Met up with my sensei last week at UCC Coffee Shop - The Block, SM North. I ordered the coffee jelly and while we were updating each other, he mentioned my thesis and the paper that I submitted to him. He asked me about a reference material that I used and requested that I update the stats in my thesis. He said, he would need them for a paper that he will write.
The thing is, while searching for the reference materials that I promised I would forward to him - I checked with the books and academic stuff I brought from Japan in my balikbayan box. I chanced upon the brochures I saved from our temple stay in Sapporo February last year and saw a copy of this poem - a thousand winds. Hm mm..... this explains why I was so intrigued when I learned that the Oricon chart declared this the number 1 song in Japan for 2007. The buddhist priest read it to us on our last day of temple stay - sen no kaze ni natte.
Funny thing, how we have to be patient for questions that bother us. In time, when we are not even looking for the answer or even forgot our question - they will just come...
Yeah, I remember this poem. You did not get enough nourishment from our overnight stay at the temple (considering the curries and the pickles!) so the mesage did not dawn on you while the priest was reading it to us. Ako naman iniisip ko kung kelan tayo makakauwi at makakagala sa Sapporo, kaya di ko rin naintindihan.. maganda pala ang message..
ReplyDeleteoo nga pala no? imagine - almost 1 day akong walang nourishment kasi yung dinner curry tapos yung breakfast natin - bukod sa may meditation na pagka-aga-aga eh puro gulay at pickles nga. ako lang yata ang hindi nakaubos! pero ngayon - feeling ko makakain na ako ng gulay-gulay.
ReplyDeleteNow I can proudly say na me legacy na ko sa yo- ang pagkain ng gulay!
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