Believe it or not, today is the 265th day of the
year. We have 100 days left in 2022.
Sep 22, 1888
The first issue of the National Geographic Magazine was
published.
(Wikipedia)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/geographic-magazine-natgeo-first-hubbard-greely-1888
Today is
National Singles Day
in the U.S.
The Census Report indicated that in 2021, there are now 122 million Americans who are divorced or widowed or have always been single.(unmarried.org)
Sep 22, 1253
Dōgen Zenji(道元禅師),
the Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō
school of Zen(曹洞宗) in
Japan, died at age 53.
If you are interested in the origin of Japan’s Soto school
of Zen, you may want to visit the Tiantong Temple in Mount Tiantong(天童山)in Ningbo,
Zhejiang China, where Dogen Zenji received Dharma transmission and inka(佛法传承).