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Category Archives: Philosophy
Practice Here Now
Good morning! We have a nice quiet, cool morning. All over the world zen practitioners are in Rohatsu sesshin to commemorate the Buddha’s awakening, available for all to witness, always. Sesshin is embracing the mind (摂心) or touching … Continue reading
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Tagged animal beings, awakened mind/world, bright/dark), Buddha's awakening, celestial beings, fighting devils, holy truth/beauty/goodness, human beings, hungry ghosts, idea world), impermanence, karma world, Kukai, limit of the world, material world)/arûpa-dhâtu (formless realm, mind-world, mind:world (great/small, purify mind, quality of life, Rohatsu sesshin, Sesshin is embracing the mind (摂心) or touching the mind (接心), Six Ways (hell beings, three world:kama-dhâtu (lust realm, volitional/emotional world)/rûpa-dhâtu (form realm, “The three worlds: one mind
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Good morning! We have a chilly but cool and clear atmosphere. The car thermometer indicated a 20-degrees difference in temperature inside and outside of the garage. The car heater made the windows frosty and cloudy. There was news … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged ABCC, awakened sitting state, black rain, catastrophic disaster, deluded state, eliminate nuclear weapons, Japan, open, radiation, Red Crescent Moon, Red Cross, RERF (Radiation Effects Research Foundation, sleep state, U.S., 放射能影響研究所)
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Zen: Chan: Jhana: Dhyana
Good evening! We have now very cold and clear air. Dogen’s poem titled “The Original Face” reads: Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in autumn, Snow in winter, cool and clear. We will read the … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged body, Buddha, Dharma Study class, Dogen, Ghyoji (Praxix), karma, nirvana (lit. windless of karma, original face, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, Xiang-yan, Yellow Spring (Nadir: Other Realm), Zen: Chan: Jhana: Dhyana
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Becoming Buddha
Good morning! Now we have a clear and cool sky and beautiful stars. Starting today, zen practitioners all over the world are starting the Rohatsu sesshin, one week of intensive sitting, some without lying down, to commemorate the Buddha’s … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged Buddha, buddhas, global warming, humans, karmas, mass extinction, meditation, nuclear weapons/plants, Rohatsu sesshin, triple poison/deed/karma (craving/anger/deslusion: desire/divisiveness/delusion)
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Chilly Climate or Collusion Complex
Good morning! Now we have very chilly air at 26 degrees, with a wind chill index of 18. But, it is much better than having an irradiated atmosphere and earth. The news from Japan reported on the Fukushima … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged acute external radiation exposure, chronic internal radiation exposure, ECRR, Fukushima, global warming, ICRP, mass extinction, nuclear bombs/plants, nuclear industry complex, nuclear radiation problems, radiation, real/natural/sustainable/safe/simple/saving life, TEPCO
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From Limited Life to Limitless Life
Good morning! The weather forecast predicts the temperature will go down below the freezing point. Still trees stand strong and safe. Beyond the freezing point our vegetables may freeze and die. Trees can survive ten thousand years. Human … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk)Recommendation, human civilization, industrial revolution, limited life, limitless life, nuclear bombs/plants, nuclear reactor, tree/true < dhree (root of dharma: holding form/norm)
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From Deluded Way to Awakened Way
Good morning! We have now clouds threatening to snow, with temperatures going below the freezing point as forecast. But, after sitting we have a clear and calm world. Yesterday I visited St. Charles for the first time. I … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened way, birth/death, broad/natural way, Buddha, Buddhism, Chrnobyl, Easter Island, ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk), Fukushima, global life system, global warming, immortality, Main Street, mass extinction, nuclear disaster, nuclear fallout: cancer, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Three Mile Island, Wall Street, Zen, “return to our homes and sit in safety (帰家安坐：kika-anza)”
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From Triple Malady to Triple Practice
Good morning! We can still enjoy autumn colors. Just recently I saw a lilac blooming again. We can enjoy beautiful nature here. But, in Fukushima and Chernobyl, below the apparently beautiful nature is radiation contamination. People cannot live there. … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged death ashes, from triple malady (militarism/materialism/me-ism) to triple practice (peace/purity/prognosis), Hiroshima, individual/national ego, lilac, nuclear fallout: cancer deaths/10% life quality degrading, nuclear plant: 1000 Hiroshima bombs
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