Category Archives: Triple Learnings

Triple Learnings:三学

Religion developed from tribal, to regional, to world, to universal religions, reuniting to holiness (wholeness) a tribe, a region, the world, and all beings. The Awakened Way embraces all dharmas (truths/ethics: living beings, sciences, technologies, etc.). Its standard prognosis and … Continue reading

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Triple Revolutions, Hearts, Learning: 三革命、三心、三学

  Good morning!   I forwarded the movie “Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard,” where U.S. and Japanese school children soon after the WWII exchanged and enjoyed beautiful pictures and cartoons, to our listserv. I watched a TV program reporting on … Continue reading

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Triple Poisons vs. Triple Learnings

  Good morning!   We have a calm clear Sunday morning after sittings and service as usual. Still sitting is stilling karma providing us the Triple Learning of sīla, samādhi, and prajňā, which all Buddhists learn. Recently Mr. Otsuka sent … Continue reading

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Triple Treasures

    Good morning! Yesterday a big telecommunication company serviceman came to fix my very slow Internet connection problem. He said it was a simple mistake to put the net gear too far from the modem. He also fixed the poor function of my computer to get better connections (handshakes) with internet launchers.   Our life is like this, with a simple, but salient, mistake of having the net gear (extender, Dharma) too far from the modem of the Awakened One (Buddha). We must fix the poor function of individual computing systems to get better connections (handshakes) with the Internet (Indra-net) launchers.   The Buddha (supra-mundane) mode is completely new and good (wholly wholesome), compared to the old and poor one (karma kinesis). The Dharma is the net gear (extender) of unconditioned peace (nirvana) and unsurpassed awakening (bodhi), where all systems are as clear crystals in the Sangha-net.   The karma mode is at a dead end, with the global problematique of human global pyramidal system; global, individual, social, and ecological problems; mass extinction caused by the triple poisons. The solution lies in the triple learning, sīla,  samādhi, and prajñā, of the triple treasures or refuges.   12/14/14                        

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Good morning,   We can now smell wonderful scent of incense burning. The Buddha said, “Even though the scent of incense or the fragrance of flowers can be sensed only downwind, the fragrance of sîla can be sensed anywhere any time.” Sîla is straight spine, upright character, unmoved by worldly winds like a giant Sequoia standing solid and sky-high for thousands of years. Sîla is stabilized in sustained, solid, serene sitting, shared by and serving for all always.   8/20/13  

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