Saw this photo today on my friend Ted’s facebook page. Seeing it made me smile so I thought I’d share my memory of it here.
So I had this amazing trip to Japan in April 2024. Everything was a whirlwind from the arrival at Haneda Airport, to the 13th floor outdoor hot baths at my arrival hotel. There were fun days in Kyoto with Sangha members trying to figure out where to find vegetarian food, missing buses, taking buses the wrong direction to where we wanted to go, almost missing our train to meet up with the 100 person Soto Zen Clergy Tour Group for our first stop – to see Dogen Zenji’s Temple in the Mountains Eiheiji. Imagine my surprise when the group photo was being set up to have my name called to sit in the front row (5th from left). I am in the dark brown Okesa. This group had some serious Soto Zen weight and they added little ole me to the front row. How amazing is that?
