{"id":810,"date":"2011-04-23T13:40:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T20:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/?p=810"},"modified":"2011-04-23T13:47:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T20:47:22","slug":"i-miss-junji-shimanuki-he-was-a-great-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"I miss Junji Shimanuki. He was a great guy."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ordained monk.<\/p>\n

Nipponzan Myohoji order<\/p>\n

colleague of Jun San<\/p>\n

Helped build Grafton Peace Pagoda.<\/p>\n


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“Junji’s austere lifestyle, the open simplicity of his spiritual practice have earned him wide respect in Indian Country.”<\/p>\n

stood in strength and peace<\/p>\n

with traditional Navajo and Hopi<\/p>\n

several years.<\/p>\n

Many don’t know this, but he insisted people teach him to build a single man’s Hogan where he lived for many years at Black Mesa.<\/p>\n

..experience, ..equanimity, ..dignified heart<\/p>\n

Also, I used to love letting him borrow one of my 1960s guitars because his heartfelt versions of Bob Dylan’s “Just Like A Woman” and John Lennon’s “Imagine” in a very thick Japanese accent were so much fun to sing along with and enjoy immensely.<\/p>\n

I miss you even more today than many years ago when you passed away Junji. Rest In Peace.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.8thfire.net\/Day_178.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Adding the following for historical purposes:<\/p>\n

Jan 9 1992, 4:47\u00c2\u00a0am<\/span><\/p>\n

SPRITUAL WALK: 1992 AND BEYOND<\/p>\n

NA MU MYO HO REN GE KYO<\/p>\n

I \u00c2\u00a0am \u00c2\u00a0Junji \u00c2\u00a0Shimanuki, a Japanese Buddhist \u00c2\u00a0monk \u00c2\u00a0of \u00c2\u00a0Nipponzan<\/p>\n

Myohoji. I come to offer a message to those who would here.<\/p>\n

Our Teachers tell us that a great time of change is upon us, \u00c2\u00a0and<\/p>\n

that \u00c2\u00a0we \u00c2\u00a0must move forward with true compassion \u00c2\u00a0to \u00c2\u00a0meet \u00c2\u00a0these<\/p>\n

challenges.<\/p>\n

It was the Most Venerable Fujii Guruji’s belief that the American<\/p>\n

Indians \u00c2\u00a0who \u00c2\u00a0have \u00c2\u00a0preserved a spiritual \u00c2\u00a0way \u00c2\u00a0of \u00c2\u00a0life \u00c2\u00a0against<\/p>\n

humiliation \u00c2\u00a0and oppression have a mission. He believed that \u00c2\u00a0our<\/p>\n

mission is to liberate humanity from the danger of \u00c2\u00a0annihilation,<\/p>\n

to \u00c2\u00a0correct the wrong doings of the United States, to show a \u00c2\u00a0way<\/p>\n

to \u00c2\u00a0break through its deadlock and to see that the cruel \u00c2\u00a0history<\/p>\n

will never be repeated. Fujii Guruji had high expectations of the<\/p>\n

Bodhisarttya practice of the American Indian people.<\/p>\n

It is in this spirit that I began to organize a ” Spiritual Walk”<\/p>\n

to \u00c2\u00a0begin \u00c2\u00a0in \u00c2\u00a0San \u00c2\u00a0Francisco, Jan 1, \u00c2\u00a01992, \u00c2\u00a0and \u00c2\u00a0to \u00c2\u00a0arrive \u00c2\u00a0in<\/p>\n

Washington \u00c2\u00a0D.C. on October 12, 1992, the “International \u00c2\u00a0Day \u00c2\u00a0of<\/p>\n

Solidarity with the Indian People of the Western Hemisphere.”<\/p>\n

I \u00c2\u00a0had hoped to organize an Indian walk… like the Longest \u00c2\u00a0Walk<\/p>\n

of 1978. I spoke to many native people and groups. Of course they<\/p>\n

said \u00c2\u00a0it \u00c2\u00a0was \u00c2\u00a0a good idea but many of \u00c2\u00a0these \u00c2\u00a0organizations \u00c2\u00a0are<\/p>\n

currently \u00c2\u00a0focusing on their community. There are so many \u00c2\u00a0things<\/p>\n

to be done and everybody is doing their best.<\/p>\n

We must move forward in this. This “Spiritual Walk” will \u00c2\u00a0include<\/p>\n

all \u00c2\u00a0People \u00c2\u00a0of \u00c2\u00a0the Four Colors. WE WILL \u00c2\u00a0WALK \u00c2\u00a0AS \u00c2\u00a0A \u00c2\u00a0SPIRITUAL<\/p>\n

OFFERING TO CORRECT THE EFFECTS OF COLONIZATION AND GENOCIDE UPON<\/p>\n

AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONS.<\/p>\n

We will do our best to speak out, to educate the American public.<\/p>\n

1992 \u00c2\u00a0is a time for All People To Walk On This \u00c2\u00a0Beautiful \u00c2\u00a0Mother<\/p>\n

Earth… \u00c2\u00a0 to \u00c2\u00a0correct \u00c2\u00a0the \u00c2\u00a0injustices \u00c2\u00a0done \u00c2\u00a0by \u00c2\u00a0the \u00c2\u00a0 American<\/p>\n

Government not only to the Indian Nations but also to the world.<\/p>\n

We \u00c2\u00a0are a small group of people who have committed \u00c2\u00a0ourselves \u00c2\u00a0to<\/p>\n

walk 5400 miles across the United States. We go through 17 Indian<\/p>\n

Nations to gather prayers, spiritual strength and unity.<\/p>\n

We \u00c2\u00a0will \u00c2\u00a0be \u00c2\u00a0passing through California, \u00c2\u00a0Nevada, \u00c2\u00a0Arizona, \u00c2\u00a0New<\/p>\n

Mexico, \u00c2\u00a0Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota, \u00c2\u00a0Minnesota,<\/p>\n

Illinois, \u00c2\u00a0Indiana, \u00c2\u00a0Ohio, Pennsylvania, New \u00c2\u00a0York, \u00c2\u00a0New \u00c2\u00a0Jersey,<\/p>\n

Delaware, and Maryland.<\/p>\n

We could use any support along the way including, \u00c2\u00a0accommodations<\/p>\n

and \u00c2\u00a0food, organizing visits to schools, churches \u00c2\u00a0and \u00c2\u00a0community<\/p>\n

groups, \u00c2\u00a0media outreach, organizing gatherings or prayer \u00c2\u00a0vigils,<\/p>\n

or joining us in our walk for what ever time is possible.<\/p>\n

For more information and a detailed itinerary please contact:<\/p>\n

Nipponzan Myohoji, 82 Flora St. S.F. CA 94124 (415) 822-9471<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ordained monk. Nipponzan Myohoji order colleague of Jun San Helped build Grafton Peace Pagoda. “Junji’s austere lifestyle, the open simplicity of his spiritual practice have earned him wide respect in Indian Country.” stood in strength and peace with traditional Navajo and Hopi several years. Many don’t know this, but he insisted people teach him to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic","category-mundane-or-sublime","category-music-and-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}