The partner of a longtime sangha friend died today in Amsterdam after a year of illness with cancer.
A ceremony for him tonight joins all of us, each individual participant, as one. We chant, bow, burn incense, realizing here and now together what is « beyond » words and understanding.
This is where we are not different one from the other. This is where we are unborn and undying.
Thus we accompany Fritz.
May he go in peace.
Fritz, may he go in peace
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Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste.
The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.
Thank you, Charlotte. I’m happy to find your trace here.
Of course, Bob and I can offer sympathy to any family that has undergone a death, especially that death we know best, death by cancer.
But, Amy, this is the first I’ve opened to your blog site here and I was very happy to read down through some recent words — especially Pacido Domingo and singing our way on …
Our family is fine. And I’m going to forward your web site to a friend in Los Angeles who has just returned from an Ashram and family in India.
All the best to you and family and Zen center,
Charlotte