| 02.02.2010 (03:09) - F M Smith [@] |
| As the old Kyudo Master walked through the dojo, he noticed a yumi and ya in the corner, ‘What are those?," he asked. |
| 24.01.2010 (15:47) - Aiko [@] |
Seit einem Jahr bin ich in Gedanken bei dir - Kobun Sama - ich glaube du bist lebendig und so etwas, wie auferstanden, um es christlich zu sagen.
Ich habe dich nie persönlich getroffen - aber du hast mich persönlich getroffen. Dein Pfeil traf ins Schwarze - eine reife Leistung.
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| 13.12.2009 (00:02) - ryu-un tai-san |
kansjke føler du at jeg tenker på deg så mange gang,kanske ikke. likevellvet jeg. kobun er ved meg øver aller alle grenser, øver liv og død. blotlinien er ubrakt og jeg vil ikke aldri gleme bildene hva du ligger i kisten med døtteren din. jeg tror at du er alltid med meg.
uansett hvor mange kaller meg løgner og bløffmaker. jeg vet at kjenner meg og du tror meg og jeg ble elven din for alle tid.
du tat veg kropen din for offerne men du døde ikke. di kommer tilbake i annen form og jeg vener for deg. kansjke i ett annen liv, kanskje i i det tid. jeg venter.
(tidligere) ryu-un tai-san osho
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| 22.11.2009 (20:02) - jonathan goodman [@] |
Once when I confessed to Kobun that I
had been neglecting my Zazen practice, he
told me: "Sitting is not so important--
what is most important is to think about
God every day". |
| 11.11.2009 (10:51) - doris [@|www] |
Ich finde den Aufbau der Seite sehr gut. Macht weiter so.
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| 25.06.2009 (08:44) - Dai Kato [@|www] |
| This is beautiful website. I have Kobun Chino Roshi‘s calligraphy at my room. I visited Shambhala Mountain Center right after his departure. I appreciate your contribution to this wonderful space. Thank you, Tausend Dank! Arigato Gozaimasu. |
| 24.02.2009 (04:29) - Shanti [@] |
What beautiful & gentle energy here (with a core of strength) which reflects well the wisdom & essence of Kobun Chino so wonderfully. I myself sat at the School St. Zendo (in Santa Cruz) way back starting around 1972. It was always an oasis of calm and gentle wisdom that I looked forward to sitting with & learning from so very much each & every week. The peace and knowledge that filled the area from him was actually something quite tangible, clear as spring water, and something I will treasure in my heart (& inner self) always.
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| 26.01.2009 (20:07) - Marion Wasserman [@|www] |
Thank you for this beautiful site that captures Kobun‘s essence. I have been feeling Kobun in my heart recently and am so happy to have found collective memories of him here. A true friend who taught by his presence in each moment. I feel always so lucky to have had time together with him - make tea, cook and visit.
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| 17.11.2008 (21:09) - Raymond |
Some of Kobun‘s words have been meaningful to me..."each precept is a remark about hard climing, maybe climbing down."
He seemed to be genuine and modest.
Rest in peace.
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| 06.08.2008 (21:47) - barry a whitebook [@|www] |
| touched |
| 28.06.2008 (23:23) - Ed Solt [@] |
| Big Gassho to Kobun and his lineage and all of those who have been fortunate enough to join in. |
| 29.01.2008 (09:11) - Dave [@] |
A lovley man it seems, a shame I missed meeting him. I was delighting in his works, words and just the simple sight of him on this site. Reading of his passing in such a ........way filled my heart with the feeling of that place from which rivers flow, misty miost dark and damp.
I know he is Here.....calling |
| 17.01.2008 (02:41) - Nancy Voorhoeve & Rene Durler [@] |
So happy to have found your web site! These past years, we‘ve been able to practice in the Kobun Chino Roshi lineage both in Switzerland and New Mexico/USA. We‘ll make sure that Jean Leyshon (Taos, NM) knows about the kobun-sama.org: she probably will be able to contribute (or is already doing so) to some anecdotes...
Nancy & Rene |
| 16.01.2008 (04:48) - marjorie reynolds [@] |
| This site is a great idea thank you, I hope someday his audio lectures will be avalable, his spoken words seem to transmit more of the meaning in his words. love and gasho |
| 24.11.2007 (18:39) - Judy Cosgrove [@] |
Hello students of Kobun:
When I was sitting in the zendo, listening to many people‘s exciting memories of Kobun, I realized that much of my understanding of zen came from his making himself available in various group settings. I did not engage in very many one on one conversations with him, or if I did, they are lost. Now that I‘m trying to think back, there is one moment, when we were doing a 24 hour sitting and I was timekeeper. Kobun had given me some time to sleep, with my head on my gafu, in another room. I just remember him waking me up and so very much not wanting to wake up, and his so very gentle waking me up. For some reason, this memory rests in my heart, oh so gently.
What I need to communicate now is a request that students of Kobun, students of Vznja, for they are the same, take a look at the website www.Thursday-mornings.org.
Gassho,
Judy |
| 18.11.2007 (21:22) - Werner Schmitter [@] |
- Danke. - |
| 30.09.2007 (13:31) - Tim |
Thank you!
Peace! |
| 22.08.2007 (06:10) - Anastasia Hopkinson [@] |
Thank you for this exquisite tribute to Kobun. You magically evoke his spirit for which I am grateful.
Kobun taught me how to sit for meditation...for which I am eternally grateful.
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| 09.06.2007 (17:45) - Walter Dmoch [@|www] |
| Ich beglückwünsche und danke Euch für diese schöne Webseite, die Euer Bemühen um Zazen und Ritsuzen spiegelt. Es ist beflügelnd für mich, unser Bemühen in dem Euren wieder zu erkennen. Mit Freude werde ich meinen Kyudofreunden und unseren Lehrern Shibata XX und XXI von Euch berichten. |
| 29.04.2007 (20:09) - Chris Magnus [@] |
The Perfect Guest
When we went to meet you, you were already there.
And when we arrived, they said you had left.
You were the traveler, who had met all our grandfathers.
When we begged you for stories, you played with the sounds of the words.
When we stared, you made kabuki faces till we laughed.
When we showed you a picture, you turned the mirror so we could see.
When we poured you water, you divined a spring.
When we asked you to dinner, you prepared the meal.
When we folded down your bed, you helped us try on your robes.
When we opened your window, you built us a mountain shrine.
When you lit your pipe, the stars sparkled back.
When we knocked on your door, we found you down by the river.
Not remembering, you had endless time for us.
Not knowing, you blessed us with our own wisdom.
Not hesitating, you calmed our fears.
Being helpless, we found the possibilities in each moment.
Being defeated, we learned to rest in solitude.
You were the great joy in a child’s life.
The gentle monster, at our side,
The old book that never needed to be opened,
The karmic magician hardly noticed.
We sat silently in your lap and fell peacefully awake.
You float eternally in our hearts.
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| 25.04.2007 (13:05) - Jo-Shin [@] |
| Vielen Dank für die Arbeit an dieser Webseite. Ich bin Heute Kobun-Sama unendlich dankbar das ich ihn kennenlehrnen durfte. Als ich jetzt den hier neuen Eintrag - sein Vortrag über das Kyudo - lesen durfte, wurde mir wieder schlagartig klar, wie tief sein Verständniss war und wie tief seine Inspiration , und es beschämt mich wie wenig ich in all den Jahren von dem verstanden habe |
| 27.12.2006 (19:00) - Oscar R Granados [@|www] |
The Pics are amazing!!! Thank you all that have made this possible for creating, mantaining, posting and linking this site. I wish I could translated to German!!! Lutz of luvz, manny blessing, A-ho and Gassho!
Oscar |
| 25.12.2006 (20:36) - seiko josetsu [@|www] |
Kobun-san lebt noch heute in mir - und er schüttelt immer noch den Kopf, wenn er sieht, wie wenig ich seine Lehre verstanden habe. Ich danke ihm für seine Geduld! - Danke auch an die Betreiber dieser Seite!
mit gassho
seiko josetsu |
| 24.11.2006 (04:18) - Rinchen David Stopher [@] |
Thank you for these pictures and words.
The world is indeed fortunate when teachers like Kobun Chino Roshi are in it. Gassho |
| 13.09.2006 (02:30) - Ron di Michael [@|www] |
| Beautiful site and a great tribute to Kobun. Thank-you. |
| 06.09.2006 (16:34) - Mario Trinkhaus [@|www] |
Es war ein großes Geschenk, dass ich ihn in meinem Leben begegnen konnte.
So lebt er noch heute in meiner Erinnerung.
Gassho
Mario |
| 11.06.2006 (20:52) - tai-san deutsch-duppy [@] |
Beim Ansehen der Bilder sind mir die Tränen gekommen...
Unendlich dankbar für die Zeit mit Kobun-Sama! Auch wenn er von irgendwelchen "A...s" vollkommen verkannt wurde, war Kobun-Sama einer der größten Zen-Meister die in unserer Zeit wirkten und einer von jenen die die Bezeichnung Meister wirklich verdienten.
Ich kann mir heute nicht vorstellen, daß sein Platz von irgendjemand den ich kenne eingenommen werden könnte, auch wenn ich darum bete, das noch einmal ein solches Licht des Dharma entzündet wird.
Gassho
tai-san |
| 12.05.2006 (19:03) - Robert [@] |
| Nice and thought filled site you`ve got here!... |
| 04.05.2006 (02:18) - Werthmüller Manuela [@] |
| Es ist eine wunderbare Website.Vielen innigen Dank dafür. Ist es nicht ein Geschenk immer wieder die Chance zu bekommen in der Stille die Essenz des Lebens zu erfahren. Vielen Dank. |
| 12.04.2006 (05:37) - ginny greeno [@] |
thank thank thank you
it is a wonderful site
it made me cry with joy |
| 24.03.2006 (22:10) - Rev. Gilles Rivest [@] |
| Peace be with all seekers of thruth. |
| 07.03.2006 (03:38) - Michel Vasquez [@] |
I too am an old Santa Cruz Zendo zafu jockey, lo these many years!
Thank you for the pictures , calligraphy, and lectures. I‘ll be looking in once in a while to remember a good teacher on sitting.
Thank you Kobun. I can hear your speaking even now, ( leaning on your stick, eyes closed, murmuring rather than speaking, free-flow intuitions). |
| 21.02.2006 (05:09) - charles theriault [@] |
i am a student of chino kobun
and i start a center name "la montagne"
in quebec city since six years with the
good help of chino. i am very happy this
beautiful site perpetuate the memorie
of master kobun and help people to know
his life. gassho
charles theriault
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| 25.01.2006 (13:47) - Oskar Ingolfsson [@|www] |
Thank you for your beatiful homepage in rememberance of a great master.
in Gassho
Oskar |
| 08.01.2006 (15:15) - Leon [@] |
I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed looking at the stunning photographs of Kobun on this website. I came as a visitor and feel sad that such a kind and gentle man is no longer with us, and yet, perhaps he is, still touching the hearts of people like me.
I wish you all health, love, peace and happiness.
Thank you |
| 29.11.2005 (03:08) - Ian Forsberg [@] |
| Thank you for this beautiful communication of our unique practice which Kobun sama offered to us. |
| 28.11.2005 (15:05) - Lee Weingrad [@|www] |
To Kobun
Over the ocean
Over the desert
Over the 10,000 li journey
To Taos Mountain,
This deep and dustless place,
In this zen house of laughter and talking
We make the ancient strokes of hanzi and kanji,
one thick ink connection
one common bloodline.
written in July 1995 at Taos Mountain by Cen Yuan Xi. Dr. Cen, a master Chinese calligrapher, wrote this shortly after visiting Kobun Chino for the first time. Dr. Cen died in 1999.
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| 18.11.2005 (10:03) - Bruno Bacher [@] |
| Als ich in Taos war, erzählte mir Stanley White, ein Freund von Kobun Roshi von einer Hochzeit, an der Kobun die Zeremonien vollzog und einen Film drehte, den er dem Brautpaar als Geschenk überreichte. So herzlich war Kobun sama. |
| 24.10.2005 (10:10) - Nicolas Schossleitner [@|www] |
Lange habe ich überlegt was ich in dieses virtuelle Gästebuch schreiben soll..., ich habe in mich hineingehört um herauszufinden was es ist, dass diesen kleinen Mann so groß für mich machte....
Viele schöne Erinnerungen gibt es, seine behutsame Art zu sprechen, diese unerwartet gewaltige Stimme während der Rezitationen, seine Achtsamkeit bei allem was er tat ... aber eines ist noch stärker als all diese Erinnerungen - es war sein Lachen.
Dieses Lachen das so ansteckend und so echt war, dass man nicht umhin konnte mit zu lachen.
Vielen Dank lieber Freund für die kurze aber unvergeßliche Zeit, es war unendlich schön Dich lachen gehört zu haben...
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| 24.10.2005 (09:52) - Katy Perlman [@] |
Friends,
Kobun Chino was my first meditation teacher. In 1969 or 1970, I found my way to the Santa Cruz Zendo on Swift Street. I had never sat zazen before. He came around and very gently adjusted my posture as I was sitting. Then he joined us. Later, someone came to serve little lacquer bowls of ice cream. In his was a lit birthday candle, because, as I later learned, it was his birthday. We were all sitting with our eyes closed except for me, for I had peeked when I heard the footsteps of the server. Kobun never budged, even when the light of the lit birthday candle surely flickered in front of him. Only when the gong sounded at the end of the sitting did he open his eyes. He was looking straight forward, and as his eyes opened, he saw the candle and made a small but audible intake of breath. It was so genuine and sweet. He seemed utterly and innocently surprised. I found myself quite moved. I don‘t remember what he said that night. But his actions are sealed in my memory. He truly taught by example. Thank you.
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| 03.10.2005 (22:44) - KyuSei Kurt [@|www] |
Beim Dokusan berichtete ich Kobun-Sama allerlei Schwierigkeiten und
chaotische Situationen in unserer gegenwärtigen Lebenssituation. Kobun
sagte: "Habt eine gute Praxis und alles kommt in Ordnung. Alle Dinge
werden sich ordnen, seid voller Vertrauen - habt eine gute Praxis!"
Seine Worte waren so überzeugend, so sicher, dass sie tief in mein
Herz drangen. Ich zweifelte keinen Moment und wir versuchten sie zu leben.
Die Dinge haben sich geordnet, seine Botschaft hat sich bewährt. Es ist
sein größtes Vermächtnis an meine Frau und mich.
Manchmal im Dokusan gebe ich unter Berufung auf ihn, seine Ermutigung
weiter und spüre dabei seine Gegenwart vor der ich mich tief verneige. |
| 03.10.2005 (18:03) - vanja palmers [@] |
| Thank you, Nico, for this wonderful website in honour of our late friend and teacher, Kobun-sama. May his big spirit through it touch and inspire many hearts. |
| 03.10.2005 (17:59) - vanja palmers [@] |
| Danke Dir Nico, für diese wunderbare website für unseren Freund und Lehrer, Kobun-sama. Möge sein grosser Geist durch sie viele Menschen berühren und inspirieren. |