Monthly Archives: April 2012

From Triple Malady to Triple Treasure

Good morning!   We are going to have our sesshin. Sesshin means touching the mind (接心) or embracing the mind (摂心), of course not the ordinary deluded mind, but the Buddha mind, truth mind, true mind, tree mind, the truth … Continue reading

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Must See: Chernobyl Legacy: Crime against Humanity!

After I posted “Saving Matter and Energy Is Saving All,” I saw this article and pictures. We must not just talk, but actually walk concretely in our daily living without electricity dependent on nuclear power causing such devastation on all … Continue reading

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Saving Matter and Power Is Saving All

Good morning!   Thank you for your preparation for our yard sale from early morning and earlier days, clearing inside and out, mowing our garden, cleaning things around us!   Reducing is at the same time reusing, recycling, rearranging, and … Continue reading

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Karma Cultivation

Good evening!   Spring is the season for sowing seeds. Without sowing seeds we cannot harvest good crops that, over time, become organic building blocks from present to future.   Awakening starts with aspiration and cultivation, which is different from … Continue reading

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Prosper or Perish

Good morning!   When we get up early, come here and sit, we can enjoy the abundant beauty of the natural world, and we can create beautiful abundance with it in harmony with all.   In prostration the world prospers; … Continue reading

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Practice Plant

Good evening!   We had a hot day today and a record high temperature for the month in March. So I sowed seeds then and harvested lettuce, radish, and strawberries today. I transplanted some seedlings from crowded places. It is … Continue reading

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Union with the Wholly Wholesome Whole

Good morning!   When we come here and sit in zazen, we can experience and enjoy the abundant birds’ singing, beautiful flowers’ blooming, and wind and water flowing. This is the time when birds sing the most and life function … Continue reading

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Unparalleled Pure Peace and Penetrating Prognosis

Good evening!   We have now abundant flowers blooming and green growing. It is difficult to keep potted plants with proper water, light, etc. separated from the ground. All great trees, however, are deeply rooted in the great earth to … Continue reading

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Penetrating Prognosis and Pure Peace

Good morning!   We have now abundant singing of birds, which we can enjoy only in the early morning. When we get into the yard, we can see a lot of honey suckle seedlings, which we can easily pick up … Continue reading

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Rev. Daigaku Rumme Sharing His Aspiration and Action

The Buddhist Council of Greater St. Louis invited Rev. Rumme, Director of Soto Zen Buddhism North America, to share his thought about Awakening of America and other practice related matters as in the poster below. He recently met with other … Continue reading

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