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Founders' Service Poem
Every month, on the Saturday closest to the 15th (Maezumi Roshi’s death day), we hold a Founders’ Service at ZCLA. During the service, the officiant reads a self-written poem in the Kaisando (Founders’ Room). On this page you will find poems read at a Founders’ Service.
Dharma Words for Taizan Maezumi Roshi
offered August 13, 2011 by Sensei John Daishin Buksbazen Warm breezes on Great Dragon Mountain Sigh through the redwood trees. This summer morning we humbly come To this place of remembering. How many lives have grown in this garden? Oh Roshi, you planter of forests, You trimmer of trees, We bow in gratitude for your Life of cultivating this empty field. Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ! A lone cloud looks down in silence On the life of dragons and lions On this mountain’s peak. Dharma blossoms unfold Endlessly.
For the poem by Sensei Kodo read on May 7, 2011, click here. For the poem by Sensei Shingetsu read on April 16, 2011, click here.
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