Month: October 2017

After a lot of rain recently, the sun is there again! We used the opportunity to dry the freshly harvested rice, Azuki beans and some futons. In the afternoon, the abbot takes a stroll past the harvested rice fields and around the Chinese cabbage, daikon and carrot field:

Text: Dogen instructed, In the ocean, there is a place called the Dragon-Gate, where vast waves rise incessantly. Without fail, all fish once having passed through this place become dragons. Thus, the place is called the Dragon-Gate. The vast waves there are not different from those in any other place, and the water is also … Read more