Monthly Archives: November 2011

From Limited Life to Limitless Life

Good morning!   The weather forecast predicts the temperature will go down below the freezing point. Still trees stand strong and safe. Beyond the freezing point our vegetables may freeze and die.   Trees can survive ten thousand years. Human … Continue reading

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Seasonal Snow Show or Random Radiation Risk

Good morning!   We didn’t have snow, which makes a beautiful white world – a seasonal show. If, however, we have radiation, it’ll make a dark death world – a random risk at any moment.   The Red Cross and … Continue reading

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From Deluded Way to Awakened Way

Good morning!   We have now clouds threatening to snow, with temperatures going below the freezing point as forecast. But, after sitting we have a clear and calm world.   Yesterday I visited St. Charles for the first time. I … Continue reading

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From Triple Malady to Triple Practice

Good morning!   We can still enjoy autumn colors. Just recently I saw a lilac blooming again. We can enjoy beautiful nature here. But, in Fukushima and Chernobyl, below the apparently beautiful nature is radiation contamination. People cannot live there. … Continue reading

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Occupy All

Good evening!   Today is black Friday. Were you occupied by the shopping spree? The Canadian magazine Adbusters, which advocated a Buy Nothing Day twenty years ago, launched OccupyXmas today, stopping shopping sprees. Xmas is now occupied by supply-side management. … Continue reading

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Spend or Save

Good morning!   We had a little fog this morning. We seem to have a foggy world. Today is Black Friday. The top NY Times op-ed article today is “Why We Spend. Why They Save.”   If we value matter … Continue reading

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Practice in Gratitude

Good evening!   This evening is Thanksgiving evening. We must give thanks not only for food and drinks, but for all beings, which give us life. We must know that we can live only on other lives. Today I forwarded … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving for All

Good morning!   Today is Thanksgiving Day, when we give thanks not only to harvested food, but to the whole life support system.   Its origin was the thanksgiving of early immigrants for their survival from hunger and death, thanks … Continue reading

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Sit Solid and Serene

Good morning!   Thanks to the rain, trees settle solid and stand serene. Dogen said igi-soku buppô (威儀即仏法), dignified forms are themselves the awakened dharmas (forms/norms). We sit solid and serene in truth and peace.   When trees falter or … Continue reading

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Penetrating Pure Crystal Clear World

Good morning!   We have a very quiet, beautiful Sunday morning wet with rain, giving life to all plants and animals. The beginning of Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for True Zazen reads:   In exhaustive pursuit, the root of the Way … Continue reading

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