I recently finished Chadwick's book Thank You and OK! ... An American Zen Failure in Japan. This was such an entertaining book about his very own everyday life in and about a Buddhist temple in Japan ... the meditating, the chores, the meals, and the drinking of tea, the quarrels, the humor and the harmony.
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| David Chadwick |
"To me the rain was a type of music, calling in
different tones and textures with the sounds of
all the drips, drops, sheets and sprinkles on the
ground and rocks, in trees and on leaves, into
other water and onto the roofs. With wind for
backup, there came a chorus of these wet sounds,
full, round and ringing, deliciously coming from
all sides, through the windows and doors and from
the roof. It was a rhythmic message of the immediate,
beyond human emotions and symbols, washing through
our ears and bidding us stay in, relax and enjoy the show."
Thank you to David Chadwick for his teachings and thank YOU for being here in this moment.
