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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Life like Candle Light
Good morning! We have now bright, still, straight, and serene candle flames burning in the windless room. Likewise we can enjoy quite clear and calm state in the windless state of karmas. When we go out of the … Continue reading
Wholly Wholesome Way with All
Good morning! I thought that the dark cloud might perhaps bring rain, but suddenly the bright sun shined forth while we were reciting the Heart Sutra. This morning I saw yellowish silver lining on clouds. Yesterday evening I … Continue reading
Posted in asamskrita, Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade)
Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), awake state, Daito Kokushi (National Teacher), dreaming state, four psycho-physical states (deep sleep, fourth state, fourth state called catrîya or balanced state, full moon: Buddha-mind, Kenzaburo Ohe, samsara in the Six Ways (六道輪廻:rokurou-rinne: transmigration through six ways: hell being/hungry ghosts/animal being/fighting devil/human being/celestial being), tulya
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Rainbow Here Now
Good evening! We had light shower. So, now we could see the great, beautiful rainbow over the sky at the right opportune time and place. Trees are true with the whole world, living long, together with all – … Continue reading
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Tagged rainbow/rainbow color: tree/true
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Settle Safe and Serene
Good morning! We have thick mist this morning. So, it is difficult and dangerous to drive in unfamiliar place. We can not speed where there may be a sudden curve and cliff. When we come here and sit … Continue reading
Content and Happy
Good evening! Now we can see wisteria, dogwood, lilac, etc. flowering all of a sudden. It’s like we are getting into tropical zone. We need to take care of the environment and ourselves. “Happiness consists in contentment.” We … Continue reading
Four Psycho-Physical States
Good morning! Now we enjoy green grass and green leaves, birds singing from early morning all around us. A bear woke up from hibernation in the zoo – the news from Japan reported. There are four psycho-physical states … Continue reading
Equinox, Equanimity, Nirvana, Higan
Good morning! Today is spring equinox. It is called higan (彼岸), the other shore, beyond chill and heat, nirvana beyond all karma winds, self and other, and birth and death. Only when we practice and reach nirvana, we … Continue reading
Dust of Delusion and Death
Good morning! Since we cleaned and dusted our practice place yesterday, we have now different atmosphere, fresh and pure. We sense it without dust stirred, even if we don’t see it. We are at spring equinox, higan (彼岸), … Continue reading