Monthly Archives: April 2011

Nuisance or Nicety

Good evening! We’re having a lot of rain these days, so going from the world of colorful flowers to that of abundant green. Dogen said, “Flowers fall in lamentation. Weeds flourish in detestation.” I think you have been working in … Continue reading

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Self Simplification

Good morning! We have a nice day dawning in harmony with all things, especially in our sitting. We see things as they are in truth and peace. But in modern civilization – complex, complicated, and costly – we are forced … Continue reading

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Compassionate Community

Good morning!   We are now having thunder and rain.   Ryokan made a poem:   A lone pine tree – If it were human, How I’d like to loan it A straw rain hat! How I’d like to loan … Continue reading

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Wholly Wholesome World

Good morning!   We have a beautiful Sunday morning with bright sunlight and fresh green after the spring rain. The dust has settled and water permeates throughout earth, plants, air, and everything – a very clean, cool, and clear world. … Continue reading

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Rainfall and Radiation-fallout

Good morning!   We have nice spring rain drizzling, falling on all, permeating through earth, flora, and fauna, so that everything springs up in life, becoming greener, thicker, brighter, and more colorful.   Indian people worshipped rain as Parjanya, the … Continue reading

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Shift System

Good evening! The spring rays and rains have brought us green trees, a warm atmosphere, and beautiful flowers in truth, peace, and beauty. In the unnatural human world, we have lost truth, peace, and beauty. Thus, we now have disasters, … Continue reading

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Permanent Peace

Good morning! We are now having spring thunder and rain, which can turn into snow depending on the ambient temperature – life giving rain or life choking snow. Nuclear fission may turn into electric power or eternal peril depending on … Continue reading

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Spring Sense

Good evening! It’s said that a moment in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold (???????). Why is this so? This is the time when all things are in harmony, neither chilly nor hot, after the winter … Continue reading

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Shin-ippo (進一歩: Advancing A Step)

Good evening!   Now we have spring in full swing with all kinds of flowers blooming together. Flowers are truthful, peaceful, beautiful, good, and holy – nothing wrong – using natural energy and everything all together.   Today we received … Continue reading

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Merits of Morality

Good morning!   We saw the beautiful morning star high in the sky. We saw the flower at the altar and smelled the fragrance of the incense.   A couple of millennia ago the Buddha said that the fragrance of … Continue reading

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