Monthly Archives: April 2011

Surreal Suffering

Good evening! After hundreds of tornados spread devastation across this country, we now have a quiet world and calm atmosphere, especially when we sit in zazen. We know that the destruction was so devastating – this episode being the worst … Continue reading

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Death and Devastation

Good morning! After successive harsh tornados and heavy rain, we now have a clear, bright daybreak with the thin moon high in the sky, the morning star having disappeared. When we step into our garden, we can see big, beautiful … Continue reading

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Sunlight after Suffering

Good evening! After the long spell of rain, now we have a sunny evening. If rainy days last too long the water of life can become the water of death, damaging and destroying flora and fauna. Today is the 25th … Continue reading

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Spring Singing

Good morning! Spring singing of birds Comes through the windows Into still, serene sittings. Have a happy day! 4/25/11

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Greener grass

Good morning! After the tornados we are now having a very quiet Sunday morning. And after our sittings, we have a very peaceful, quiet world. With a lot of rain, now we have dogwoods, spirea, lilacs, azaleas, irises, lilies of … Continue reading

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Nirvana (Unconditioned Peace)

Good morning!   We are having a lot of rain, so we can enjoy abundant green and flowers. But excessive water can also damage plants and cause flooding, landslides, erosion, and other problems.   Tornados last night hit and damaged … Continue reading

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Civilization to Culture

Good evening! We are having thunder and weather sirens. It seems that we have more and more disasters – tornados, typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear disasters, etc. In Japan, in the 40 days following the record earthquake, there have been … Continue reading

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Amrita (Ambrosia of Immortality)

Good evening!   We are having a lot of rain – trees, plants, and atmosphere are impregnated with water and wind, becoming greener and vivid together with heaven and earth.   When we sit, we also become like trees, stopping … Continue reading

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Mahâ Assâsa (Great Repose)

Good morning!   Trees are in repose, resting from photosynthesis, etc., restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing.   So, is our sitting in repose, resting from all activities, restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing, that is, life.   Thus, we … Continue reading

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Sit Straight

Good evening!   Spring is the time when all things spring up – all plants spring up from the earth, straight and stable, leaning neither forward nor backward, neither right nor left.   Our sitting also must be straightened up, … Continue reading

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