Got a chance to visit Ajari Tanaka mid-day today. Mostly business - visit planning about all our upcoming events, especially the next three days. But talk always seems to stray to his work in Japan and his many travels. Just last week he lead a Kannon temple pilgrimage in Taiwan for his Japanese students and in the last year he lectured on the Sutta Nipata, the Dhammapada, the history of Japanese Buddhism and the teachings of Kukai at Waseda University. He also showed us a great photo of a trip he took with over twenty people to a Yamabushi mountain temple in the north of Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Wow... He never ceases to amaze. And this morning, jet lag and all, he brushed two copies of the Heart Sutra. Take a look...
But tomorrow the real work starts...
Ajari Tanaka's tireless effort and generosity in making these rare teaching available to committed lay students in the west is unmatched. We're so, so very lucky.
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