Tohoku pirglimage

New pilgrimage at Tokyo

After few days ago new pilgrimage started.

I work at shop of vegetable.
We sale good vegetable but we do not have enough time to sales.

And I also have less time to voluntee and work.
I need to decide balance of life.

But at that time,I decide throw mind,I throw my mind.

But after I throw my mind,situation change.

Lots of people help me,donate me,and give job.

So I can do good start.

Everyday I work 6AM to 18AM several place.And in weekend also start working.

I feel I ride a flow of fortune.


And also I decide that I will not refuse everything.
I will say Yes everytime.If I can not accept happening,something will help.

Here we go!!!,new pilgrimage of life

After go back to Tokyo

I decide to help handycap person.

But I have no connection.

When I walking outside,some handycap person call me and say,please buy this watermelon,yummy ^_^

And boss of him call me,please come in!

So I talk with him.He is owner of NPO.

And he said to me,please become leader of us!

I am really surprised to his suggestions,but I accept.

But we have no money.

Our challenge start!

We are poor but our mind is calm.

I decide to finish Henro

After I leave Henro house,I start walking to 18th temple.

But I suffered summer heat and almost no money.

So I decide to stay cheap hotel and volunteer place several day.

And I start sitting Zazen and sleep to cool down and working.

In morning I hear terrible news.

North Korea firing a missile near Japan.

So I realize we always suffer at die.

If we suffer such situation ,I feel I must do what I want to do.

So I follow my heart and decide to go back Tokyo.

Just go back Tokyo.

And I feel something happen to me.

I know when I connect true myself honesty,something good happening.

I ride a cheap highway bus and go back to Tokyo.

I meet practitioner of Buddhism

At Henro house I meet Buddhism practitioner.

He studied lots of Sect of Buddhism.

And he traveled around 10 year with only one bag pack.

I really enjoyed to talk with him.

So I give him Dharma clothes.And he give me his chant book.

He is not monk.But he is Buddha.

I realized.

Nine bow to him and all practitioner and all being.

Walk to 16th temple and Zazen,rest,Takuhatsu

After leave Henro hotel near 12th temple,I walk 20km .

Very hard to walk in mountain,but river heal my leg and thirst.

But very tired.

So today I sit Zazen.I found sleeping bag is good Zafu.

And do Takuthatsu and rest day.

Nine bows.

Next day of finish to vow at 12th temple

In the morning ,I go to Zendo.

But monk is not at Zendo.

Yesterday he said to me throw out plate outside.

 But I can not found.

And Zendo is very dirty.

And go back hotel,and I heard about it by owner.

She said ,he is fake monk ,and just want money...

I decide to give up taking plate.

Plate is not plate,before I will chanting.

So I call goods shop near here and ,can you make plate?

He said OK!

So I make plate by myself,but my money will almost empty.

But I decide,I will help my younger brother or sister.

If I suffer big trouble.

 I do not regret.Gassho 

11th temple to 12th temple

I leave near 11th temple at 7AM

I send baggege to my home,because too heavy to climb mountain today.

First I start walking alone.

This challenge is very hard,I climb mountain 0m to 700m,and lots of up and down and 12km distance.

And I suffer from fear of bee and snake,they have lots of poison.

After I walk about 5km,I meet a 4members group,old man and young woman and person who come from Bergium.

We help each other,in English and Japanese.

Everybody is very tired and some person have injure.

At a rest time ,I do short Dharma talk.

After 8 hour passed we arrive at 12th temple.

After arriving ,we walk own way.

I walk to small Zendo,but I call to monk but he doesn't answer.

Around 6PM become getting sun set,so I worry about only alone...

Such time 2 old man who walk together today ,walk around small Zendo.

And I talk to them.

I am very troubled,tired and no money and monk doesn't answer.

So they suggest me to come with them and stay small house.And they donate me,because they think my Dharma talk was helpful.

So I decide to accept this suggestion.

After arriving home,monk call me and say ,why did you not come Zendo?I am very angry.

So please come right now by walk for 1 hour climb mountain at dark night.

So I said to him.He was at Temple name J ,he is kind of my Dharma older brother but,your attitude is not good,this is not Buddhism.

After we take dinner ,I hear owner of home,monk of Zendo is not good person.So your choise is reasonable.

So I realize ,follow my mind is very important.

Maybe he is not bad monk,but maybe he has too much ego.

My journey will continue...

7th temple to 11th temple

I stay at Zenkon yado, almost free to stay but no servise and no meal little home.

And I leave there at 4AM and walk around 5th temple,because I found Zenkon yado
at yesterday.

I walked updown road 20Km,at summer heat.

I had some Henro friends,so I walked together.

But I only had sleeping bag ,heavy weight.

So I walked slowly.But after 10th temple,finally I could not walk and lie down beside road.

Old woman came to me and attended her home,and give cold tea.

We talk each other about Buddhism,almost people at there is Buddhist.

So I ask her.If you have a gun and ,someone in front of you have a gun,how do you do?

She answered run away,and her husband answerd just look carefully,if you look carefully,
you can choise what to do.

I am suprised.So I realize that I am searching for such kind of answer at this journey.


So I gave up to have pride,get off Dharma ware temporary and drink beer and sleep well.

Today I decide to take rest and ,I try to choice my heavy baggage send to my home.

I decide to feel carefully  inside myself,like my favorite songs,,,

Video of a-ha The sun always shines on TV

Please don't ask me to defend
The shameful lowlands of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
I reached inside myself today
Thinking there's got to be some way
To keep my troubles distant

1st temple to 7th temple

At 1st temple ,l am really surprised.

I can't say detail... but...

After leave there I start walking Takuhatsu style under summer heat.

Lots of people donate,meals,drinks,and so on.

And I met at a woman.She said to me,please give me money because she doesn't have money.I said to her,do you have house?She said Yes.Where?About 2 hour from here.

I adviced her,I can't give money but if you will believe Buddha and walk Henro few days,somebody support you.And go back to home and go to city government.

But she didn't accept.Police come and she scream big voice and ...

After such time old couple talk to me,do you want ride our car and go next temple?I say yes.

In the car woman said to me,her son died at young age,so everyweek she come to Henro.

And she said,I seems like her son.

After leaving there I stayed kind of Henro house,500 yen need to stay...Very old house and only water and toilet can use but enough for me.

My survival is starting..

To be continued.

Ready to Henro pilgrimage

Before Henro,I stay Osaka 3 days.

MrT help me to stay and teach about Henro.

And Monk MrM and MrS advice me and donate me at Osaka.

And I go to near 1st temple and meet MrM.

He donate me and give material.And he introduce me master of Henro,who did Henro 10 times.

After leave there,I go to 1st temple.