Monthly Archives: September 2011

Equinox, Equanimity, Eternity

Good evening!   Today is the autumnal equinox, with equal day and night, neither hot nor chilly. Here we have just perfect climate, with cool atmosphere and clear, calm sky, without clouds or winds, with the beautiful, bright moon.   … Continue reading

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Unrecognized Unusual Uprising and Upcoming

Good morning!   Here we have now a nice autumn morning with moistened air and a mild equinox climate with the sense of harvesting.   On the opposite side of the globe, however, a million people have been told to … Continue reading

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Serene Selfless Space

Good morning!   Here we have now crisp, cool air breathed in and out with the world penetrated and pervaded throughout by the clear, cool, calm atmosphere.   When we stepped out of our houses, we felt almost chilly air. … Continue reading

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Practice Is Perfection

Good morning!   In and after our sittings we have been enjoying a beautiful autumn morning, penetrated by the pure sound of rain falling on leaves, permeated by fresh moistened air, and pervaded by abundant green plants.   We are … Continue reading

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Step by Step Free and Full

Good morning!   When we sit still and serene in the morning, we have a clear and calm world. But soon our karma world starts with hassle and bustle, dust and dirt.   So, we must climb the high mountain … Continue reading

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Constant Cultivation Is Crucial Crux

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen solid, still, and serene, we can settle in truth and peace and actually become truth and peace like trees, which survive thousands of years. Truth survives eternally.   Humans, however, evolved and … Continue reading

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Constant Coherent Cultivation

Good morning!   We have now cool, crisp autumn air here. This is the time of harvesting. We harvest what we sowed in spring and strived for in summer.   We, however, are not able to harvest what we sowed … Continue reading

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Compassion Comprehension

Good evening!   The rain of compassion and the full moon of prognosis brought the cool, crisp autumn air from the hot, dusty summer sun.   The Buddha said that the world is on fire. Our world is on fire … Continue reading

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Come, Climb, Cultivate

Good morning!   When we come out of our houses, we can feel the fresh, crisp air of the early morning, and see the bright full moon.   When we climb a mountain, we can sense the frisch (bracing), cool … Continue reading

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Comprehensive Compassion: Penetrating Prognosis

Good evening!   We’ve had nice rain of compassion moistening all, impregnating plants, leaves, flowers, fresh, lively, and green after a spell of dry, dusty, scorching sun of severity.   There are some plants that remain brown. It was too … Continue reading

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