Category Archives: Flowers (Cherry

Irises

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Flowers Waited from Washington

                                                       Peonies         Chives     – Pictures sent by Erin, … Continue reading

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Flower News from Nippon/Nihon

                                     Mokushungiku/Margaret                                           … Continue reading

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Lovely Figure & Flowers, Living Forever Family

        Pink flowers are used as a symbol of love and awareness. For decades, pink flowers have been used to decorate weddings as a symbol of love.  They can also be used as a display of love at funerals, … Continue reading

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Blueberry Blooming

                                             – Picture sent by Erin –      

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Lilac: Lilas (Lila)

        Lilac just started blooming in beautiful color sent by Erin     Note: Lilas (French, Persian meaning dark blue, lila or lailakku in Japanese, nīla in Sanskrit meaning dark blue): In flower language purple lilac means the first … Continue reading

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Bleeding Hearts (Keman-so: 華鬘草:Flower-hair-decoration for Buddhist Angels)

      – Contributed by Erin, who planted at her home last year –

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    Good morning!   We are at the spring equinox, equal in day and night, heat and chill, equanimity in the sun and the earth, in birth and death. It is called hi-gan (the other shore: 彼岸), beyond the rough sea of turbulence and turbidity, the toil and moil of living. The deceased are beyond earthly ego, and thus considered buddhas (仏 : hotoke). People welcome them with gratitude to give them peace.   The pruned branches of cherry, magnolia, and other trees, taken inside, have started blooming with the warm weather. Budding plants will bloom in warmth given some time to grow. I cleaned our polluted pond with its strong stink caused by the buildup of fallen leaves, lest our fish die. The triple tragedy of the East Japan Earthquake has claimed more than twenty thousand lives with the accompanying tsunami and nuclear disaster.   Erin kindly sent me the book Precious Life, which deals with this triple tragedy, especially the nuclear disaster, and Buddhism, especially Zen. Company men called the nuclear plants Manjushri and Samanthabhadra Bodhisattvas for their wisdom, concentration, and compassion before the tragedy, but now they greatly regret having done so. Karma machines are shallow-witted and short-committed.   Nuclear power was man-made for war weapons and money machines, and it has polluted the pure planet with plutonium, the worst poison from Hades, damaging genes forever in the human time scale. Gregory B. Jaczko, the former NRC chairman, said that there is no safe nuclear power and that the only safe way is to stop it. Otherwise, Dogen’s poem titled “Original Face” must be defiled.   Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in autumn, Snow in winter, clear and cool. – Dogen (Way-origin)   … Continue reading

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Daffodils in Daylight

                                                       Spring Sunlight Sees    

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Flowers Free

  Visit and View: These pictures of spring flowers will melt your frozen heart  

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