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Category Archives: Voluntary simplicity
Stop Seeking Cinema
Good evening! The Buddha told about the fourfold food for bodies and minds. He said eating food is like the parents lost in the desert eating the beloved son’s flesh. Eating sacrifices other species as well as our own, … Continue reading
Posted in Voluntary simplicity
Tagged eating son's flesh, fourfold food, karma kinema/cinema
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Fourfold Food
Good morning! We have a nice warm morning with drizzling at 60 degrees. Obama declared the end of Iraq war lasting 9 years with 1.5 million military men going out, but 4,500 never returning. The Lancet at an early … Continue reading
Potential Practice Power
Good morning! We have a nice bright Sunday morning. We had the bright full moon even with the total eclipse. The full moon represents the Buddha mind, clear and calm, bodhi (awakening) and nirvana – windless of karma, where … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened way, bodhi (awakening), Buddha, dissatisfaction, dukkha (suffering), full moon: Buddha-mind, Gandhi, globla problematique: intertwined global problems, karma, lit. going against grain), lit. windlessness: not karma-driven), nirvana, nirvana (unconditioned peace), not sourl's transmigration as in Hinduism), one can: million can, Rohatsu, samsara (lit. complete flow from moment to moment, Shimizu: Olympic gold medalist, Six Paths, surpassing karma-driven life, unsurpassed asakening: anuttara sambodhi), zazen: stopping/seeing karma
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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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged “The three worlds: one mind, 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
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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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