Minnesota Zen Meditation Center - Sunday Talk Archive
Original Stillness
Jul 5, 2026 · 55 min · 14 segments
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- Ben ConnellyHost
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center - Sunday Talk Archive
Jul 5, 2026 · 55 min · 14 segments
But, you know, her family was here and there was so much connection and some people came from across the country who originally trained here and people from all over the community.
And, you know, we had... video set up in the library with like 30 or 40 people down there, one outside.
And it was like, I was just bustling about getting this thing and everyone was bustling about and it was wonderful.
And you know, as people reflected on Tomoe-san's life, just the fact that a life can be so full and so amazing and so generous, and yet it's come and gone, as we say in our memorial chants here, like a dart of lightning flashing in an empty sky.
And, you know, we planned for the ceremony for a couple of weeks and then there was this amazing manifestation of all these people being so generous and so loving.
And then it was 5.30 and I was standing in the backyard and it looked like nothing had happened.
And the recovery group that comes every Saturday was in the zendo and just so fleeting.
You know, it's the only memorial service like that that we'll have for Tomoe-san.
And I was like, well, that just, it's a little too bifurcated for me as a Zen practitioner.
But, you know, her family was here and there was so much connection and some people came from across the country who originally trained here and people from all over the community.
And, you know, we had... video set up in the library with like 30 or 40 people down there, one outside.
And it was like, I was just bustling about getting this thing and everyone was bustling about and it was wonderful.
And you know, as people reflected on Tomoe-san's life, just the fact that a life can be so full and so amazing and so generous, and yet it's come and gone, as we say in our memorial chants here, like a dart of lightning flashing in an empty sky.
And, you know, we planned for the ceremony for a couple of weeks and then there was this amazing manifestation of all these people being so generous and so loving.
And then it was 5.30 and I was standing in the backyard and it looked like nothing had happened.
And the recovery group that comes every Saturday was in the zendo and just so fleeting.
You know, it's the only memorial service like that that we'll have for Tomoe-san.
And I was like, well, that just, it's a little too bifurcated for me as a Zen practitioner.
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