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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Wholesome Whole Truth and Path
Good morning! We had fog early this morning with darkness and on slippery roads. It was difficult to drive, but we drove, came here, and sat a few sittings. Now it is bright, fogless, and hopefully roads are … Continue reading
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Right Here Now
Good morning！ We have a very cold weather now at 17 degrees with wind chill index at 6. Where can we be beyond chill and heat? Dogen said, “This dharma is abundantly endowed with everyone, but without cultivation … Continue reading
Wholly Wholesome Well-Walked Way
Good morning! When we sit still and serene, we have peace and truth to see the triple systems and sufferings – individual, social, and ecological. There is no telling of what happens the next moment – heart attack, nuclear … Continue reading
Practicing Path of Perpetual Peace
Good morning! We have the beautiful crescent moon, stars glittering in the sky, frost covering the earth. The shift of the moon and the course of the sun have been going for billions of years. In the cosmic … Continue reading
Clouds of Consciousness, Confusion, and Conflicts
Good evening! We just saw the deep, dark blue sky and dark, dim-lit clouds threatening to snow and storm. Out of blue, tumultuous air colliding at a cold front, lightning, thunder, and sudden storming start. Our mind is … Continue reading
The Safest Way
Good morning! We have just passed a period of extreme weather warnings. Earlier this morning we had severe thunder and big hailstones. Yesterday the temperature went up to 68 degrees; it is still 55 in the early morning, and … Continue reading
Neither Dreaming Nor Deluded
Good morning! We are going to have a very warm day going up to 63 degrees – rather unusual. We, of course, cannot dream of it being in the 80s, or be so deluded as thinking of the 100s. … Continue reading
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Tagged âtma-dvîpa) and dharma island (dhamma-dîpa, awakening, cf. light/lamp), delusion, dharma-dvîpa), dream, dvîpa: Sanskrit), dvîpa: Sanskrit): self island (attan-dîpa, five bliss (awakening/freedom/sameness/love/peace), five calamities (delusion/bondage/discrimination/exploitation/extermination), from triple malady (militarism/materialism/me-ism) to triple practice (peace/purity/prognosis), Indra-net, Iroha-uta (Iroha-song: Japanese alphabet), Light or lamp is padîpa (Pali) or pradvîpa, truth/dharma of dependent origination: interdependence: impermanense: no separate/independent/permanent self: awakened/activating limitless life/liberation/light/love/learning: universal hrmony/happin, truth/law/dharma of dependent origination, Two islands (dîpa: Pali, two refuges (self/dharma refuge/island, 色は匂えど散りぬるを、誰ぞわが世常ならむ。有為の奥山今日越えて浅き夢見じ酔いもせず
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System or Self?
Good morning! We had the half moon on New Year’s Day, and then the full moon, and this morning we saw the half moon again. Now we have bright sunlight brightening trees, snow, and the sky. After a few … Continue reading
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Tagged become aware/acknowledge/awakened in holy (wholly wholesome) truh/goodness/beauty/justice/happiness, body/brain, bountiful beauty/goodness/truth/peace in nature, consuming beloved ones/onself (eating son's flesh), cultivation/practice=verification/witness/attainment/perfection, dependent origination/cessation, full moon: awakened mind, galaxies, global warming, home-centric pyramidal system, life, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, mass extinction, may all enjoy limitless truth/goodness/beauty/holiness here/now, Milky Way, mind-making to the source, nirvana: windless (of karma): unconditioned peace, nuclear/egotish/economic/ecological meltdown, return to source/origin/truth/peace/harmony/holiness/happiness, self(-centeredness): fundamental delusion, self/survival/system/sustainable/saving/safe/simple/science, sit/stop (karma)/see (dharma)/solve (problems)/save (all from suffering), solar system, stars, the earth, the moon, the sun, the sun and the north wind, winner-take-all? independent-eternal-self?, world on fire: body/brain/mind/perception/conception/emotion/volition on fire, yoniso manasi-kâra
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