Volunteers
needed for our “Food Bank” garden.
We’re planting these next 2 weeks.
Financial
News:
We
are doing OK financially.
We have paid over $9,000 for granite carved statues in
China. Shipping costs were about $3500.
March 2010 – April donations = $1508.00
Cash on hand = $1060.00 (plus our priest travel fund)
Liabilities = $ none. We are planning some advertising
but less than $100.00
Miscellaneous
News:
Buddhist
Woodworking
Reverend
Ken McGuire has started a new woodworking company specifically
for Buddhist Alters and supplies. You can view some
of his wonderful work at the Trout Lake Zen Temple or
online at http://zenfurnishings.net/
by Ken’s workshop
Two
Local Christian Churches
that teach and practice an embracing, kind, and loving
faith.
There
are two wonderful churches in our local area that are
well worth attending.
Local
Providers of Care
Jennifer
Silapie ND, a Naturopath Physician, has opened a practice
in White Salmon. She is a warm hearted and caring individual.
251 N. Main Ave, White Salmon 509.493.3300
Karen
Hoffman, massage therapist in Trout Lake and White Salmon
cell 509.637.4995
Cookie
Gilpatrick, massage therapist in Trout Lake and Hood
River cell 541.490.9077 home 509.395.2468
Wonderful
Reading
The Shack by William P. Young is a wonderful
and enlightening book. It is the story of a father’s
loss of his small daughter and the personalization of
God (as a robust black woman), Jesus (as sort of a hippie
fix it man), and the Holy Ghost (as a sweet and loving
gardener). It is a wonderful story with enough fairy tale
qualities to teach our “inner child”. A kind
man named Dev gave me ths book and I have passed on copies
to several people.
Living
Buddha, Living Christ, by Thich Nhat Hanh is a book
on accepting the best of both Christian and Buddhist faith
and practicing compassion and kindness in al that we do.
His use of Christian scripture and commentaries to highlight
the beauty of Christianity is a joy to read. Rev. Dorothy
Franklin gave me this book to read and I am grateful to
her in sharing her faith in a way that was very easy for
me to understand.
We
have a lending library at the temple and hope to have
it ready for public use by mid May. Please check it out
the next time you are in the temple.
Yearly
Summary of our recommended reading list:
The
Kyosaku by Reverend Soyu Matsuoka Roshi
available only through the Atlanta Soto Zen Center
Moku-Rai
by Reverend Soyu Matsouka Roshi
available only through the Atlanta Soto Zen Center
Shobgenzo-zuimonki
by Eihei Dogen Zenji recorded by Koun Ejo
The
Denkoroku by Zen Master Keizan Jokin
Zen
is Eternal Life by Jiyu Kennett, Roshi
(Previously published as Selling Water By The River)
The
Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau, Roshi
Branching
Streams Flow in the Darkness by Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi
Zen
flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps
Being
Zen by Ezra Bayda
To
Shine One Corner Of The World by Shunryu Suzuki,
Roshi
The
Zen teachings of “Homeless” Kodo by Kosho
Uchiyama, Roshi
The
Buddhist Handbook by John Snelling
Soto
Zen by Keido Chisan Koho Zenji
Zen
Meditation in Plain English by John Daishin Buksbazen
The
Wild White Goose by Roshi Jiyu Kennett
Zen
Training by KatsuikiSekida
The
Life & Work of Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen Pioneer
by Isabel Sterling
Roar
of the Tigress by Rev. Jiyu-Kennett
The
Shack by William P. Young
Living
Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
GASHO!
Kozen Sampson
Arizona Soto Zen Centers
PO Box 487
Trout Lake, WA 98650
509.637.5995 cell
509.395.2030 home
