先週はゴルフコンペや東京での会議が重なり、出社出来たのは１日だけと何かあわただしい一週間であった。

週末東京より帰阪、翌日曜日は、香里天風会の
「春の一日行修会」であった。天風会の最大の行事は、真夏に実施する「修練会」
と呼ばれる行事で、香里天風会は毎年７月の最終週の金土日の３日間で行っており、 今年は７月２７・
２８・２９日を予定している。

その他に、春・秋の一日行修会、年末の越年会、年始の新年会、春・
秋のハイキングなどが主なものであるが、何よりも大切なのは、毎日曜午前中に行われる
「日曜行修会」（屋外で呼吸法・統一式運動、積極体操、
屋内で養動法、安定打坐法（座禅）、誦句、その後、週により講習会や勉強会（教本の輪読）、月例会（天風先生の講演テープを拝聴）
）である。

従って、当然のことながら小生の日曜の午前中は１年中天風会に押さえられており、特別の事が無い限りサボる訳にはいかない。
そんな事で先週の日曜は終日天風道に浸っていた。

講師の先生は、南方哲也先生。彼の有名な南方熊楠の末裔に当たる人である。演題は「理想と想像」「我とは何ぞや」、
延べ５時間におよぶ講義であった。参加者は３０名ほどと少し淋しくはあったが、感激したのは諏訪（長野県）、名古屋、福井と、
遠方からも参加して頂いたことであった。

私は香里園在住で、直ぐ近くに素晴らしい道場を持つ香里天風会に所属しており、
非常に恵まれた環境にあるが、地方の会員で近くに修練の場を持たない人は、朝の３時４時から車を飛ばして来たり、泊り込みで来てくれる。
何時ものことながら本当にその熱心さには感心させられる。そして、そうした熱心な会員に刺激され、自らを鼓舞することが出来る幸せに感謝・
感謝である。

Last week, I had to attend a golf competition and a conference in Tokyo, so I was only able to come to work for one day, which was somewhat hectic.

I returned to Osaka from Tokyo on the weekend, and on the following Sunday, I attended the Kori Tenpukai
It was the “Spring One-Day Goshu Kai”. The biggest event of the Tenpukai is the “Shurenkai” held in midsummer.
This year’s event was held on July 27th and 24th, and it was held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the last week of July every year.
They are scheduled for the 28th and 29th.

In addition to the above, there are also one-day meetings in the spring and fall, the year-end New Year’s party, the New Year’s party, and the spring/New Year’s party.
It’s mostly about fall hikes and such, but most importantly it’s about the Sunday morning
Sunday Goshukai” (outdoor breathing exercises, unified exercises, positive gymnastics, etc.)
Yodo, stable daisyatsu (zazen) and chanting indoors, followed by weekly workshops and study groups (reading the textbooks) and monthly meetings (listening to a tape of Tenpou-sensei’s lecture).
).

Therefore, as a matter of course, my Sunday mornings are occupied by the Tenpukai all year round, and I can’t afford to skip work unless there is something special to do.
That’s why I spent the whole day last Sunday immersed in the Heavenly Wind Road.

The instructor is Mr. Tetsuya Minakata. He is a descendant of his famous Minakata Kumagusu. The subjects were “The Ideal and the Imagination” and “What am I”.
The lecture lasted a total of five hours. It was a little lonely with about 30 people, but it was Suwa (Nagano Prefecture), Nagoya, Fukui, and
It was a pleasure to have people from far away participate in this event.

I live in Korien and belong to the Kori Tenpukai, which has a great dojo nearby.
We are very fortunate to have a very good environment, but some of our local members who don’t have a place to practice nearby are willing to fly in their cars from 3:04 a.m. or stay overnight.
As always, I am really impressed with his enthusiasm. And I am grateful for the happiness of being able to inspire and be inspired by such enthusiastic members.
It is gratitude.

週末は、妻と二人でドライブと洒落込んだ。

１号線から京滋バイパスを通って一路滋賀へ、目的地は守山市の「佐川美術館」。思ったよりもスムーズで１時間半程で到着。
琵琶湖岸の静かな地に美術館は在った。

人伝に「佐川美術館は良いよ・・」と聞いてはいたが、聞きしに勝るとはこのこと。美術館の前に立った途端、「ワッ、
良いな・・」と思わず声がでた。建物がいかにも琵琶湖の静けさにマッチし、自然の中に上手く溶け込んいた。全く違和感がない。
建築家の感性というのは凄いものだな・・とつくづく感心させられた。

展示品は、平山郁夫と佐藤忠良。平山郁夫は昨年島根の「足立美術館」でも堪能したが、シルクロードを中心とした「佐川美術館」
も素晴らしかった。

２時間程で佐川美術館を後にし、琵琶湖南岸を東へ約３０分、近江八幡の八幡堀周辺を散策。
近江商人の町屋と豊臣秀次が築城した八幡城の掘割を見て、再度、琵琶湖南岸を走り、琵琶湖大橋を渡って堅田、雄琴、
坂本を通って帰路についた。

帰宅は夕方4時30分、久し振りの快適なドライブであった。

On the weekend, my wife and I took a drive and got dressed up.

From Route 1, we went to Shiga via Keiji Bypass, and our destination was the Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama City. It was smoother than I expected and took about an hour and a half to get there.
The museum existed in a quiet place on the shore of Lake Biwa.

I had heard that “Sagawa Museum of Art is very good”, but it was better than what I had heard. As soon as I stood in front of the museum, I thought, “Whoa.
It’s good…” she said without thinking. The building matched the tranquility of Lake Biwa and blended in nicely with the nature. It doesn’t feel different at all.
The sensibility of the architect is amazing… I was really impressed.

The exhibit features works by Ikuo Hirayama and Tadayoshi Sato. Ikuo Hirayama was also seen at the Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane last year, and the Sagawa Museum of Art, with a focus on the Silk Road, is a great example.
It was also great.

After about two hours, we left the Sagawa Museum of Art and went east on the south shore of Lake Biwa for about 30 minutes to walk around Hachimanbori in Omihachiman.
After seeing the townhouses of Omi merchants and the excavation of Hachiman Castle built by Hidetsugu Toyotomi, we drove again along the south shore of Lake Biwa, crossed the Lake Biwa Bridge and went to Kenda, Yuqoto and
We were on our way home through Sakamoto.

We returned home at 4:30 p.m., the first comfortable drive we’ve had in a long time.