Page B6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 30, 1993

Buddhist monk visits. town |

Terrace was host to a particular-
ly mystifying guest last week.

Koto Ilo, a Zen temple abbott in
Nagoya, Japan, was in town from
June 18-23. He is the spiritual
head of the Terrace Dai-Ko-Ji
Zen centre,

}io belongs to the Sota branch
of Zen. There ate. two olher
schools as well -. Rinzai and
Obaku.

Soto zen emphasizes the impor-
tance of meditation. . '

Dressed ‘simply: and comforlab- ~

ly in a grey kimono and a black
samue (jacket), the slender. and
head-shaven Ito sips tea and talks
in Japanese while centre member
Jeanette Delpori translates. .

He notes that Terrace and its -

surroundings remind him of a
similar “Japanese. town. called

ae

Nagano. This site also fealures #
town surrounded by. mountains
with a river running through it.

This is [to's second visit to Ter-
face - he was also here in 1991.

He is here to: help guide the lo-
cal Zen group with their prac-
lices, including a tea ceremony. —

Delport; who is fluent in, Japa-.~
nese, started the centre about.two
years ago. There is now a core
group of cight members.

-She met Ilo in 1968, when she
was living in Japan studying Zen,-

Ito became a monk when he~
was 14 years old, and has
remained so for the past 30 years.

‘Delport noles that there are two ~
ways to become a monk. Either
the - candidate is bom inio. a
temple family, or else any person
can be ordained to become either

== concem-

a monk ora nun.

Delport says: Zen is not a: va Aa

gious institution, bul is simply an

activity of sitting in meditation’

and finding your true being.
Tio reflects this personal out-
look. «When asked about -the

"political upheaval © ‘in Japan. (the

prime minister recently suffered a.
non-confidence vote), he eplics
that as.a-Buddhist priest, he’ is
removed from such worldly prob-
lems. He says the monks: do nol

political aspect of things.”
Delport has greatly enjoyed
hosting such a special guest.
“We “wish: “he. could
longer,’ -she says:-
However, this shouldn’ t be the
last-time thal Ito isin Terrace, as

slay

he plans lo visil-again.

-lhemselves-= “With the. .

pe a" roa

Perr ireate

KOTO ITO, amonk from Japan, visited town last week. He i

Ji zen centre. Here he is pictured with centre member and longtime friend Jeanette Delpoart. -

s the e spiritual head of the local Dale Ko es

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