Jeju Way in Santa Rosa on the wall of the Russian River Brewing Company. RRBC

We had a cow named Mishaka and we found a story about St. Mishaka found below. In this time we had holstein cows in Grayton CA. Milked her every moring. Real life poppies are a Santa Rosa gardener's favorite. The best yard displays can be found throughout the Bennett Valley neighborhoods of Santa Rosa. The flowers in gardens bloom until early fall but are most plentiful and beautiful between April 1st and May 10th - depending on how early spring comes to the area. Poppy wildflowers can also be seen along the hiking and biking trails, around the lakes in the sunnier areas, at the nearby Howarth Park. There are several neighborhood access points just west of Summerfield road; the main access to the park on Summerfield Road is just south of Montgomery Drive.

Denkoroku
The Denkoroku records the moment when the Way was transmitted from teacher to disciple for each of the fifty two patriarchs. In each story, there is a narrative of the moment the student received the Way, short biographical information and a set of verses summarizing that particular Patriarch's teaching.

Saint Mishaka, The Sixth Ancestor
"One day, Daitaka said, 'The Buddha said, 'When one pursues the supernormal powers of a rishi or devotes himself to the study of the Lesser Vehicle, he becomes like someone entangled in, and dragged along by, a rope.' Know for yourself that, when you leave such rivulets behind, you immediately arrive at the GREAT OCEAN; by all means, confirm the UNBORN for yourself.' Mishaka, as a result, had a great awakening to his TRUE SELF." The Denkoroku: The Record of the Transmission of Light.

Mishaka's name means 'He Who Knows Pain.' He was the leader of thousands of rishi or Indian holy men who spent move of their time working on and cultivating their psychic power. They lived away from other men as hermits. He had a profound understanding of Zen Buddhism and was known to say to his discples, "Nothing fetters you so what need is there to be released?"

"Even though there may be an every-day purity,

Read on
Saint Fudamitta
The practice, understanding and transmission of Zen has been compared to holding a point in stillness by many of the Ancestors. silt-clear as a river's water in autum,

How can it possibly compare with a luminous spring night,

The moon softened by haze?

Many are the houses where people yearn thus

For a spotlessly clean life

But, however much they sweet this way and that,

Their hearts are still not emptied and clear."

Keizan Zenji summarizes the teaching of Mishaka



Read more at Suite101: Saint Mishaka: Sixth Zen Buddhist Awakening http://buddhist-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/saint_mishaka#ixzz0v2dJncah

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