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Today I am spending time on my rakusu, which I am doing as part of my Chaplaincy Training. Each stitch is accompanied by a mantra, and the entire thing is hand sewn. The process is akin to laying the grid in preparation for drawing a Thangka. There are many ways for us to take our seat. • • • #chaplaincytraining #rakusu #jukai #mindfulness #meditation #dharmanerd https://www.instagram.com/p/B1pOGgPB-OH/?igshid=6dqnvzi0757i
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Monday’s Painting rakusu (絡子) #watercolor #painting #art #zen #rakusu
Non so da quanto tempo si ripercorra questa strada, con le stesse parole e i significati che devono sempre rapportarsi ad un mondo in continuo mutamento. Questo é il significato di rito e tradizione. Ripercorrere, fare gesti antichi nel mondo attuale. In questo mondo influenzato ormai dalla scienza in che modo porre questo? In che modo avvertire dentro di sé l’energia di quello che stiamo vivendo e che ci stanno trasmettendo? In che modo interiorizzare un rito che sembra ormai avere solo una forma esteriore. Oggi ho assistito ad una cerimonia che mi ha riportato indietro di tutti quei secoli che sono passati sino ad oggi, ma ho sentito che forse mancava qualcosa ed anche se mi sono commosso, ho come avuto la sensazione che si sia sterilizzata. I matrimoni ne sono un esempio sempre più lampante. Nella mia vita ne ho vissuti tantissimi, sopratutto per lavoro. In tutto quel teatro di simboli e di ulteriore una sola volta mi è capitato di percepire il profondo significato di quello che stava accadendo, nella coppia, di fronte ad un qualcosa a cui si cerca di dare un senso e credere. Abbiamo sempre più bisogno di ulteriore, in fondo non ci basta, ma domandarsi il perché mi pare sempre più lecito.
A.
Safety pin note
A safety pin is sharpening my attention. Innocent slip or micro-aggression or both?
Been so much dismal storm around safety pins, their moral meaning and weight, that wearing one, which was meant to mean
I’m with you and will help you out if you need me to if I can—
is at risk of meaning instead
I have taken a position in the debate over safety pins!
Goddamn. If anyone decides to kill off all the liberals, it won’t take a pogrom, it’ll only take putting us all in a room, and an…
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Still going
After the ceremonies, there are still things to be done. Though ceremonially received, sewing is not yet completed. In the quiet expansive space that follows the excitement of ceremony, I continue my journey.
My rakusu will be made of pure magic. I have received fabrics gifted from family & friends. I fold & stitch them, their lives & stories, into my practice. I fold in too, the fabrics that were gifted, but did not end up in the end result.
This once belonged to my maternal-step-mom. She broke her arm this week. As I stitch these lines, I am reminded of the fragility of the human body & it’s resilience. May she soon be healed & whole!
This second piece was part of a tie I made once for my dad. It was ultimately too short, but he wore it anyway because I made it. Meaning won over fashion.
The first bar represents the newDharma community (red), I settled into allowing myself to belong here when I saw the effort I was expending in keeping myself from what I longed for. The second holds the love of longtime partners. The third (black) comes from across the ocean, a dear friend in Morocco. Time and space are indeed illusions, & relationships need not loose out though our paths may separate us.
The yellow fabric here comes from a dear friend via someone in her community. This is from a community rakusu (though what community I know not). The blue with dots is fabric my mom sent - it was used by my grandmother in a quilt for my aunt. (layer upon layer of relations!)
On the left here, hand dyed fabric from one of my yoga students, on the right, a piece standing in for blue from SQ.
There are fabrics I received that didn't seem to fit with the other fabrics, or were too hard to sew with. I'm considering ways to incorporate these as well...
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The rakusu is a traditionally Japanese garment worn around the neck of Zen Buddhists who have taken the precepts. It can also signify Lay Ordination.
Venerable Ming Zhen Shakya occasionally sews rakusus for clergy members and friends of The Order. This was hand-sewn by Ming Zhen, for me (Yin Cai Shakya) when she ordained me as a priest.
Ming Zhen Shakya is the author of numerous Zen Buddhist sermons, all of which are made freely available to all, and can be found on The Order of Hsu Yun's website Zen and the Martial Arts.
Wear the teachings (by Al Baxter)
