Listening to the Hagakure, written nearly 300 years ago by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, translated by William Scott Wilson, and read by Brian Nishii reawakens everything. The title translates as “In the Shadow of Leaves” or “Hidden by the Leaves” and immediately I think of the Hindu stories under the name of Patanjali “a handful of leaves”…. Of course there are many stories we can learn from.
Hagakure summarizes the very essence of the Japanese Samurai bushido and breaks down the Japanese meaning to lead us into the Way, of the Chinese Tao.
In this vein of being our ultimate selves, and of being pure, free, forever - we are starting to offer meditation times in April - Tuesdays, 5pm. Please join us know if this is of interest; free; bring something for the Food Shelf if you want.
