Category Archives: Paradigm shift

Vox Populi Vox Dei:民の声は神の声

  Good morning!   We have a still, serene Saturday morning, while the pandemic, wild fires, heat strokes, etc. are going on and hurricanes and typhoons are coming. As you may know, the Japanese PM Abe quit his position two … Continue reading

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Ultimately for What?:結局何の為か?

Good morning!   Mr. Shiro Fujita, who lived in Germany for a few decades, posted an article by Prof. Monika Gruetters, Minister for Culture and Media, on the listserv Miroku. She says, “The freedom of art provides democracy with the … Continue reading

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Limited Life to Limitless Life:有限の命から無限のいのちへ

    Good morning!   We have a quiet, peaceful morning here, but in Japan the heavy rain disasters continue, with the pandemic worsening. A couple of days ago I watched a TV program on Kinjiro Ninomiya and Koan Ogata, … Continue reading

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Pan-social Paradigm-shift

  Good morning!   We have a quiet and clear Saturday morning with beautiful nature. The human world, however, is in turmoil with pandemic, people’s protests against discrimination, etc. The upheaval of protests against George Floyd’s murder by a policeman’s … Continue reading

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Limited Life to Limitless Life

  Good morning!   Even though the human world is in great trouble with the COVID-19 pandemic, the natural world is full of life wonders. The strong side shows its beauty, goodness, and truth, the weak side its frailty, evil, … Continue reading

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Pandemic Sends Paradigm Shift: 全人類的流行病は枠組転換を送る

  Good morning!   We now have many flowers blooming – azaleas, irises, peonies, pinks, roses, radishes, wisteria, clover, creeping Charlie, etc. Dogen said, “Flowers fall in lamentation; weeds only thrive in detestation.” As gardeners we detest clover and creeping … Continue reading

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Pandemic Suffering to Paradigm Shift:全人類的伝染病苦で枠組転換を

  Good morning!   We have here a peaceful and beautiful spring day, but the pandemic is still ravaging the world, infecting more than 3.2 million people, claiming more than 230 thousand deaths so far. I forwarded an article that … Continue reading

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3 Poisons, 3 Steps, 3 Learnings, 3 Pillars: 三毒、三歩、三学、三柱

  Good morning!   I got an email from my nephew in Japan, asking me about our health at this time of pandemic. Mail by air takes about a week and by sea about a month. Before air and tele-communication, … Continue reading

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Pandemic Paradigm Shift Survival: 全人類的伝染病の枠組転換での生き残り

  Good morning!   We have beautiful nature around us with weeping and other cherries, redbuds, vinca, and other flowers and fresh green leaves, though the Coronavirus pandemic is threatening the human world. Crises can be opportunities. We now have … Continue reading

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System Solution, Method-Means: 体系解決、方法-方策

    Dear all,   Today, April 8, is the Flower Festival, celebrating the Buddha’s birthday, also a super full moon day. The full moon symbolizes full brightness and totality. The Buddha was awakened to the Dharma of Dependent Origination, … Continue reading

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