i'd like to be...

"良薬は口に苦し RYO YAKU WA KUCHI NI NIGASHI"
"good medicine tastes bitter"

my buddhi brother living in Poland told me an info about this song.
isn't it sound tres-zen!?

"Peace will come to me
Peace will come to me

I'm leaving bitterness behind
This time I'm cleaning out my mind
There is no space for the regrets
I will remember to forget

Just look at me
I am walking love incarnate
Look at the frequencies at which I vibrate
I'm going to light up the world

Peace will come to me
Peace will come to me

I'm leaving anger in the past
With all the shadows that it casts
There is a radar in my heart
I should have trusted from the start

Just look at me
I'm a living act of holiness
Giving all the positivity that I possess
I'm going to light up the world

Peace will come to me
Just wait and see
Peace will come to me
It's meant to be
Peace will come to me
Just wait and see
Peace will come to me
It's an inevitability"

(Depeche Mode - brand new single Peace)

these are the lyrics to our national anthem.

"君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の
巌となりて
苔のむすまで"

"thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my Lord, till what are pebbles now
By age united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable side the moss doth line."

i think i find joy in hearing the sound of my body & soul.

i dropped in at my university.

i offer some water at the alter, water plants, burn incense, sit in lotus.

it's still dark out.

i stare out at the sky for a while.
dawn is coming in soon.

as i open the door to go walking, i smell the cool air after the rain.
it smells good.

it's pouring, here in Tokyo.
sitting in the rain is special.

an instinct.

i am practicing method for actors at Yoko Narahashi's studio.

today we were given a new scene from Yoko(scene below named "well").

it's such a simple sentences. but its internal meanings are infinity.

similarities between ZEN and ACTIING!

"WELL"

A well

B well i'm here

A so i see

B yes

A well

B is that all you can say

A what do you want me to say

B nothing

A nothing

B you don't trust me

A it's not that

B then what

A nevermind

B stop it

A what

B that

A i can't

B try

A is that better

B this is hopeless

A what's the matter

B i don't know

A you don't know

B no

A tell me

B i can't

A then go

B i will

"busy"{ can be written in japanese character as "忙"
the character means "lost heart"

i'm busy...

"清水に魚住まず seisui ni uo sumazu"
"clear water breeds no fish"

doesn't it look yummy?

"不言実行 fugen jikko"
"actions speak louder than words"

i went to Eiheij to attend Hossen shiki.

we have 2 special practice term in Eiheiji.
"NATSU SEITYU(夏制中)" and "FUYU SEITYU(冬制中)".

a leader called "SHUSO (首座)" must be elected among all Unsuis.
my dharma brother, "不染 FUZEN san" was given a role.

it has a huge effect on me, i have to live in Tokyo for at least next 3 months under the influence of this impact.

"腹八分目 hara hachi bun me"
"temperance is the best physic"

"果報は寝て待て　kaho wa nete mate"

"everything comes to him who waits"

i feel it's so difficult to find similar proverbs between english and japanese...

anyways, i love sleeping-!

since i've decided to keep on posting "at least something" every day.
i'll introduce japanese proverbs here.

as you know, proverbs has so much to do with the culture, and life style.

i attach english-japanese text. please make a study of it if you are interested.

dozo yoroshu

"知らぬが仏　Shiranu ga Hotoke"
"he that knows nothing doubts nothing."

i drank a glass of milk today after a long time.

since i don't have a fridge in my room, i can't keep cold drinks at home.
it's getting warmer here in Tokyo.

i'll try to live without a fridge as an unsui...

dozo yoroshu

"身をけずり　ひとにつくさん　すりこぎの　その味知れる　人ぞとうとし"

i'll introduce my best friends today.

"surikogi" and "suribachi"
they are working very well every morning when i eat "Shuku" (rice porridge).

if you really want to meet them. i'll introduce them.

today, i started learning "Rakugo".
Rakugo is a traditional japanese stage performance.

it is a kind of monologue.

all you need to play Rakugo is yourself.
it's closely related to ZEN...

here's a link to know how to sit "zazen", provided by soto-zen-net.

5 mins sitting will be enough for the beginners. just try it.

i have decided to type something on this page "everyday".

so i type!

since i don't have enough money to eat "luxury meals".
i eat rice everyday, every-meals.

if we want to taste simple, plain meals.
you have to concentrate on your posture, breathing and the five senses deeply.

we tend to season food strongly in Tokyo, but if you really face on foods when you cook meals. you will notice that we don't have to season food in such a way.

i went back to Eiheiji with my friends last weekend.

everything goes so fine in my life except that i couldn't update this blog...

Eiheiji was as green as it was.

here's some pictures of the tour.

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• if i were reborn
• RYO YAKU WA KUCHI NI NIGASHI
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• kimigayo
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• do not get excited
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• busy

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