. you copy by add $3.50 extra to the Suzuki Truly the

 

Machine generated alternative text: LmARY NEWS: Many thanks to the unknown dorutor Of a glass«i-in tx»ok-ease. two armchairs. a triple lamp set for the litraryl The book-case arrived just in time to meet the need or an exparxiing collection. Since our present litrary stuce is too small for the chairs, they will temporarily used elsewhere to help furnish an in anticirztion of the Falt arrival Of Reverend Katagiri•s wife son). There are a great many t»oks overdue. return them, don't forget to cross your mme off the list. WSINESS MEETINGS: The tusiuess meetirv sch«iuled Ior Saturday, August 7th, was postponed until August 21st. The date ot the SelRember t*JSiness rne«i1V will post«l on the ujiletin WEDNESDAY EVENING SCHEDULE OF LECTURES: The schedule of speakers for the coming W«inesday eVenings is: August 25 1 - Reveremi Katagiri Reverend Suzuki Sev*ernber 8 — Jean Ross Ser*ernber 22 SeptemtM 29 Reverend Suzuki — Reveretxl Suzuki - Revereul Katagiri Olatwes in the sch«iuLe occur. We are hoping, instance, that Professor Masuxuga will find time to speak to us during his Septernt*r visit. (X)RRECIION OF JULY WIND BELL: It was stated in the last Wirgi Bell that Master Suzuki would translate explain the Main Subject or the Blue Cliff Records NO. 86. of Our policy, which alterrntgs shorter news issues with the longer article issues. Master Suzuki's conclusion to NO. 86 will not apsEar until the issue.

 

Machine generated alternative text: Motxiay through Friday zazen (meditation) Afternoon zazen (Exces* Lecture W «ineeday 5:45 - 6:45 a.m. S:3W- 6:30 p.m. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Saturday Sumiay Zazen Lecture 5:45 • a.m. - 10:00 a.m. NorE: NO zazen an dates containing a 4 9 (except Sutuiay when there is always mzen). zazen on Wednesday afternoon (because of lecture in . Zazen is held from 6:00 - 7:30 a.m. at 746 University Avenue. Los Altos, ev«y Thursday morning. from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at 849 Palm Street, City, every Thursday evening. Starting on September 13th. zazen will held each Monday morning morni1V from 0:00 - a.m. at 6052 College Avenue in Oaklatui.

 

 

WB 65-06 September

 

Machine generated alternative text: WEDNESDAY EVENNG OF LECTURES: The schedule ut is: 3 10 R evÜeai Suzuki 17 24 Suzuki Ratagiri NEXT ONE-DAY SESSHIN: The next one-day sesshin will held on Saturday, Novemtrr 13, at 5:45 a.m. RETURNIW MEMBERS OF ZEN CE>TER: Ncrman Rita Stiqetmey« Hat Pam from to Euros• where they have and tot the Gale Mo«e have from place East wh«e they inve the Last year. BERKELEY ZAZEN: Zazen cuaetice in every from S:4S to 6:45 a.m. on 13. Rm Suzuki goes to Rm Kangiri San thanks to Gilman, at 052 Collqe Avewe. Please join us. ADDRESS a-IANGES: Please notify us imm«liatety when your address Each Witxl that is coots 8$ atxi this amounts to a fair amoum with each issue. Algo please include Zip the Post Office is to require it.

 

Machine generated alternative text: Editcr: BAKER Ass't. Editors: ROBERT COVE, TRUDY Art: KIYOKAWA Daily meditation (nun) weekly lectures open to the public are by Zen Master Rev. Shunryu Suzuki Rev. Katagiri. Los . 746 Uruv«sity through Friday —-945 - MEDITATION 5:30 - W&Oy) LECTURE 7:30 - MEMTATION MEDITATION LECTURE 6:45 a.m. 6:30 p.m. p.m. 5:45 - a.m. 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. 6:00 - 7:30 City . 849 Palm 7:30 - 8:30 ' 6052 College Aveæe MoÜy 5:45 - 6:45 Note In San Francisco there is no &tes a 4 thae always meditation lecture).

 

 

WB 65-07 November-December

 

Machine generated alternative text: coyer-grs Page I 2 3 6 News News Existentialism Zen - lecture by Reiho Masanaga October Sesshin Lectures Morning lecture by Rev. Katagiri Early afternoon lecture by Rev. Suzuki Late afternoon lecture by Rev. Suzuki Meditation and Lec We are very pleas«i to announce that Old son. Yasuhiko. have lly co to the meeting them. Rev. Katagiri Street from Sokoji in an a the week sum m toward tringing Mrs. Katagiri Bell last week Zen here t'xeå*p es era I to Sa ble to nk all tagiti•s wife. Tomoe, and lour year St*es. We h@ve all looked forward to s. They are now livirv across the ptarted gontritNting some extra nuney The idea was announced in the a check for $300 to help with helped in any the expenses or gett ERNIE MARRIES November 19 Members were invit their new ettled. Dav in ied to K o the pl lease.) by ion guppg LIBRARY INVENTOR€ Please return all Center li week or Jarwary. 31 NEXT ONE-DAY SESSHIN for an 1965. NO sesshins The next oue-day sesshin be Saturday, urgit EIG DRUM We have decided to bay a large drum from Japan. It will cost atx»ut $400.00 witn There area of thirws like this needed (next a big tkll). We ate to aftcxd them one at a time. The Of a big drum is a worxierful feeling ami we are Look.irv forward to the sourxi in us (see Suzuki, Roshi's lecture in this

 

Machine generated alternative text: LETTERS Plese free write Letters to the Wild questiogu Zen (>nter 0t Zen We try to mem. EXPE>SES To join Zen as a memb« is $12 a year. those who meditate use the regularly We encourage at a $5.00 a moMh plaige. Of course anyone who cannot aff«gd to help with the expenses can use the center for free. But is tot those or who m«iitate regularly at Zen Center. some or you once ot twice a day. to realize that this activity does Cost money, mcre dun movies. The ulildirw. two priests, the Wixxi tatami are expenses.

 

Machine generated alternative text: Daily meditation (zazen) weekly OF to the Biblic are Zen Rev. Sunryu Suzuki Rev. Katagiri. Mouiay Friday Att«noon MEDITATION 5230 - WedlEs&y) Los Altos . 746 Univasity Avenue Wainesday LECIURE Sanrday MEDITATION Surxiay LECIURE 7:30 - p.m. 5:45 - 10:00 a.m. 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. •marsday 6:00 - 7:30 Redwood City . 849 Palm Street Thursday evenirv. 7:30 - 8:30 6052 Coil* Mouiay 5:45 - 6:45 Note: In San only, th«e is on dates containing a 4 or 9, excei* When tb«e is always Lecture. Wainesday when there is always lecture.

 

 

WB 66-01 - February

 

Machine generated alternative text: News ELECTION OF OFFICERS The monthly Fir•rity to the (åree Zen mitm like as out the this yet). ate E.tgÜ the sa:retary will occasioaalty who are people in it from this m is the åioa. int<est REN)WNED ZEN MASI'ER DIES Savaki. Kcxio, Roshi. the Soto zen Ma Of Antaiji Temple laymen monks in Ky«o. He y. Fe&uary 26. will of Trustees are open the day to go with tmg tzs Etemß aa the at:oüt December 21. He was Rosh* for strict disciplilk auf deep r±ilosohicat arø intellectual of Rath« than a speciat asked That his dcath by hi' f'. by forty-nine day Sesshin. is now sesshin. REDWOOD a-ry EVEMNG MEDITATK)N row IN LOS ALTOS From nov on the Ttu.rÄiay (7•.X) - 8:30 p.m.) the Will beld at 849 Palm in Ory- tnsted held in Los Altos at 746 Univasity Avnue. same place u it Only •y ot the week remain "me..

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEW LOCATION OF EAST ZAZEN The East uzen group Will now meet at the home or Howard 2919 Fulton Street, at the same time Momiay mornings, from 5:45 to 7:00. SOTO SEMINAR This year •s semirur on Soto Zen Was held in Monterey. Saturday Sumiay, Ferruary 12 13, at the Mon(erey Zen Temple. 453 usanova Avenue. Registration was at Op. m. at 6:30 p.m. Bishop Togen Sumi. Rosh' gave instruction "How to This was toltow«i by a short period of uzen ami then ami questions answers. Sullfay morning with zan_n at 9:00 a.m. At p.m. the Suzuki. Roshi talked on the "History of Buc"hism•• at the Art of Hall in Carmel Seventh ami Eighth Streets on urmel Avem•e. This was follow«i by • short ot uzen then a talk on ami the Kisan NEWS OF GRAHAME AND PHILIP As many Ot you know. Petchey Philip Wilson are in at Eihelji the Head Soto Temple in the mountains years ago by Zenji. Exca-pts from two lettes from Philip ate in the Letter Secticm ot this isswe. Grahame lus a from himself hig wife. We had to get some of this for this issue. it will have to wait next time. Grarume his rud to Eiheiji fcr a while loc tratment and diagnosis disc). He wilt return to Eiheiji shortly, tight now he is with his family sitting in the 49 Sesshin at Antaiji to commemorate the death of the head of that temple. Sawaki Kodo. Roshi. Grahame am' Philip are shown below with Tatsugami. Roshi. Of M«iitation arxi Caemonies at Eiheiji.

Machine generated alternative text: vek'YY10NT zeta. maybe? (Mrs. Dorothy Schatk Zen Cent« in San Francisco for month in arri January. She meditat«l twice a day lectures said she it an irnportant experience. We certaLnly found her a very to practice Zen with. She hq»es to tAin a Zerxio in Vermont which she explains in tik toliowirv article.) A Of questions been asked what to in V«mom. Where did Rev. Suzuki rally go vben he left the in •a attemß to clarify a little. My my home in euctiy •itho• Massactwsetts. We live in town ot North•mBon with Frank. we ate guardiaB. grown up. Smith In March•tl. my bas a Protesy« or tor ove thirty •years. J.J. (Philip's wife. He is at EiheiJi) tachirw at Smith Dow. Nottbagnpton is the the Berkshire M mxntains In Valley. Boston are a or •o mites away. atxi New York three &attteixro. Vermont. torty miles to Northwest. close to the New Hampshire line. ia onen "The Gateway to the Mountains. It in tbe Green Mountains where the is to located. The are mrthwegi Ot is famous its autumn color atxi numeraJS resorts. Vermont bitty heavily auf made up ot •malt towns village.. with main town a village green. • few mostly white ami a like White vo«ien ch.gch with • •teqie, roads are that is. Hack top 000 town town all ova state. a hau is miles hom my home up a ste. hill (almost evo miles the old town Waidsb«o. road is dirt. accessiNe enm«h in summer. divides the almost halt. on the tight side up a steep rise which 100b dowa across the to a drop an area where we plan to hiild a "Zen House. " This means a of a guest house And a time • temporary The house is to include three principal eooms. with the room glassed in down the drop. the window on the flat area could a dimly seen ttrough tir trees. eventually a temple. One the three main rooms will • large tatami room. with at one erg' which could to make a sleepitw section. room could also be tor rn«litaticm. ne other room wilt be a tniroorn. with a screenaj porch. vest«n-styte. except that door. are eo be sliding. Vermotg winterø are it is always cool in the hills. In fact one or the Jokes mtives summer day was summer this When the h'*.ise is attha.rgb for it can only open ttr Of

 

Machine generated alternative text: Some work us a p«tion of tot may available by early summer. An artesian wetl was dug last - as the unves say the snow flies": am) an architect is now working on plans tor the house. However: with the excel*ion Of ttE selection collection or stone for a - work Of i*otnbty oot start tor at least another year. The Well. nutty accomplishai. iBd to dug through many teet (383) of t«fge rock; was of Course very expensive; there is plenty Water, enough to draw off some ror a pomi on che garden site. The architect. Simon Watts. is Harvard train«i and sensitive to Japanese architecture, simplicity. aut the use of mtutai mat«iai•. He is tou to do the pun. He doe think he can design the temple. possiNy iata may be to Ln consultation with a architect. In to We to use white walls clay tile roofs. This summer a will on Boperty a small room Which I can go ard forth trom Norttummon. is earnpuv st*ce. the room without much furniture Zen The climate is great in summer. it is sometimes rains. it is hot. if any of you are in the East at any time. do sure to contact us. My home address is 74 Lyrnan Nocttummon, Mass. , my (413) SS4•S6S5 case we should in (at there is Nione) the aMress is ju•t Vermont. Semi a postal card to Waidsboro. your could It io my hope to p•acticing with you again sometime next wint«.

 

 

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Machine generated alternative text: Daily meditation (zazen) and weekly lectures open to the public are by Zen Master Rev. Shunryu Suzuki Rev. Dainen Katagiri. Monday through Friday Morning MEwrATION 5:45 - Afternoon MEDITATION 5:30 - (except Wednesdåy LECTURE Saturday MEDITATION Sunday MEIMTA'IION LECI'URE 6:45 a.m. 6:30 p. m. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. 5:45 - 10:00 a.m. 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Los Altos Thursday Thursday Berkeley Monday mcrnings, 746 Univ«sity Avarue 6:00 - 7:30 6052 Cot* Avetue 5:45 -6:45 Note: In San Francisco only. is no malitation on dates containirw a 4 or 9, exceßSuÜy when there is always meditation and lecture. aul W«fnesday when thae is always Lecture.

 

 

WB 66-02 - March, April

 

Machine generated alternative text: Ne-vvs ZEN CENTER OFFICERS ELECTED The annual Ferruary meeting Of is Of particulat impottance because it is set aside for the election Ot new trustees who are responsible carrying forward the day today and the larger problems and financial commitments Which go With a center teching and regular meditation. We were all pleas«l to see that this year's held on Feb-uary 26thw was especially forty and there. Here the election resu!ts: we Il -attend«l , presidege R l&rd Jean Roes Vice-Presidene Mike Dixon succeeding Bill Kwong Secretary: Toni Johansen Pat Ha-reshoff easurer: +40adIey Mike Dixon Or vacated±Truatee members Wee the meeting To fill to recommend&l to the i'EumtnrCfrustees, Who then appointed them to-ihe The new Trustees are Wartenßenew«l). (renewed) Toni Johansen and Silas . Each year's Officers help to imßove the organization Of Zen Cemer. We feel this to true of 1965 Officers. thanks to them aM welcome to our new officers. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1965 Our total income for 1965 was $6,612.07. Almost all of this was contrihlted by amd Of Zen Center. A summary Of the way in Which this money wag diyvn-sed • is given on the following page.

 

Machine generated alternative text: Contritmtions to resident ContritNtions to other priests and individuals Contributions ror temple maintenance, festivals, etc. Wind Bell expenses. printing Wind Bell expenses, t ising Office supplies and books Pillows for the Zendo Luxary expenses Recording tapes Other Tota I $2,700.00 170. 'l) 1,110.00 531.76 117.12 104.88 78.54 234. 80.00 20.62 $5,419.22 Thus our net income was $1, 192.85 as of December 31, 1965' ($1, OIL 00 of this was a special gift.) The total assets of Zen Center, as of the of 1965, were $2, 394.25. The figures for the cwo preceding years are: Tota income Total expemlitutes Net income Total assets 1963 $3, 615.82 3,322.29 293.55 $1,105.57 1964 $4,837.02 4, 784.69 52.33 $1,157.90 Zen Center is a non-profit, tax-free organiution. All contriintions are tax - d«luctible. HANAMATSURI CELEBRATED The celebration of Buddha's Birthday, or Hanamatsuri-the Flower Festival, was held this year On April W. The festival included the traditional in Which the children Of Sokoji Sunday School pulled the flower-covered. White elephant, with the statue of the infant Buddha on his Enck, followed hy memtvs Of Sokoji and Zen Center. Atter the rnrade the ceremony in the main hall, refreshments wet' upstairs very enjoyable tragram Of singing dancing by the children _ Zen Center serr!s many thanks to the of Sokoji fcx their cordial hospitality to us at Hanamatsuri. REVEREND SUZUKI VISITS NEW ENGLAND There has long been an interest in Zen in New ErvtaIKi. but recertly it seems to have a new energy am-I direction. This was the feeling Reveren:å Suzuki tm-ought IüCk With him icotn his recent two-week visit to Vermont and Massachusetts. This growing demarui for knowledge of Zen was reflected in the heavy he had during his Stay. He led a two-day sessbin in Dummerston, Vermont, at the home Of Of Mrs. Robert Flaherty, With amut fifteen people in At Amherst, where his hosts were Mr. Mrs. Joseph S. Havens, he held uzen and delivered a lecture. Of the fitteen or so participating in meditation there, a are students of Amherst College, where the Havens teach, and of neatby schoole- With the arrangement of Professor J. Lelaut Varley, he visited the University of Massachusetts, also Amherst, where he nzen spoke to a gathering or over a hundred. He also visited Manchester frattl&ro, and made a trip to See the land owned by Mr.arud Mrs. Marchan Schalk near they hope to build a zeruio. (cf. the January-Fe&uary issue Of the Wind Bell . ) At the Schalks' Northampton home, mzen is currently held each Thursday. But the group interuls soon to rent groom to make 'egular daily zazen rxactice rKjssible. On Sunday April 24th, Reverend Suzuki went to &lrntzidge, where ou Tuesday he again held zazen and gave a lectue to the Buddhist Association at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell. Reverend Suzuki tells us he has by the spirit Of Zen students in New England, and With a deeper feeling for the problems and potential for Zen in America.

 

Machine generated alternative text: SUMMER WEEK SES-SHIN DATE SET Each year Zen Center sets aside one week during the summer months for intensive Tractice Of zazenneditation. This summer's week Sesshin, the fifth to be held since Zen Cenul started, will begin on Monday, Augest 15th, at 5:45 a.m., and continue through the morning of Sunday, August 21st. Ali persons interested are to attend. If you wish to sleep at the temple during the week of sesshin, please make arrangements with Reverend Suzuki in advance and plan to bring your own roll. NEXT ONE-DAY SESSHIN The next one-day sesshin (held monthly at Zen Center). has tentatively scheduled for June ll. LECTURE TAPES MAY BE AVAILABLE Last year we started tapirg Reverejxi Suzuki's sesshin lectures and recently some Sunday and Wednesday lectures. Most of the monthly sesshin talks were transcrilpd amt have appeared in the Wind These, along with the tapes of last summer's sesshin lectures, are to be compiled into form, (along with other Wind Bell material), hopefully available some time next fail. it is possible that some groups or individuals might like to hear some of these tapes. However, before initiating a plan for sending them out, we would like to know: 1) if there does indeed exist an interest in hearing them. and 2) would those unaccustomed to Reverend Suzuki's accent and manner of expression have a problem understanding him? tn order to test the Latter, we would like to out a trial tape to an interested group. Please write to the a.litot, Dick Baker, if you would like to receive such an experimental tape and/(r would interested in a future tape-lending program from Zen Center. BOOKS ON ZEN WDDHISM We would like to compile a bibliography of books on Zen Buddhism in English which have proved particularly valuable to English-speaking students of Zen. For this BIQose we invite Wit-Kl readers to sera us suggestions of reading material. Please Include any ideas you may have as to why your selection has been of particular benefit to youC study. and

 

Grahame and Pauline Petchey sent a tape from Japan

 

Machine generated alternative text: @ specify if you are not to have your letter printed in the Wind Bell ot included in a file of suggested reading to put in the Zen Center lib•ary. We already have some ideas for such a list from out own reading, aryl from the excellent book reviews of both Elsie Mitchell of the Camlridge Buddhist Society aul Robert Aitken of the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii. MORE ZEN CENTER MEMBERS TO VISIT JAPAN Several Zen Center members are on their way to Japan or making plans to do so this coming summer. Ralph Wire left last month, and is Exesently on a visit io Hawaii tkfore continuing On to Japan, where he will enter EiheiJi monastery next month. He will the fourth Zen Center memkrr to stuiy at Eiheiji. (His three predecessors are Jean Ross, Grahame Petchey and Phillip Wilson.) Jeanie and Howard Campbell, of the Chapter of Zen Center, plan to visit Japan this coming summer. stopping off in Hawaii en route for a visit with Jeanie's old friends, the Robert Aitkens of the Diarnord Sangfia Zen lilddhist Society there.

 

Machine generated alternative text: 12 Dear Edi tot: Thank you ror your letter, and assur=j that I will if I can continue to receive the Wind Bell. The two that I have received have txen most helpful, and they are just the sort Of stuff like to read. Zen is just to have some organization here in Philadelphia. b_lt even SO have had some visiting monks from New York and were fortumte enough to receive persorvll instruction from Yasutani, Roshi, once a week for several months. Now trnt he is no longer With us, (we expect he will return sometime this summer), find the zazen mcxe difficult than ever, herein lies the value, tor me, of readirv, as I it helps my motivation. In my professional life am primarily a clinician. i.e., a rather than a scholar, and it is the same with the Zen. My desire is not to a scholar Of Zen and Buddhist teaching, tut to study Zen by practicing mzen. The reading is regard«i as only an aid, but which I find most helpful--justas indicated by Suzuki, Roshi, in the Last Wind Bell I receival. I get a feeling of the solidness Of the Zen Study at your center, tu»efully Our snull and flickering flame here will be able to strengthen itself by drawing on your light. hope to able to visit California in ttw next few years, certainly come to Stay With you for awhile in that event. Finally, would like to send greetings arri regards from our new zend0 to yot_ES. Sincerely, W. Kanar Voluntary of the Wit-KI is $2.00 per year. Los Altos 746 Avenue 7:30 - 8:30 Editor: Richard Ehker Editor for this issue: Trudy Dixon Ass't editors: Robert Gove, Alan Winter Art: Taiji Kiyokawa Mailing List: Betty Warren, Ruth Reid Mailing: Mike Dixon Kathy Cook, East Wind Printers Daily meditation (æzen) and weekly Lectures open to the public ace conducted by Zen Master Rev. Shunryu Suzuki and Rev. Dainen Katagiri. Monday through Friday Morning MEDITATION 5:45 - Afternoon MEDITATION 5:30 - (except Wednesday) Wednesday LECrtJRE Saturday MEDITATION Sunday MEDITATION LECTURE 5:45 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 5:45 - 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning , Thursday evenings, Berkeley Monday , 6:00 - 7•30 2919 5:45 - 6:45 Note: In San Francisco only, there is meditation on dates containing a 4 or 9, F u Iton Street except Sunday when there is always meditation and lecture, awi Wednesday when there is always lecture.

 

 

WB 66-03 - Summer

 

Machine generated alternative text: News WEEK-SESSHIN BEGINS AUGUST 15 The word "sesshir" means literally. o " A Sesshin is a period Of one or days devoted to the sitting in cross -legged B'Sition). The fifth annual Week-sesshin Zen C Will Ikgin at 4:45 a.m. On Monday, August and end at 8:30 p.m. on Friday".. There are several changes Ais year. of a Soto Zen Buddhist meetitv in Los at the sesihin witt ast only five days. We are rpginning at 4:45 a.m. •ch . t:.oth because Of the shorter over-all time Of the sesshin and beca#ee the lier LS re in the tradition Of Zen sesshins. Those Of you, Who for transp*ation other t arrive by 4:45 a.m.. may i periods ofzazen alternating With Each day • s fifteen-minute per _ f (walking medutlon)'• Also (work (privzge insauetion). tæturee three each day participants in se— help ct@up. Bill wEO is in Of the kitchen, you •heg and Wheée to Exc rest pericxis kitchen work. all a ities take place in the (müiitation IL). If there are too ny in a ttendance to fit the ze of the tnlcony. There is no charge for s expenses (Which are S I. 00 temple durirg the week should ma their own bedrolls. e Will be . tilt contr per perso ces to year on both are Wel c Oder to . pesons arrangement Wi • . R evererxf ixing

 

Machine generated alternative text: Att activities or sesshin are consider«j an extension uf your MIND zazen 'Vactice). the followit* rules or gruc:edure to foster spirit. Thus if you plan to please observe the followirv: Maintain silence throughout phases of sesshin (except at certain times. such as during meal preparation. when a minimurn of speaking may be necessary). Care should be taken during meals to keep the noise utensils at u minimum. helps to cups down With hamJs. • on time each activity. • CleRhitv should tx clean. simple, ami iooge•ntting enough toe zazen Women should wear wide ski"tb. When walking about the during keep your and eyes in the same position as for kinhin: the shashu hood position with txjth hands held at your stomach or chest. right over left. left ntvers exirclirw lett thumb: eyes down six feet in front of you. • It is the Custom tu eat everythirw to less food at the next meal. please let the kitchen know. • you cannot come for the entire sesshin. is trneficial for yourself arxi others to have a tegular daily time ot attemfance. Please try to come at least at half-day intervals so as to Interrupt the sesshin continuity as little as Once at the temple. strict adherence to the sesshin sch«iule is importarg the same reason. Those who wish to attend Just the ait«noon evening lectures i ami 7:30 p. m,) Welcome to do so. We hope that again this year, Bishop Togen Sumi from Los will able to with us for at least of sessbin aggi give us a lecture and instruction. ROSHI SUZUKI TO JAPAN The increase of irrerest in Soto Zen in this area, particularly during the year. and the growth Of Zen Center and its Peninsula Berkeley chapters has resulted in heavy demands upon our two resident priests. One or pucposes of Rushi Suzuki's trip to elicit further assistance for Sokoji Temple Zen He lave San Francisco on August plans cwo months primarily at his temple in Yaisu. NEW LOS ALTOS ZENIXJ Thanks to the combined efforts or San and Peninsula Zen Center Marion Derby •s double garage has into a peninsula Chapter. Many thanks to all Who help-al. Marion calls this new zerxio Haiku-Zendo E.cause 17 people can sit in it- Haiku, the Jainnese short poem consists of 17 syllaNes. than 17 syllables in it, we call it '"iamari". Soon she will call her zemlo "Jiamari Zexulo". MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR ZEN MASTER On July afternoon services were at SoEoji Tempte Zea CeMer in the memory or Dalcho Hay.sbu Roshi. Revereul Katagirt•s master, who away on May 30. (It is traditional in Japan to hold memorial savices forty- nine days after a death.) Hayashi Roshi was noted 'or his imiependent spirit, his self- reliance. his appreciation or MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ZEN SCHOLAR. DAtSETSU SUZUKI Chisetsu Suzuki. internatiotulty known Zeo Anidhist scholar. on Tuesday. July 12 at 5:05 a.m. ot thromt»sis of the intestinal artery at St. Luke•s Hospital in Tokyo. He was 95, in Ishikawa on 18. 1870. We held a service him Sumiay. July 24 at Zen Center. FUNERAL FOR TANYA wosax On Tuesday. May 31. Reverend Suzuki cotxsucted rut*tal services at Madison &own Funeral Home tor Miss Tanya Woseik, who wan kilted ina traffic accident. Tanya was a frequent visitor to Zen Center, and we alt join in offering our sympathy to her mother, Mts. throthy Woscik. fw her tragic loss.

 

Machine generated alternative text: otoN FESTIVAL O&SERVED The Ot»n Hoyo Ceremony was held at SokOji Temple on July 10, is tradi- tional Japanese festival during Which respects are paid to Buddha and to our ancestors. These memorial Services play an important part in Japanese spiritual I ife. Following the services, refreshments were served by the Sokujj Fujinkai (the Women's Society Of the Sokoji Temple congregation). PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS VISIT ZEN CENTER About 14 Presbyterian ministers who are studying Japanese language and culture visited Zen Center Saturday afternoon. July 9. Rushi Suzuki talked at»ut discussed Zen BtKidhism With them for aE»ut two hours. LX)NATION TOWARDS LAND PURCHASE Zen Center is now looking seriously into the possibilities for the purchase Of as a Site for a future Soto Zen monastery in America. We wish to thank the anonymous person Who last mouth $1, 00 for this purpose. NEW SECRETARY At the recent ENsiness meeting on JOIy 16. Toni Johansen in her resignation as secretary of Zen Center. Evelyn Lentz was elected to take her place. We Wish to thank Toni for the particularly job she did. especially in her replies to the many requests we receive for information on zazen. SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST MEETING IN L.A. On August 20 ami 21. the annual congregation uf American Soto Zen Buddhists Wilt Lus Angeles, led by T%en Sumi Rushi. Bishop Of Soto Zen in America. JAPANESE PROFESSORS TO VISIT TWO professors from Komazawa University in Japan plan to visit Sokoji Zen Center un August 18 and 19. They are Dr. Wakatsuki, Dean or Education, and Dr. Nakajima.. Professor Of SUMIYE exHIÆT There Will an exhibit Of the Sumiye paintingsuf Chickugyu Ono here in the zemio from August 12 — 14. All interested are Invited to come and See them. LIERARY REVAMPED There is E»th a new location amt a new Check-out system in the offing ror Zen Center LiWary. Plans are now under way to move the Eyioks to the east side of the in order to leave the present site free for a coat and shoe room. We wish to recall all tx»oks for the changeover to a new System, Which will initiate sign-our cards in the Enck Of each and do away With the lengthy procedure Of the ryesent Sign-out sheets. Undet the new methikl, EX)Oks Will due in instead Of three Weeks, and there Will no need to cross your name Off When returning them. Please return your t»oks immediately so that we may reopen the titrary as soon as possible.

 

A Site for a Monastery in America - see Tass page

 

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WB 66-04 Fall

 

We need money for the mountain Zen Center - on Tass page

 

Machine generated alternative text: 10 AFFILIATED MEDITATION CENTERS Zen Center has two affiliated meditation centers in the Bay Area - one in Berkeley and one in Los Altos. Ideally each should have its own resident leader as well as visits from Suzuki Roshi. But at the present time Suzuki Roshi and Katagki Sensei taking turns are able to visit each location only one day a week, There is interest also in beginning an affiliated center in Marin county, but Suzuki Roshi has said that until they get more help, it is not possible. BERKELEY ZENDO The East Bay group has been meeting for zazen in the front-room-made- into-a-zendo of the house Of Jeannie and Howard Campbell at 2919 Fulton Street in Berkeley. The group began to meet in February when the location was moved from the back of the antique store on College Avenue. There is room for eleven persons to sit for zazen. Suzuki Roshi and Katagiri Sensei take turns coming to Berkeley on Monday mornings at 5:45 a.m. to lead meditation and Service. Instruction in meditation (zazen) is given to those coming for the first time. The development Of this center has not been emphasized because at the present time it is not large enough for the many students from the University at Berkeley who are interested in learning about Zen and meditation. HAIKU ZENDO IN LOS ALTOS (This account of the beginning and growth of the Peninsula group affiliated with Zen Center was written by Marion Derby, whose garage was made into a zendo or meditation hall. Her car toas banished to a new car-port. There are just seventeen places to sit in this zendo. and so it was named Haiku Zendo after the traditional seventeen-syllable Japanese poem.) Almost two years ago a group of Zen students began meeting on Thursday mornings in Palo Alto to practice zazen and study Buddhism under the guidance of Suzuki Roshi. Later an evening group began meeting in Red- City. Last summer the morning group nw.'ed to my house in Los Altos, and the evening group followed a few months later. We added an informal breakfast to the morning session which gave us more time for discussion, Feeling the need for more formal and intensive practice, I asked the group what they thought about converting my garage into a zendo. '*DO you think it would be worth the investment?" I asked. "You'll never know unless you do it," was the answer. Work began the next day. Suzuki Roshi designed the room and William Stocker, assisted by volunteer helpers from Los Altos and Zen Center in

 

Machine generated alternative text: 11 San Francisco, built it. On August 4, six weeks later, the opening ceremony was held. Was it Worth the investment? It was no investment. An Old pond silence Seventeen of us plunge in A sound of no sound. Above. Katagiri Sensei (left) and Suzuki Roshi in new Los Alt(h zendo. Side. Suzuki Roshi with students. Below, Marion Derby (left) with helpers during cons Furu ike ya Jushichi tobikomu Oto mu on.

 

Machine generated alternative text: 12 ROSHI TAKES FORMAL LEAVE OF HIS TEMPLE IN JAPAN One Of the reasons Suzuki Roshi went to Japan for the past two months is to officially turn over his temple, Rinsoin. to his son Hoitzu Suzuki Sen- sei. Rinsoin is in the mountains between Kyoto and Tokyo near Yaezu City in Shizuoka Prefecture. The special service for the retirement of Shunryu Suzuki and the install- ment of Hoitzu Suzuki will be held October 23. Most of us have never met Suzuki Roshi's son, but we are thankful to him and the members Of Rin- soin for letting Suzuki Roshi come to the United States. RINSOIN HIT BY TYPHOON The typhoon which ravaged southern Japan in September did considerable damage to Rinsoin. Mrs. Suzuki says that no major damage was done, but that a lot of little damage was done all over the large building. Zen Center sent a small contribution to help with the repairs. Phillip Wilson. Grahame Petchey, and Claude Dalenberg, Zen Center members in Japan, helped clean up and work on the repairs. PHILIP AND GRAHAM TO LEAVE JAPAN Grahame Petchey and Phillip Wilson have both been in Japan studying Zen Buddhism. They both stayed in Eiheiji Monastery for over six months. Eiheiji is the large seven hundred year old training monastery in the moun- rains on the western Coast in Fukui Prefecture. It is one Of the most beau• tiful (some say the most beautiful) monastery complex in Japan. After leaving Eiheiji, Grahame continued his study at Antaiji in Kyoto, and Phillip continued in Kamakura. Grahame and his family left for England in the beginning of October. He has not been home to England or seen his family there for over eight years. He will stay in England probably a year before returning to San Francisco. Phillip's wife visited htm in Japan this summer and he plans to rejoin her in Northampton, Massachusetts where she teaches in the English Depart- ment of Smith College. Phillip will assist Mrs. Schalk with her new zendo there. Two or three Other members Of Zen Center are in Japan, but we have no specific news from them. ZAZEN INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE In the March-April issue of the Wind Bell this year was printed a short poetic treatise by Reirin Yamada Roshi, former Bishop in LOS Angeles, giving directions for the composure of body and mind during zazen (sit- ting meditation). Copies of this have been separately reprinted and are available from the secretary of Zen Center.

 

Machine generated alternative text: 13 SEVENTH ANNUAL WEEK SESSHIN This year the week sesshin (an extended period of meditation) was held from August 15 to 19. It was a day and a half shorter than usual because of the Soto Zen annual national conference held in Los Angeles the week- end of the 19th. Because of this we experimented with beginning sesshin an hour earlier than usual at 4:45 a.m. The time worked very well and we have decided to try beginning the monthly sesshins at this earlier Each year the number Of those attending has increased by about 500/0 over the preceding year. And this year we about reached our upper capacity, with Over forty E*rSonS sitting in the sixteen-seat main zendo, mostly on mats spread on the floor, and another forty persons sitting along the two sides of the balcony which has been cleared and made into two long rows of tatamis. With some Creative building stretching perhaps we can seat over a hundred next year. But if next year's attendance follows the same exponential increase and reaches 120 persons, we are going to face quite a problem. Each year the feeling of the sesshin improves. This must be because everyone knows how to sit a little better and there are more older students to establish the framework and rhythm Of the sesshin. The rule of silence throughout the sesshin from morning to night was much better observed this year. Bill Kwong did a fine job in the kitchen of feeding everybody and maintaining a silent working atmosphere in the kitchen. For the good feeling and success Of the sesshin all Of the participants are to be congratulated, but especially the leaders: Suzuki Roshi, Bishop Togen Sumi Roshi, and Katagiri Sensei whose spirit helped us through the hard spiritual struggle of the sesshin.

 

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Machine generated alternative text: 15 Kinhin, walking meditation photos by Robert Boni

 

Machine generated alternative text: 16 ROSHI AND SENSEI Alan Watts wrote us a letter praising the Wind Bell and sending a con- tribution to the Mountain Center land fund and to the Wind Bell (Thank You), but also pointing out that Reverend is only an adjective and not a title. In the past, others have drawn our attention to the fact that calling Suzuki Roshi "Reverend" was not really a correct use of the word; but Alan's letter moved us to action and it was discussed with Suzuki Roshi and Katagiri Sensei. They agreed that perhaps now was the time to change. Zen Master is clumsy as is "the Venerable Mister" used in England. So Suzuki Roshi and Katagili Sensei decided on Roshi (meaning old teacher and Zen Master) for Suzuki, and Sensei (a term of respect meaning teacher) for Katagiri, In Japan titles are placed after a man's name. ZABUTANS FOR SALE Evelyn Wentz with several volunteers made a large number Of zabutans (large flat rectangular Cushions that are used by many persons during Sesshin under the zafu Or smaller round cushion) for the annual week sesshin. Extra ones are for sale at cost: $3.50 LAND PROJECT MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD EVERY SATURDAY Because Of the large amount Of work and importance Of the effort to raise money to buy the land for the Mountain Zen Center. a number of per- sons suggested and we decided to have meetings every Saturday after zazen at 10 a.m., except when there is sesshin on Saturday and then the meeting will be held after the lecture on Sunday at 10 a-m. Everyone is welcome of course at these meetings. NO ZIP CODE, NO WINDBELL If your address on this issue does not Include your Zip Code, please send us a card with your name and complete address in- cluding Zip Code. By January all bulk mail must carry zip code to be accepted by post office. ALSO— PLEASE notify us Of address changes. Thank You

 

Machine generated alternative text: EDITORS: R;chard Trudy Dixon ART; TRANSCRIPTIONS: Moore MAILING LIST: Warren, Ruth Re;d PRODUCTION: cook PRINTING: Graham Mackiniosh

 

 

WB 67-01 Jan-Feb

 

Tassajara Report - PDF

 

Machine generated alternative text: WIND BELL'S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY In honor of the fifth anniversary of the Wind Bell, we reprint from its first issue the following poem from which the publication received its title. The poem was written by Dogen Zengi (1200-1253), founder of the Soto Zen School.

 

Machine generated alternative text: s WIND BELL Hanging in space by his teeth, his whole body in his mouth. Eastwind, Southwind; West, North he does not care, He talks for others in many ways, always Prainaparamita.* Tsu Chin Tsun Ryan Tsu Chin Ryan. DOCEN ZENGI

 

Machine generated alternative text: SUZUKI ROSHI RETURNS FROM JAPAN Suzuki Roshi returned to Sokoji Temple and Zen Center on November 6 after a two and a half month stay in Japan.

 

Machine generated alternative text: MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES New Zen Center trustees Will be elected at the meeting scheduled for Monday, March 13 at 8 pm. Three of the nine trustees seats expire an- nually. This is Zen Center's most important meeting of the year. The trustees chosen will be responsible for carrying out the fiscal and business de- cisions necessary to maintain Zen Center as a place for meditation and Zen instruction. Everyone interested is invited to come, whether he is a member or not (although voting will be limited to members). Being a member of Zen Center means that you wish to help support it financially by regular contributions. Membership requires a minimum donation Of ten dollars a year.

 

Doubled next payment - Tass page

 

Machine generated alternative text: 9 EAST COAST VISIT Richard Baker retumed January 18 from a month in the East, mostly in New York City. He talked with many persons about the prospective Zen mountain center, gave several lectures, one to a group Of scientists and intellectual business leaders, and he reports that the interest in Zen and in the Orient in general seems greatly increased over a few years ago. While he found this interest most apparent among the young. many Older people seem to be open and curious. He will return to the East for about two weeks with Suzuki Roshi around February 20, in Order to meet with a number of people interested in finding out more about the mountain center. Suzuki Roshi plans also at this time to visit and lead a sesshin with the meditation group in Northampton, Massachusetts. ZEN CENTER LOS ANGELES BRANCH A new meditation center affiliated With Zen Center has opened in LOS Angeles. It will be run by Hakuyu Maezumi Sensei, a Soto Zen priest, who helped Suzuki Roshi for a few years in San Francisco after the latter's arrival in San Francisco. Maezumi has worked for over five years with the Zenshuji Soto Mission in LOS Angeles and with a group Of people interested in zazen there. The group has rented a house which they have made into a zendo seat- ing twenty-five. Meditation is held daily mornings and evenings, With a longer period on Saturday morning. and one-day sesshins held each month. Maezumi Sensei lectures twice a week on Thursday and Saturday. For further information write to 714 South Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles 90005. (Telephone 213 — 384-8996). SESSHINS One-day sesshins were held on November 19. December 17, and January 21. The next one-day sesshin will be February 18. For the benefit of our new readers, a 'sesshin' is an intensive period Of meditation lasting one Or more days. During sesshins the main activity is the practice Of •zazen•. which is meditation sitting in the traditional cross-legged posture. BUDDHA'S NIRVANA CELEBRATION The celebration of Buddha's entry into Nirvana will be held On February 12, at 2:00 pm in the Main Hall of Sok0Ji Temple. Tea and cake will be served afterwards. All are welcome to come. SUZUKI ROSHI TO SPEAK AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY Suzuki Roshi is one of three speakers scheduled to participate in a week- long program entitled '*Zen Buddhism" Sponsored by the Tresidder Me. morial Union Board Of Stanford University. Roshi will speak on "Zen Beyond Consciousness" on February 14, at 4; IS pm in Tresidder Lounge, The talk will be followed by a discussion period. Other speakers on the program are Alan Watts, Kenneth King, and members of the Los Altos Writers' Round Table.

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEW LIBRARY HEAD A news item which escaped the last Wind.Bell is that we have a new head librarian, Lynn Warkov, who took over the job from Trudy Dixon last September. The small library, which was started in the early days Of Zen Center, was resuscitated in the spring of 1965 by Jean Ross, Pat Herres- 110K and Trudy, who reorganized it last summer with the help Of Lynn and many volunteers. Lynn is assisted by Judy Hyde. They report the new system is working well, and wish to thank all those who have donated books to the library this past fall. Books may be checked out for a one-month period. For the sake Of Others waiting for the books, Lynn urges library users to return borrowed books on time. MAILING LIST JOB CHANGE With this issue, Tim Buckley assumes esponsibility for the Wind Bell's mailing list. Our thanks to Betty Warren and Ruth Reid, who for many years have voluntarily prepared Wind Bell stickers and kept our mailing list up-to-date. ALPHA BRAIN WAVE STUDY Katagiri Sensei and four Zen students (three from the Los Altos and one from the Berkeley meditation centers) were subjects in a scientific study Of alpha brain waves in November and December of the past year. The project is conducted by Dr. Joe Kamiya Of the Langley Porter Neuropsy- chiatric Institute in San Francisco. He is interested in discovering how, and to what extent, it is possible for human beings to control their own alpha brain waves. Dr. Kamiya did Some of the Original research on dream sleep and coined the phrase that you 'sleep in order to dream,' which reverses Freud's statement that you dream in order to sleep. He became interested in meditators when he discovered that they could learn to control their brain waves in his experiment in about four hours instead of the usual forty hours. Dr. Kamiya will lecture on •Introspection as Internal Com- munication' this spring in a University of California Extension conference onsepuyluniqation organized by Richard Baker, president of Zen Center. After Februarv€—nzéif-wilr-iiö héIdÄåJéanre an Campbell's home at 2919 Fulton Street in Berkeley. The Campbells, whose front room has served as a zendo every Monday morning for the past year, are moving to San Francisco. Those in the East Bay Who have regularly participated in the early morning sessions will miss the Campbells. The problem arises of where in Berkeley zazen can be held when they leave. The zendo at the Camp- bells held from ten to fifteen people, but Often was overcrowded. A room large enough to hold at least twenty to twenty-five people seated would be preferable. If you know of a suitable place and a person willing to take charge of making arrangements, please contact Zen Center (346-0442 or 346-7540). Meditation is presently being held in the home of Mel Weits- man, Monday mornings in Berkeley. (TH 5-2403)

 

 

Machine generated alternative text: 12 turned last fall from a year and a half's stay in Japan, where he spent over six months training at Eiheiji Monastery. He brought a gift of a •kyosaku• (a long flat stick used to wake up meditating Zen students) from Suzuki Roshi, who made it himself for the Northampton Center. During the sesshin Phillip gave two lectures, one on the "Kyosaku", its history, symbolic significance, and meaning in Zen training, and one on "Breath", the in and out flow of Zen practice. It was reported that Phillip was a great help to the group, and they appreciated the experience of practicing with

 

Machine generated alternative text: publishing Editor; Richard Baker Editor: Trudy Dixon Staff: Mike Dixon, Marion Derby Art: Taiji Kiyokawa Transcriptions: Marion Derby Mailing List: Tim Buckley Mailing: Laura Kwong, Production: Laura Kwong Printing : Graham Mackintosh Please notify us of address changes. Also, new postal regulations require a ZIP CODE on all bulk mail. Please send us a card with your complete ad- dress and Zip Code to insure getting the Windbell — Thank you. Voluntary subscription price of t e Win is $2 per year. Daily meditation (zazen) and weekly lectures open to the public are conducted by Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki and Dainin Katagiri, Sensei. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY Morning Meditation 5•45 Aftemoon Meditation 5:30 — 6 pm (except Wednesday) Wednesday Lecture 7:30 — 9 pm . — 6:45 am 5:45 — 10:00 am 8:00 — 9:00 am 9:00 — 10:00 am AFFILIATED CENTER LOS ALTOS.... . . 746 University Ave Thursday Morning 5 :45 — 7.00 am Thursday Evening 7 — 9 pm (phone 948-5020) SATURDAY Meditation SUNDAY Meditation NOTE: In San Francisco only. there is no meditation on dates containing a 4 Or 9, except Sunday when there is always meditation and lecture, and Wednesday when there is lecture.

 

 

WB 67-02 Fall

 

Zen Mt. Center Report and many articles and pages - PDF

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWS MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS At a Board Of Trustees meeting this year it Wai decided that two classes Of bet-ship would be re-established: Practicing Members and Members. Several years ago we abolished similar categories because nearly all our members practiced regu- tarly at Zen Center. As in the past, all those people who make a minimum pledge Of $10 a year are Members of Zen Center. This membership includes a subscription to the Wind Bell. Practicing Membership is dependent on the approval of the Zen Master and requires a pledge of at least $4 a month for an individual and $5 a month for a married couple, Practicing membership includes a subscription to the Wind Bell and the privilege of voting after having been an active member for six months. We have kept the cost of membership low for we do not want to exclude anyone because of money: but Of the minimum pledge from all members would not support the Center and its priests. ELECTIONS AND OFFICERS At the same board meeting it was decided that Trustees (as in the past) will be elected annually to fill the expired positions on the board. Practicing Members will vote by mail this year since not everyone can attend a meeting. To reflect the growth of Zen Center the Board of Trustees will be increased by three members, and officers will be Trustees for the duration of their office if they were not Trus- tees at the time Of appointment, The membership of the Board will consist Of four members writh a one year term, four members with a two year term, four members with a three year terms and tbc Ptcsidcnc. Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary if they were not already Trustees. 39

 

Machine generated alternative text: The officers will no longer be elected, but will be appointed by the Zen Master after consultation with and the approval of the Board of Trustees. (Previously offi- cers were elected at an annual meeting of the general membership.) The new method of selecting officers was decided upon because the annual meetings were poorly attended and because the selection of officers now takes much more consideration of skills and experience than was necessary when Zen Center was a simpler or"zation. KATAGIRI SENSEI Because Suzuki Roshi has been at Zen Mountain Center a good part of this year, Katagiri Sensei has been leading the practice in San Francisco. He has continued Suzuki Roshi's leadership and added a special quality of his own. In the past when Roshi has been away, attendance at zazen and lectures decreased; but during this last year attendance has continued to increase. Often at Katagiri Sensei's lectures there are 70 to 80 students and at morning and evening zazen between 40 and 60 students. He conducted the annual week sesshin in San Francisco this summer, with Bishop Sumi Roshi and Abbot Suzuki Roshi there for two of the days. Two Of Kataøri Sensei's lectures are included in this issue. SPACE PROBLEMS As in the pst our main problem (and resource) is too many students. We feel We cannot turn students away who come to sic with us or attend a lecture. We feel our responsibility is to find more teachers and more space. But everything cannot be done at once—Tassajara takes all the energy we have at the present time. Yet it is clear that a 16-seat zendo stretched to seat 40, even with the additional 40 seats in another room, is not adequate either for zazen or lectures. The solution we are thinking of is to buy an old warehouse, a beautiful brick One of good construction, and make one floor a rcndo; onc floor a library, study rooms, and er floor living quarters for the priests and a number of students. Of course this plan will have to wait until wc complete the purchase of Tassajara. An additional solution (which We are always working on) is to train American teachers here and to bring moore Japanese priests and young monks to America for short stays or permanently. Our immediate space problem is finding a office than the downstairs kin- dergarten and study room of Sokoji. We are looking into renting an apartment for use as an office across the street from Zen Center, OFFICE WORK AND NEW TELEPHONE Yvonne Rand is doing a beautiful job as office manager at Zen Center assisted by John Steiner, Barry Eisenberg, Bill Lane and others. There is still too much work for them. and anyone who wants to help is encouraged to. For the sake of con. tinuity and making the best use of time, volunteer help on a regular basis is best— for example, every afternoon. three mornings a week, etc. Zen Center has a new telephone number 346-0442 and a 24-hour answering service to help us keep up with the work. please use the answering service by leaving messages etc. any time day or night when no one is answering at the office. 40

 

Machine generated alternative text: LIVING GROUPS A number of students around the city are trying to help each other continue practice by joining together to rent buildings or large apartments. Particularly sev- era] buildings across the street from Zen Center in San Francisco have become resi- dences for Zen students. While these residences are not microcosms of Zen Moun- tain Center, they are managed in a way influenced by Tassajara. New students from out of town can often find places to stay there temporarily. For che regular students who live there, attendance at zazen is easier and they arc also able to help with the Office and Other more Often. GUEST MEMBERSHIP Silas Hoadley had the idea of bringing the many people who had been at Tassajara Hot Springs, Monterey's oldest resort. into Zen Center as Guest Members— giving them preferred rates and keeping them informed of developments at Zen Center. This way they were able to participate in establishing Zen Mountain Center and not feel estranged from the new situation. It worked very welL On the whole the Olests have become warm supporters Of Zen Mountain Center and enjoy coming there as much or more than when it was a resort. The Guest Membership also permits people who would like to visit the monastery to learn •boat Zen to do so With their families in a relaxed phere. without taking on the full program of meditation. meals. work. and study, We learn a great deal from them. It permits outside interests to come into Tassajara, keeping it from being totally isolated. For the most part the guests prefer the late spring, summer, and early fall months because they are warmer and the road is easily passable. This is a good arrangement for the students prefer the cooler, quieter months of the late fall. winter. and early spring for the practice periods during which time few visitors are allowed. Tassajara thus is an opportunity for many different people to learn about Zen Buddhism and its practice. HAIKU ZENDO IN LOS ALTOS A benefit party and picnic for Zen Mountain Center was held at the home of Norman and Barbara Hiestand in Los Altos on October 7th. About 150 students and donors from San Francisco and the Peninsula area attended. Two periods Of zazen are now held at the Haiku Zendo at 746 University Avenue from 5:45 to 7:30 every morning except Sunday and those dates containing a 4 or 9. On Saturday there are three periods and breakfast is served in the zendo. For information, can Marion Derby at 948-5020. BERKELEY ZEN DO For those who live in the East Bay. the Berkeley Zendo is open for gaze" from 5:45 a.m. until 6:45 a.m. Monday through Friday mornings. As is customary, on those dates containing a 4 Or 9 there is no zazen, except Mondays When there is always tazen. because that morning Katagiri Sensei or Suzuki Roshi leads zazen and Éves a lecture, after which breakfast is served. For information call Mel Weitsman. 845-2403.

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEW MARIN ZENDO For some time there has been interest in Marin County (across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco) in having a Zen medication center of its own. For most people, especially beginning students, up early every day to meditate at 5:45 a.m. is enough without the added difficulties of commuting half an hour to a zendo, going back home for breakfast, paying two bridF tons, and then perhaps a third toll on the way to work. Several students who have been studying with Suzuki Roshi for some time do make this trip; but for the many others who live in Marin County who would like to have a place to do tazen nearer home, these students, led by Bill Kwong have found a beautiful zendo sitc in the Almont. Improvement Club at the intersection of Wisteria Way and Almonte Boulevard in Mill Valley, Here they tent space at an hour when few Other groups wish to use it, for zazen on weekdays from 5:45 a.m. until 6:45 a.m., except on dates containing a 4 or 9, Suzuki Roshi and Katagiri Sensei will visit the Marin Zendo occasionally but not on a regular basis. They have too much to do already with once or twice week visits to Los Altos and Berkeley, and the full responsibility for San Francisco and Tassajara. But with the leadership Of the Older students, Bill Kwong, Norman Stiegelmeyet. and Mike and Trudy Dixon. and with the excellent site Bill found for the zendo, Marin County now has a good place to practice zazen. Suzuki Roshi opened the Marin Zendo on October 17, For information call Bill or Laura Kwong, 388-5835. LONDON ZEN

 

London Zen from Grahame Petchey

 

Machine generated alternative text: NORTHAMPTON ZEN CENTER In May the Zen group in Northampton. Massachusetts, was incorporated as Northampton Zen Center. The officers are; President, Mrs. Dorothy Schalk; Clerk, Mrs. Helen Walker; and Treasurer, Mrs. Janice (J J.) Wilson (Philip Wilson's Wife). The Center meets weekly on Thursday night at Smith College's Helen Hills Chapel For infomration contact Mrs. Helen Walker, 76 Elm Street, Northampton. Massa- chusetts 01060. On February 24 and 25, Suzuki Roshi led a two-day sesshin in Northampton, The sesshin was held in the basement Of the chapel at Smith College and between twelve and fifteen people attended. The evening before the sesshin Suzuki Roshi had given an informal talk on campus. Mrs. Dorothy Schalk. the founder of the Northampton Zen Center, left to study in Japan early this fall and in her absence the Center is being led by Mrs. Helen Walker. On her way to Japan, Mrs, Schalk spent several days at Tassajara. SUZUKI ROSHI SPEAKS IN NEW YORK On March 8th, Suzuki Roshi gave a public lecture entitled "The Practice of Zen" which was attended by about 600 persons at the Community Church (Unitarian) in New York City. The lecture was Organized by Peter Schneider and sponsored by the Young Adults of the Community Church. The lecture was scheduled to beén at 8:00 but the audience. which was the Suzuki Roshi had ever spoken to, Was not seated until 8:30. Following the lecture Suzuki Roshi and Dick Baker answered questions for another hour and a half. Several students who are now at Zen Mountain Center first heard about it then. 43

 

Suzuki's trip East to visit other groups and Wyoming - see Suzuki page, WB 67-2, p44

 

Machine generated alternative text: west for Roshi and his wife. Mrs. Suzuki performed the tea ceremony for the house- hold, surely the first in the history of Wyoming. They both rode horses for the first time, and Roshi kept his seat like a samurai, Trudy said. BABIES On June Il. Katagiri Sensei's wife, Tomoe. gave birth to a boy, Ejyo, their second child. Norman Stiegelmeyer left the week sesshin at Tassajara to be with his wife, Rita, when their first child, Christina, was born on August 20.

 

Machine generated alternative text: IN MEMORIAM FOR FULLER SASAKI On Tuesday, October 24, the great Mrs. Ruth Fuller Sasaki died in Kyoto, shortly after returning from America. As the first American woman Zen priest and the founder of the American Zen temple in Kyoto. she had befriended and taught nearly all the American Zen students who passed through or lived in Kyoto the past twenty years. The Prajna Paramita Sutra was chanted in her memory at the morning services at Zen Center and Zen Mountain Center on November 3rd. She and Suzuki Roshi met for the first time the evening before she returned to Japan. They talked of the fundamental similarities between Rinzai and Soto Zen, and of his Zen teacher whom she had met at the teacher's temple in Yaizu, Japan, when she was in quest of a valuable commentary on a sutra. This delighted Suzuki Roshi. The temple later became Suzuki's own temple and his teacher's library is still preserved there. At his next lecture he spoke of how impressed he was by the Clarity of her thinking and her freedom from unnecessary discrimination. The following article appeared in Japan the day after her death. We print it in tribute to this remarkable American Zen Buddhist and because facts about her life are not generally known. LIFE OF LATE RUTH SASAKI DEDICATED TO ZEN PURSUIT By Masahide Honda. The Mainichi mly• News. 27. 967.

 

Machine generated alternative text: ZEN CENTER TRUSTEES: Biu Kwong. ROB. Betty ZEN CENTER Lind. ZEN MOUNTAIN CENTER OFFICERS: Richard Silas Haadley. Associate Schneider. Tim Fm Keller, . WIND BELL STAFF: ROShi; Richard peter Trudy Editor; Peter Baker, Binkley, Tim Katherine Cook. Marion Derby. Wind Printers. John Ot the in taken Aoki. Hatch. Richard baker. Lory. &ÄBLE OF CONTENTS 2 6 .8 20 20 21 25 26 27 28 28 29 Why Zen Mountain Cenl•e ZEN MOUNTAIN CENTER REPORT JO Vinaneiat Details Contributors Benefits K a t agin Affiliated Zen Groups Grahame Petctry Coast Trip Three Pillars of Zen Practice Period In Memoriam Ruth EARLY HISTORY OF TASSAJARÅ NEWSPAPER STORIES 00 TRANSLATION LECTURES Suzuki Roshi•s Mind Lectures Katagiri Senseis Lectures Suzuki Roshi•s Lecture and Diu:ussion Durixw Practsy Period Suzuki Roshi on Practice Period First Period Daily Time Ceremony Chino Student' Student RespoiiWS Guest Restoring TassaJara Architectural Plans Future Plans Studau Guet Exrouraging Letters 39 NEWS 40 42 44 44 45 46 63 67 69 Daily zazen (meditation) weekly lectures open to conducte by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Dainin Kataéri Senseü ZEN CENI'ER. SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY • Morning Zazen 5:45 — 6:45 a.m. •Afternoon Zazen 5: 30 — 6:30 p.m. ( except Wednesday ) Wednesday Lecture 7:30 — 9 : 00 p.m. SATURDAY • Zazen SUNDAY Zazen Lec ture Telephone: 346-0442 5:45 — 10:00 a.m. 8:00 — 9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. AFFILIATED CENTERS BERKELEY. 1670 Dwight way. 854-2403 •Morning Zazen, Mon. thru Fri. 5:45 — 6:45 a.m. LOS ALTOS. 746 University Avenue, 948-5020 •Morning 7a_zen. Mon. thru Fri. 5:45 — 7:30 a.m. • Saturday 5:45 — 9:00 a.m. Thursday Eve. Zazen& Lecture 7:30 — 9:00 p.m. MILL VALLEY, Wisteria Way Almonte Blvd. 388-5835 •Morning Zazen, Mon. thru Fri, 5:45 — 6:45 a.m. No a 9 SAN FRANCISCO evening. : every LOS ALTOS: Morning and Voluntary Oi Wind is pet Contributions O' this would be appreciated. Additional Copies of this issue: to 3 copies SI each, A or mote copies SO each.

 

 

WB 68-01 Summer

 

Machine generated alternative text: Ocean Wind Zendo

 

Machine generated alternative text: TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 ZEN CENTER REPORT Change of Officers 4 San Francisco Zendo Enlarged 4 5 Zen Center Housing New Office and Library 6 7 Sesshlns 8 3 SOTO ARCHBISHOPS DIE 9 ZEN MOUNTAIN CENTER REPORT Spring 1968 Practice period 9 10 Work 13 Party 15 Guest Season Guest Students 15 Fall 1968 Practice Period 15 Applications for Zen Mountain Center 15 16 LECTURE BY SUZUKI ROSHI 3

 

Zen Center Report pp4-7 - PDF

 

Machine generated alternative text: PRIESTS: Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Zen Master; Dainin Katagiri Sensei, Instructor; Kobun Chino Sensei. Assistant Instructor; Richard Baker. Claude Dahlenberg. Phillip Wilson. ZEN CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS; Richard Baker, Tim Buckley, Claude Dahlcnbete Silas Hoadley. Bill Kwong, Jean Ross, Peter Schneider. ZEN CENTER OFFICERS: Silas Hoadley, President; Claude Dahlenberg. Peter Schneider, Tim Buckley, Vice Presidents; Yvonne Rand. Secretary; John Steiner. Treasurer. ZEN MOUNTAIN CENTER OFFICERS: Schneider, Director: Silas Hoadley, Associate Director; Tim Buckley, Assistant Director; Kobun Chino Sensei. Zendo Director; Dan Welch. Assistant Zendo Director; Ed Brown, Head Cook; Paul Discoe, Work Foreman. WIND BELL STAFF: peter Schneider, Senior Editor,' Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Richard Baker, Editorial Advisors; Tim Buckley and J. J. Wilson, Editors; Ruth Discoc and Dan Gurley, Copy Editors; peter Bailey, Designer; Patricia Latvala, Composition; East Wind Printers, Printing; Taiji Kiyokawa, Art; Jack Elias, Mailing; Tim Buckley. Robert Boni and Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Photose The voluntary subscription price of the Wind Bell is S2 per year. ZAZEN AND LECTURE SCHEDULE ZEN CENTER ILIATES FRANCISCO LOS ALTOS MILL VALLEY ZAZEN Manda throu Frida Morning 5:45-6; 45 Evening except Tues. 7:15 Wed. Satu rday M orning LECTURES Sunday 1. Including 4 & 9 dates) Morning 8:00 Tues. evening 7:50 Sun. morning 9:00 • Mon. morning • •wed. evening • •Thurs. mornin •Wed. mornin • nicte is no zazen dates 4 Or 9. such as 14. 29. etc. Berkeley. Los Altos and Valley. lectures are held after zazen including and 9 dates. • • • Zazen instruction for new is given on Saturday morning in San Francisco from to 11:00. SAN FRANCISCO Zendo: 1881 Bush Streee• Laguna Street ZIP 94109, Phone 346-0990 BERKELEY 1670 Dwighi way ZiP94903 Phone 845-2403 LOS ALTOS MILL VALLEY 746 University Ave. Almonte Improvement ZIP 94022 Club. Almonte at Jody's Phone 948-5020 Junction. Phone 388-5835

 

 

WB 68-3-4 Fall

 

In Memoriam Chester F. Carlson by Richard Baker - on Baker's page

 

Machine generated alternative text: (.2 East side of the balcony zendo TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 5 5 7 8 8 8 11 11 14 18 20 23 26 4 IN MEMORIAM CHESTER F. CARLSON by Richard Baker ZEN CENTER REPORT Membership in Zen Center Redefined Zen Center Re-incorporates Zen Center Office Moved Sesshins and Practice Periods Bon Voyage Party for the Bakers: They Leave for Japan ZEN MOUNTAIN CENTER REPORT Yasutani Roshi and Soen Roshi Visit Tassajara Visitors to Zen Mountain Center Charlotte Selver and Charles Brooks Teach at Tassajara DEDICATION OF ZEN STUDIES SOCIETY ZENDO by Brother David IMPRESSIONS OF THE TASSAJARA LANDSCAPE by Sterling Bunnell LECTURE by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

 

Machine generated alternative text: Zen Center student Paul Alexander. with his friend Robert Hunt, began five years ago to rebuild the Old tracker action organ at Sokoji. They have worked at least half a day a week since then, and completed it late last summer. Paul is shown tuning in preparation for a celebration recital by Alexander Post, Professor of Organ from San Francisco State, given at Sokoji on September 23rd. The instrument was originally built by Joseph Severin Mayer California's first resident organ builder, in 1872 for Congregation Ohabai Shalome, which moved from Post and Mason Streets to 1881 Bush Street in 1896. In 1909 the organ was retnodeled to suit the Romantic tastes of the time, but Paul has reconverted it along Northern German Classic lines. The instrument is now being offered for sale.

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WB  69-3-4 Spring - comes before 1-2 (both Vol.VIII)

 

This whole issue is Suzuki lectures on the Lotus Sutra edited by Tim Buckley - cuke page for these lectures with links to originals

 

Machine generated alternative text: PRIESTS: Shunt-yu Suzuki Roshi, Zen Master; Dainin Katagiri Sensei, Instructor; Kobun China Sensei, Ryogen Yoshimura Sensei, Assistant Instructors; Richard Baker, Claude Dahlenberg, Phillip Wilson, Mel Weitsman, Jean Ross, Novices. ZEN CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Richard Baker, Chairmæz; Tim Buckley, Claude Dahlenberg, Marion Derby, Silas Hoadley, Bill Kwong, Yvonne Rand, Jean Ress, Peta Schneider, Dan Welch. ZEN CENTER Silas President; Peter Schneider, Tim Buckley, Dan Welch, Vice Presidents; Yvonne Rand, Secretary. WINDBELL STAFF: Tim Buckley, Editor; Peter Schneider, Senior Edisori Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Richard Baker, Silas Vloadley, Editorial Advisors; Emily Buckley, Lydia Churgin, Copy Editors; Peter Bailey, Designer; East Wind Printers, Printing; Taiji Kiyokawa, Art; John Steiner, Mailing,' Tim Buckley, Lynn Good, Robert Boni, photography. The voluntary subscription price Of the Wind Beu is $2 per year. ZAZEN AND LECTURE SCHEDULE ZEN CENTER & AFFILIATES SAN FRANCISCO BERKELEY LOS ALTOS MILL VALLEY ZAZEN t rou Fri y Mon Morning LECrURES Sunday (Inclu ding 4 & 9 date g) Morning Morning 7:30 7:15 wed. Tues. evening 7:40 Sun. morning 8:30 * * •Mon. morning "*Wed. evening * Thurs -morning morning *There is no zazen on dates containing a 4 or 9, such as 14, 29, etc— • *Zendo opened at 5:00 for zazen practice. * • *Zazen instruction for new students is given on Saturday morning in San Francisco from 10:00 to 11:00. Berkeley, Los Altos, and Mill Valley lectures are given after Zazen including 4 and 9 dates. one-day sesshin is held in San Francisco on the fourth Saturday of each month. SAN FRANCISCO Zendo: 1881 Bush Street Office; 1884 Bush Street ZIP 94109, Phone 346-0990 ZEN CENTER 1884 Bush Street BERKELEY 1670 Dwight Way ZIP 94703 Phone 8452403 LOS ALTOS MILL VALLEY San Francisco, California 94109 746 University Ave. Almonte Improvement Club, at Jody'S ZIP 94022 Phone 948-5020 Junction, Phone 388-5835 Non-Profit Organization U. S. Postage Paid San Francisco, California Permit No. 8459

 

 

WB 69-1-2 Fall (comes after the Spring 3-4 though both Vol. VIII)

 

The entire issue is about other lineages and teachers that came to the West and their origins. Mainly Rinzai. It's excellent. As I recall, Peter Schneider did it. - dc PDF

 

 

WB 70-1 Winter

 

Trudy Dixon memorial Issue - See Trudy's cuke page

 

News on p13 and 14 begins with a short piece on how ZC isn't perfect. There's no editor identified. I'd say either Peter Schneider or Tim Buckley. There's no article in any other Wind Bell remotely like it. - dc

 

Machine generated alternative text: 300 PAGE STREET The opportunity for extended Zen practice afforded by the establishment Of Zen Mountain Center in 1967 had considerable effect on the activity Of Zen Center in San Francisco. Since 1959 students had been sharing the spiritual leadership of Suzuki Roshi with the Soto Zen congregation of Sokoji Temple, a Buddhist Church within the Japanese community of San Francisco. We also rented our practice space from Sokoji. But by the summer of 1969, interest in Zen practice had grown to the extent that over 120 Students were regularly participating in the scheduled zettdo (meditation hall) activity. and the limitations were becoming increasingly apparent. It was clear that these students needed full time teachers and a less limited space in San Francisco in which to develop an extensive city practice in conjunction with the monastic practice at Zen Mountain Center. Experiments in communal housing for Zen students in San Francisco had been carried on since early 1968 in five large apartments across the Street from Sokoji. As at Tassajara, living together in the city was found to be an effective way to extend Zen practice into everyday student life. Hence, a movement towards a more integrated physical community—one in which students and teachers could live,] study and practice zazen together under one roof—gradually emerged. Suzuki Roshi's resignation from his duties with the Sokoji congregation was accepted in July of 1969 and he was then freed to fully devote his time 14

 

Machine generated alternative text: to the development of Zen Mountain Center and Zen Center in San Franci«o. Shortly after this, a building became available that seemed just right for our city needs—one with potential zcndo space for about 159 students, living accommodations for up to 75 persons, an office, library and lecture hall. as well as a quiet garden cour ard. Throughout, the building had been safely built and generously design It was an overwhelming prospect; the kind of challenge that could help us stretch and respond positively to the need manifested by the growing numbers of students wanting a more complete involvement in Zen. In August of this year, Suzuki Roshi and the Board of Directors. supported by the membership, resolved to buy this property. previously the Emanu-el Residence Club for young Jewish women. located at 300 Page Street in San Francisco, for the new city center. By November 15, through the generosity and help of friends. members. an understanding bank, and a sympathetic owner, we had begun the purchase of the building and moved in. The zendo was formally opened on January 3, 1970. For the time being the students are following a schedule and a mode of living arrived at through the years Of practice at Sokoji. and the experience in communal living gained at Zen Mountain Center and in the city apartments, and letting the new building itself Sugest the Changes. For now the central effort is one of harmonizing the life with the realities of city living. Jobs that require much time and experience to perform, such as guest dormitory manager, kitchen steward, house treasurer, or work leader. arc performed by students receiving partial or full room and board support. Other jobs are shared by all residents of the house. Six crews take daily rotating turns at oviding two common meals each day. cleaning the public areas and main- taining a phone. door and fire watch. A typical student day begins 5:00 a.m. with two 40-minute periods of uten and a service, followed by a common breakfast. full or part-time work at regular jobs in the city, an evening zazen period and service at 5:30 p.m. and a common meal. Lectures are given twice each week by Suzuki Roshi. Katagiri Sensei or Yoshimura Sensei and a two-day sesshin (all-day zazen) is held on the 4th weekend of each month. One-week sesshins will be held in February and August. Suzuki Roshi now lives with his wife in the building and is closely watching and veloping the practice there. About 110 students are presently involved in communal practa•e at Zen tain Center and Zen Center in San Francisco. Approximately 200 other students are associated With the San Francisco zendo or affiliated •endos in Valley, Berkeley, and Los Altos. living privately in the city or country while maintaining their zazen practice. Despite the growing complexity of Zen Center the practice continues in the spirit expressed by Suzuki Roshi nine years ago when. in response to a student's request to teach him Zen. he replied that he did zazen every morning and anyone could come and practice with him. 16

 

Machine generated alternative text: Entrance to 300 page Street. courtyard. Suzuki Roshi begun a rock garden here. Upstairs corraor. The kitchen. There is also a small "smack kitchen 15

 

Machine generated alternative text: PRESIDENT'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1969 Zen Mountain Center Zen Mountain Center was opened in the summer of 1967 and since that time about 300 students have joined the practice there for periods varying from one week to two years and more. In addition 2500 guests have stayed during the May-September period When Tassajara is open to the public. All on-going expenses are met on a break-even basis through the student fees of $75 per month and the guest income during the summer months. We have looked to donations from members and friends of the Center to complete the initial purchase of the property, and are pleased to report that an additional S52,OOO was paid to the former owners, Robert and Anna Beck, during 1969, reducing the balance owed to $62,500 from the original purchase price of $300,000. Our legal purchase agreement called for equal payments made twice yearly through the spring of 1972, but we agreed in spirit with the Becks to try to complete the purchase earlier if possible. It was because of this consideration that they agreed to charge no interest on our original debt. We hope that we may soon pay off the remaining amount and ask all of you who can to please help us complete the founding of Zen Mountain Center in 1970. 300 page Street The willingness of many members and friends to lend interest-free funds Last year three benefits were Riven for Zen Center. Charlotte Selver and Charles Brooks, Who have become two Of Zen Mountain Center's largest donors by giving benefit seminars in sensory awareness annually since f 966, held two seminars in f 969, five days at Tassajara and one day in San Francisco. Christopher Tree (above), an itnprovisational percussionist, gave an afternoon children's concert and two evening concerts of "Spontaneous Sound" in the auditorium at Sokoji Temple. 17

 

Machine generated alternative text: Mending zafu in Sokoji. to help meet contractual deadlines on major purchases has been a great encouragement to Zen Center. Such loans, amounting to S86,000, combined with $175,000 in mortgages, a $20,000 bank loan secured by stocks lent by friends. and gifts of about and also a house, enabled Zen Center to purchase the building at 300 Page Street. Income from the 65-70 students and guests who live there should cover all living expenses and maintenance costs, and will help us retire most of the building's original price within ten years. An additional will be required during that time to complete the purchase given the present interest rate on our loan commitments. Long term interest-free loans would help us reduce that need. please contact Silas Hoadley, president, if you would like to help us in this way. Zen Center San Francisco Expenses Functions of the San Francisco Center include maintaining the city zendo, providing teachers at Zen Mountain Center and the Los Altos, Berkeley, and Mill Valley zendos; providing a library of Buddhist texts for student use; and supporting occasional visits by our teachers to other parts of the country. Another major responsibility is running the main office which handles day to day communications, Zen Mountain Center admissions, and responds to the many requests for information about Zen Center and other Zen groups in North America that arrive daily, All of these activities are supported by pledges from Practicing, General, and Annual Members. Some donations are also received for general Zen Center purposes and have been very helpful in meet- ing expenses. General expenses for 1969 were income was S24,975, Grants That a few older students chosen by Suzuki Roshi are able co go to Japan for some time to learn the language, study the culture, and train in traditional monasteries, is an important factor in extending the practice at Zen Center and in eventually developing a relevant American Zen. For the past year 18

 

Machine generated alternative text: Preparing in the SOkOji kitchen during a sesshin. Richard Baker, past president of Zen Center, has been studying in Japan under a working grant. Dick will stay there for another two years before returning to America. Grant expenses for 1969 were $4,800. Wind Bell Total expenses incurred for Wind Bell publications in 1969 were $7,300 and subscription income was S4.800. Since per page printing costs have almost doubled in the past three years. we are asking subscribers to increase their voluntary subscription to $3.00 per year. 1970 Budget One reflection of the increased activity of the Center over the past three years has been its increased expenses for teachers and staff. At the beginning Of 1968, We had three part-time teachers; we now have three full-time teachers in addition to fourteen full-time students who function as staff at Zen Mountain Center and in San Francisco. Projected total budget expenses for 1970 (which include grant and Wind Bell expenses, full room and board costs for 110 students, 300 Page Street purchase payments, guest costs, and support for our teachers and staff) amount to $169,000, while *anticipated income from student fees, pledges and other predictable sources should be about S162,ooo. Zen Center students are making a strong effort, studying Buddhism •ith Suzuki Roshi and his assistants. Their continued financial support of the community is one indication of the vitality of their way. But without contributions from many friends we would not have been able to develop So broadly the opportunity for students to approach Zen practice. We appreciate this help very much, and thank all Of you for your thoughtful support of Zen Center. 19

 

Machine generated alternative text: JIYU ROSHI Jiyu Roshi, or Reverend Peuy Kenner. and two of her disciples, Mokurai and Myozen. have recently arrived from Japan. They stopped off first in San Francisco, and we were fortunate in being able to invite them to stay with us for a week at Zen Center, Jiyu Roshi will be visiting other of her disciples here, and give a series of lectures. Eventually she hopes to settle in the United States, joining together with some of her disciples in forming a monastery. probably somewhere in California. Jiyu Roshi Was born in England and became a student of Buddhism at an early age, at first in the Theravada tradition. She was very active in the London Buddhist Society and taught there for a number of years. Leavi England in 1961 to study Zen in Malaya and Japan, she was first ordainenå into the Lin Chi sect (Chinese Rinzai) in Malaya. She then left for Japan in 1962 to study under Chisan Koho Roshi, the chief abbot of Sojiji. one of the two head Soto Zen monasteries. They had met before in London, and he had invited her to come to Sojiji as his personal student. There she received her divinity degree as a full priest in 1964, her Sei degree in 1966. and her sanzen and teaching certificate in 1968. She was also the Sojiji Foreign Guest Master for four years. Not so tong ago. when her teacher Chisan Koho died. she left Sojiji and took up residence as the abbess Of her own temple, Umpukuji. neat Nagoya, where Mokurai and Myozen joined her. Having completed her training in Japan, she feels it is now best for her to come back to the West. and with all of us aid the growth of a Zen natural to our own soil. Working towards this end she has already devoted much of her time to a book containing translations of most of the important works Of the founders of Eiheiji and Sojiji, Dogen Zenji and Keizan Zenji, including a detailed description and translation of the important Soto Zen services and ceremonies. Hopefully a publisher will soon be found. Jiyu Roshi•s group is temporarily located in San Francisco at 149 ArkanÄs Street, and is called the "Zen Mission Society." Telephone 626-5771. They will probably be in the United States until spring, when she is planning to visit England for several months. For further information please write the , or contact Claude Dalenberg at Zen Center. 33

 

Machine generated alternative text: PRIME MINISTER U NU Former prime Minister U Nu Of Burma visited Zen Center last October while on a tour sponsored by the U. S. State Department. He has been an active and well-known figure in the Buddhist world for many years and at the same time he has, on various occasions, been headmaster of a school, leader of a political party, thrice Prime Minister of Burma, the last time being for several years beginning in and, most recently, special assistant to U Thane, TO us it was quite interesting Co see omeone so active in secular life and yet so obviously a Buddhist. Some Of us had the impression that Theravaa practice was mostly limited to the priesthood, but U Nu replied with a description of the (Theravädin) practice. outlining the four stages of meditation, pointing out that all stages except the fourth were possible for a layman, and that even then taking the robe was not so much a prerequisite as it was a completely natural and inevitable consequence of having completed the first three stages. He then went on to emphasize some basic Theraväda principles, such as no-self and incessant change, which are common to Zen Buddhism as well. THE KAZI FAMILY In January, Mr. Sonam Kazi. a Sikkimese layman Of the Tibetan Nyingmapa sect. visited Zen Center with his wife and their daughter, staying at 300 Page Street for about three weeks, Mr. Kazi studied Buddhism intensively in Tibet for many years before the Chinese occupation of Tibet and, speaking fluent English. served as translator to the Dalai Lama in his exile in North India. Mrs. Kazi. a Tibetan from Lhasa, entered a convent to study Buddhism when she was five years old. Their daughter Jetsun, now fifteen. attends a Catholic school in India. (The wondrous affinity between Mrs. Kazi and her daughter was noticed by many students and Mrs. Kazi revealed that Jetsun was the rulku, the officially recognized reincarnation, of her own teacher who died at the age of 125.) During their Stay in the San Francisco area. the Kazis divided their time between visiting Rimpoche Tarthang Tulku. head of the Nyingmapa Medita- tion Center in Berkeley, and Zen Center. Mr. and Mrs. Kazi gave three talks at Zen Center. introducing the fundamentals of Tibetan meditation and practice. Mrs. Kati also sang the morning chants to the Guru and those for taking refuge in the Triple Treasure, accompanied by drum and bell. The Kazis visited a philosophy class at San Francisco State College as guest teachers, and Mr. Kazi gave many personal interviews at Zen Center. demon- strating his great rapport with American students. After leaving San Francisco the Kazis planned to visit Los Angeles and New York before returning to their home in India. They've expressed their wish to return to the United States. and to Zen Center. sometime in the future. 34

 

Machine generated alternative text: DANA FRASER Dana Fraser is an American who has been studying Zen in Japan for the past eight years. In addition to his personal study there he is working on completing the translations started by Ruth Fuller Sasaki before her death in 1967. He came to the United States for a visit in the fall of 1969, spending some time at Tassajara and at the San Francisco Zen Center before he returned to Japan in January. The following is his account of lifeat Shokokuji where he is still practicing. RINZAI ZEN TRAINING AT SHÖKOKUJI by Dana Fraser

 

Fraser article PDF

 

 

WB 70-2 Summer

 

Machine generated alternative text: corrENTS 3 6 8 10 13 15 17 22 25 28 LECNJRE Shunryu Suzuki Roshi HANDS Robinson Jeffers THE CIRCUMAMBULATION OF MT. TAMALPAIS TASSAJARA CALENDAR, HERBAL & BESTIARY Tim Buckley and Frances Thompson ABOUT THE GARDENS AT TASSAJARA TASSAJARA ROCKS sterling Bunnell LECTURE Richard Baker AT HOME Ronn Patterson ZEN PRACTICE AND WORLD CHANGE SMOKEY THE BEAR SUTRA Frances Thompson Diane di Prima Edited by Tim Buckley. Cover drawing by Ron Allen. Sumi-e on the back page by Taiji Kiyokawa. Drawings on pp. 10-12 by Frances Thompson.

 

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Machine generated alternative text: 9- •im Buckley CIRCUMAMBULATION OF MT. TAMALPAIS— BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY, 1969 (Since this year's circumambulation take place after press-time for this issue of the Wind Bell, though before the issue is mailed, we are printing the following account of last year's hike,) Mt. Tamalpais, in Marin County across the Golden Gate from San Francisco, was considered a great center of energy by the Indians who lived near it; a magical place, visited alone for fasting and seeking a vision. Many whites, perhaps learning from the Indians, have long held Mt. Tamalpais to be the spiritual center of the San Francisco area. In the early fifties, Gary Snyder hiked on the mountain often, gradually finding a favorite way—a fifteen mile route that followed park trails up from Muir Woods, cut across high meadows, then wound westward around the mountain and finally up the East peak. the highest point on Mt. Tamalpais. From there he descended once more to Muir Woods, completing a clockwise circuit. He made this hike many times with Jack Kerouac. In the fall of 1965 Gary, With Allen Ginsberg and Phillip Whalen, made the first formal circumambulation of Mt. Tamalpais, chanting mantras and daranis at stations along the Way. 8

 

Machine generated alternative text: Gradually the circumambulation has grown to -be a In 1969 the leadership was handed over to Neville Warwick, organizer and teacher of the Kailas Shugendu, a group of Vajrayäna students in San Francisco under the spiritual leadership of Lama Anagarika Govinda. The group practices "inoun. tain meditation", mountain climbing integrated with chanting sutras, daranis and mantras, climbing nearby mountains once a week. Their practice is based largely on that of the traditional mountain yogis of India, Tibet, China, and Japan Where the Yamabushi sect, an extension Of the esoteric Shingo*' sect, continues such practices today. On April 8, 1969 about a hundred and fifty hikers followed Dr, Warwick and his group of twenty students up the Muir Woods trail, concentrating, as they had been instructed, on the active side of nature—the force evinced by the plants and trees in their growing, by all life.forms in their urge to live, and by the hikers themselves in their efforts to climb the mountain. The group stretched out over almost a mile, climbing up through the lush redwood canyons and out onto the rocky fog-blown slopes of the mountain, then into woodlands again, as warm sunlight supplanted cool fog. The hikers climbed in silence, with a strong and deep feeling for the spirit of the practice, and for Buddha's Birthday itself. They stopped periodically, twelve times during the day, to chant, led by the Kailas Shugendu members who carried shakujo (metal rattles), conch trumpets, and papa-bells. and to hear short talks by Dr. Warwick on some element of mountain practice. the Indians of Tamalpais, Buddha's life, on the mantras which were chanted. Emphasis was placed on Fudo Myöo. the fierce "guardian of the Dharma", who is known as "The Immovable", an inspiration for hard practice symbolized. Dr. Warwick said. by the great boulders on the mountain. At lunch time the hikers stopped below the summit and put the food they'd brought on one of the park picnic tables. While they chanted. Dr. Warwick performed a püia over the food, burning incense and using water from canteens and loaves of home-made bread as offerings. Then everyone ate his fill.. After an hour's break. the group set off again for the summit. From there, after a period of meditation looking out Over the rolling green hills, forests and lakes to the Northwest, the sprawling housing developments and super. highways to the east, they descended, heading back down to Muir Woods from the north, now concentrating on the • '0M MANI PADME HUM" mantra. Circumambulation is a practice, found in India in very early times and assimilated from the Vedic tradition by the Buddhists who, before speaking to the Tathägata, walked around him three times, with their right sides always towards hirn as a sign of veneration. Later it became a common practice to circumambulate the ,stüpas which were raised over Buddha's relics. In time and through the influence of pantheistic folk traditions, mountains became the foci of similar practices. Circumambulating or climb- ing mountains, a perennial religious symbol in almost every culture, came to be seen as a metaphorical recreating of the spiritual quest, of the firm resolve and tireless effort necessary to achieve liberation and bring its fruits back into the world for the benefit of all sentient beings. The yearly circum• ambulation of Mt. Tamalpais takes place within chis tradition. 9

 

 

WB 70-71-Fall-Winter

 

Entire issue discussions on City Practice - See City Neighborhood page

 

 

 

WB 71- Summer

 

All Katagiri - PDF

 

 

WB 86-2 - 25th anniversary issue

 

Wind Bell beginnings - Peter Schneider

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Sokoji - Claude Ananda - PDF

 

 

WB 73

 

General - Yasutani in Memoriam  - died 3-28-73 at 88 p.10

 

Jeanie Campbell 1944-1973

 

Machine generated alternative text: EJO TAKATA-ROSHI In December, 1972, Ejo Takata-roshi, the founder of the first Zendo in Mexico and long-time disciple of Yamada Mumon-roshi, visited San Francisco and Zen Center. He had visited once before when on the day of the opening ceremony of Tassajara in 1967 he appeared at the front gate on foot and presented Suzuki-roshi with a kyosaku (stick used to hit students during zazen In Mexico he divides his time between his Zendo in Mexico City and an experi- mental soybean farm he has founded in mountainous Oaxaca province. He has taught the villagers there how to make milk and other derivative products from the soybeans in an effort to supplement the protein-deficient local diet. At Zen Center he spoke Co the students in the Buddha Hall, using three different languages and as many translators, explaining his work with Mexico's poor people and his difficulties explaining Zen to the Mexican authorities. We would like to help Takata-roshi's work in any way possible. He can use farming tools, building materials, and supplies, and would appreciate contributions. His address in Mexico is: Zen, Sagredo, 240, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Takara-roshi wi

 

 

WB 88-1 Spring

Early History of Zen Center by Peter Schneider pp29-40 - PDF

WB 91-2 Fall

Article on Gordon Onslow-Ford about his art and his study with Tobase, the priest at Sokoji before Suzuki. - PDF