Comments for Zen Garland: A Community & Order for Zen Practice, Education & Service http://zengarland.org Zen, New, Jersey, Buddhism, Community, Meditation, Interfaith, Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Being Human by sings-alone http://zengarland.org/2010/being-human#comment-7 sings-alone Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:11:01 +0000 http://zengarland.org/?p=1614#comment-7 I loved the story and was so touched by it. There were a couple of minor errors. The tree destroyed the old lodge toward the end of this past Winter. We would never be without a lodge and longer than necessary, but you have to wait for Spring when the sap rises so that the saplings can bend without breaking. Every tribe has its own color preferences for the directions. We use Black for West, Red for North, Yellow of East, and White for South. It would be good if you could make that correction or comment for me in case this is read by someone who knows what the colors should be. These are the colors used by the Oglala Lakota. Most of my teachers came from that traditionl I loved the story and was so touched by it. There were a couple of minor errors. The tree destroyed the old lodge toward the end of this past Winter. We would never be without a lodge and longer than necessary, but you have to wait for Spring when the sap rises so that the saplings can bend without breaking.

Every tribe has its own color preferences for the directions. We use Black for West, Red for North, Yellow of East, and White for South. It would be good if you could make that correction or comment for me in case this is read by someone who knows what the colors should be. These are the colors used by the Oglala Lakota. Most of my teachers came from that traditionl

]]> Comment on Being Human by Roshi Genki http://zengarland.org/2010/being-human#comment-5 Roshi Genki Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:50:30 +0000 http://zengarland.org/?p=1614#comment-5 Singing together in total darkness and shared enduring of heat and effort was ethereal and a haunting, intimate connectedness. Singing together in total darkness and shared enduring of heat and effort was ethereal and a haunting, intimate connectedness.

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