Gabi Greve
Gabi san
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Eihei-Ji Zen Temple in Gifu
岐阜の永平寺へ
I invite you on a short trip to this cold temple.
This morning, the minus temperatures make me think of the monks at Eihei-Ji, the great Zen training temple in the cold mountains of Gifu, where the beginners have to stand at the gate for three nights, bare feet with straw sandals, no food and wait for an elder to let them in.
And that is just the beginning of a long career-training in enduring hardships. If you look carefully, you can see them standing in front of the gate of the above photo, the little black dots in the white snow.
You need a lot of ZEN mind to go through this.
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Eihei-Ji Temple - Dogen Zenji
Greetings from icecold Japan
Gabi san
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Dr. Gabi Greve
Daruma Museum, Okayama, Japan
Join the Daruma Forum
Visit the Daruma Museum and Gallery
Enjoy some Haiku Musings about Happiness
岐阜の永平寺へ
I invite you on a short trip to this cold temple.
This morning, the minus temperatures make me think of the monks at Eihei-Ji, the great Zen training temple in the cold mountains of Gifu, where the beginners have to stand at the gate for three nights, bare feet with straw sandals, no food and wait for an elder to let them in.
And that is just the beginning of a long career-training in enduring hardships. If you look carefully, you can see them standing in front of the gate of the above photo, the little black dots in the white snow.
You need a lot of ZEN mind to go through this.
Read more
Eihei-Ji Temple - Dogen Zenji
Greetings from icecold Japan
Gabi san
**********************************************
Dr. Gabi Greve
Daruma Museum, Okayama, Japan
Join the Daruma Forum
http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/index.html
Visit the Daruma Museum and Gallery
http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/daruma-new1.html
Enjoy some Haiku Musings about Happiness
(01) Haiku and Happiness
History haiku kigo season words saijiki Daruma WKD amulets talismans Edo happiness
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