East to West

The Buddha Dharma and Sangha are all empty.
What is there to treasure?

There is nothing to attain.
What can be transmitted?

Digesting entanglements,
Body and Mind are set free.

Nothing to do but listen to the thunder,
And follow the wind.

Verse by Genjo Marinello

Today marks a special day in America, as Eido Shimano Roshi will be giving Dharma Tranmission - Shiho Shiki to Genjo Marinello Osho, this very day. It is a Dharma lineage that travels back over two thousand years, through many notable lives such as Soen Nakagawa Zenji, Gempo Giyu Zenji, Torei Enji Zenji, Hakuin Ekaku Zenji, Rinzai Zenji, Bodhi Dharma Zenji and Shakyamuni Buddha.

While ALL beings have the Buddha Nature, there are so many of us that have slept through the alarm clock (I included). But on this day, it is the recognition that someone not only heard the buzzing bell to wake-up, but he has gotten up and is now, now, now awakened and living Life as a True Person Without Rank.

In this process, there is the genuine hope that we can and will at some point hear, taste, touch and feel the ceaseless Buddha Dharma through past, present and future time. But to do this we MUST exert and exhaust ourselves.

This is a good day to celebrate. Congratulations and thank you very much to Genjo Osho and all who have come before us. Your efforts in some way, shape and form, help us all.

May All Being Be Happy and Free,

Jaye Morris, Curator
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