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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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk)Recommendation, human civilization, industrial revolution, limited life, limitless life, nuclear bombs/plants, nuclear reactor, tree/true < dhree (root of dharma: holding form/norm)
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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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened way, birth/death, broad/natural way, Buddha, Buddhism, Chrnobyl, Easter Island, ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk), Fukushima, global life system, global warming, immortality, Main Street, mass extinction, nuclear disaster, nuclear fallout: cancer, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Three Mile Island, Wall Street, Zen, “return to our homes and sit in safety (帰家安坐：kika-anza)”
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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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged death ashes, from triple malady (militarism/materialism/me-ism) to triple practice (peace/purity/prognosis), Hiroshima, individual/national ego, lilac, nuclear fallout: cancer deaths/10% life quality degrading, nuclear plant: 1000 Hiroshima bombs
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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
Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened way, Buddha, cultivation = verification, Dharma, gratitude for grace, hannya (prajñâ, live on other lives, prognosis, Shakyamuni Buddha, Shobogenzo, Shushogi, sokushinzebutsu: the mind being Buddha
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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
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