Intern vs. Old Guy Kickball
At Mozilla yesterday evening, we took some time off from shipping a major browser update to play kickball. It was labeled “Intern vs. Old Guy” kickball but one wit. As probably the second oldest person in the group, you can guess which team I was on.
At one point in the game, we managed to get the ball stuck in the trees dotting the parking lot. This was soon joined by its friend, the helpful shoe. Eventually, first base was able to convince both to come back. A picture was taken of our attempts to retrieve the ball:
My coworker Paul Kim put a few photos up on his Flickr account as well. He also blogged about it.
Oh, and Old Guys won 26 to 22!
Masters and Students
They say that you should always be very careful when picking a master in the spiritual arts…
One famous incident:
and now another from the retreat this last week:
Back from Retreat
R and I are back from our Buddhist Retreat with Daiun-Ji Great Cloud Temple in Ohio. We flew out to Cincinnati on Wednesday and arrived in the evening. We met with Rev. Jiun Foster and stayed the night at his place before going out to the site late the next morning.
Most of the retreat was spent doing sitting meditation of various sorts with the mornings being spent in some To-Shin Do practice with Jisho Sensei, who is both a Tendai priest but also a 4th Dan in To-Shin Do. (He’s been studying for over 20 years from what I gather…). There were a few other activities but I’m not going to post about them. *smile*
On Sunday, R took Refuge Vows and I received the Three Pure Precepts (which accompany my existing vows) as part of the Shami ceremony within Daiun-Ji. In our organizational system, this is a senior position below that of an ordained priest. As Rev. Jiun has said in one document on our training system, “Shami practice group leaders function as assistants to the local BLA Chapter’s Priest or Dharma Teacher, and occasionally teach introduction to meditation or Buddhism classes, as their Priest/Dharma Teacher deems appropriate.”
This is part of my longer path to the priesthood over time.
I have posted photos on Flickr as a set which so the grounds of the site, a few activities, details of our main meditation area, and the Refuge and Shami ceremony on the last day (not all taken by me, obviously).
Al and R are on the right…
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