Saturday, August 15, 2009

[1771 - Sir Walter Scott, writer, poet,
born in Edinburgh, Scotland]

   
[1859 - Charles Albert Comiskey, baseball Hall of Famer, born in Chicago]

[1879 - Ethel Barrymore (Ethel Mae Blythe),
Academy Award-winning actress,
born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

   
[1885 - Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan]

[1901 - Ned Washington, Academy Award-
winning lyricist, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania]

     
[1904 - Bil (William Britton) Baird, puppeteer, born in Grand Island, Nebraska]

[1912 - Julia Child, master chef, born in Pasadena, California]

   
[1912 - Dame Wendy Hiller, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Cheshire, England]

[1914 - Panama Canal is opened to maritime traffic; SS Ancon makes first passage]

[1925 - Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist, composer, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada]

[1935 - Will Rogers & Wiley Post are killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska]

   
[1945 - Gene Upshaw, Pro Football Hall of Fame Raider guard, born in Robstown, Texas]

Hogen

He was my mentor
The example of his life
He still teaches me

The Roshi Hogen Teaches:

Right speech, harmlessness,
Restraint in speaking ill of others,
Moderation in food, at peace in remoteness and solitude,
Devotion to higher meditation.
This is the teaching of the Buddhas.

If you understand,
Things are such as they are.
If you do not understand,
Things are such as they are.

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