Warrior Tribute to Onyumishi Kanjuro Shibata XX

Shambahal Times ^ | October 24, 2013 – 12:16 am | staff

[skinkinthegrass]

They worked for a while but technology
advances rather quickly sometimesyup....change is a constant...

[GOPJ]

You were blessed being his student... my prayers for both of you at this time.

[Velveeta]

Deeply sorry for your loss, Candor7.

[Candor7]

Thank you Mesta. I am praying for you everyday. The forces of impermenance in this world cut so deeply.

[Candor7]

Lama Chenno, Lamma Chenno,
Rinchen Tsawai, Lama Chenno!

Thank you for your kindness my dear FRiend.

[Candor7]

Thank you so much for your kind words.

[Candor7]

When one practices kyu no michi in this lineage, the world becomes so vivid, full of energy simply because one's heart opens like a blossoming flower.Surrounded by a retinue of many dakinis, we practice follwing the example of the accomplished ones who have gone before over a period of thousands of years.

Do not ever think that basic unconditional goodness of the human heart will cease to exist, for the torch of certainty will never be extinguished by death, impermanence, or samsara.

And so this torch will continue to blaze in our own back yards.

This is what it means to be the student of such a man for 30 years:

( Photo taken at Shibata Meadows Shambhala Retreat Center last August. I established this practice place of refuge 2 years ago, dedicated to solitary retreats, we will eventually have 7 retreat cabins and a full traditional kyudo venue with Matoba Azuchi and an Iru Basho Hall )

[Candor7]

A drala celebration. Thats next.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQyfiB0kz4

[Candor7]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1RhsFzKV8

[Candor7]

His cremation ceremony will be in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado at Shambhala Mountain Center, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Rocky Mountain Time.

Rarely can one photograph wanthang.

In the kyudo world it is called "shahin" or shooting dignity.

[TigersEye]

The ceremony is in Red Feather Lakes today? That is so close yet so far away. The flooding in Sept. has made it even further. I’m afraid I couldn’t get there in two hours even if highway 34 were still usable but I will hold a thought for your venerable teacher. Are you there today?

[Candor7]

I was not there today, I am in New Brunswick and we held our own kyudo ceremony to coincide in time with that happening in Red Feather Lakes.You are so close, you should visit Shambhala Mountain sometime to see the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya there ( its a walk in and has 3 floors).

[TigersEye]

I have been wanting to see the stupa for a long time but it is difficult for me to leave home for very long. That is wonderful that you were able to have a simultaneous ceremony there in New Brunswick.

[Candor7]

This link connects to a video of Shibata XX Sensei’s Cremation Ceremony, the song that you here is Sensei singing about a flock of geese, “Gun”...one or two may fly away from the V - arrowhead shaped flock in the sky and another one or two will join it in its arrow shaped course across the sky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FTRNGxq0rM

[TigersEye]

Thank you. That was beautiful!

[Candor7]

A glimpse into Shambhala :-).

Thank you for your kindness.