by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam
A young monk performs Tea ceremony— Hanging kettle sways slightly I was so pleased to be asked to speak today on this wonderful occasion of Suzuki’s Sensei’s 100th year of life, and to join all of you in celebrating the publication of her 100 haiku collection...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam
My first encounter with Mrs. Suzuki (Okusan)—and with Zen Center—was when a friend wanted to show me Tassajara, and we arrived in the middle of Suzuki Roshi’s memorial service at his ashes site. There was a small Japanese woman who was crying and crying. Little did I...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam
The following statements were placed on the altar at Mitsu Suzuki Sensei’s funeral at Rinso-in on January 14. SENIOR DHARMA TEACHER TENSHIN REB ANDERSON Oh, wondrous teacher-mother-bodhisattva, shibo bosatsu, you lived a great and difficult life indeed. And you...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam
Suzuki Sensei was an inspiration to me, and to all of us. After coming to the U.S., Shunryu Suzuki Roshi gave Okusan a book on tea (Chado) and suggested that she study Chado, which she did. She came to understand that he was preparing her to be a teacher in her own...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam
In the summer of 2010, I went with a group of close students and friends on pilgrimage to Japan. We spent a week at Rinso-in, the original temple of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of San Francisco Zen Center and of our Zen practice lineage in America. Author of the...
