Monthly Archives: May 2012

Awakening and Amrita, Ambrosia of Immortality

Good morning!   The fresh morning wind is good even though it is going to be a hot day. The flowing water is good even though it is going to be the stagnate and stale world.   Awakening is amazing … Continue reading

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Wholly Wholesome World and Way

Good morning!   When we get up early and come here, we can see beautiful things – this morning the just rising sun shining forth through clouds, but now overcast with dark clouds. So, we may have rain soon and … Continue reading

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From Karma Bodies to Dharma Dhatu (Domain, lit. Root Realm)

Good morning!   We are delighted with beautiful flowers around us inside and out, especially those fresh flowers at the altar and all other Buddhas around the rooms with water also fresh. Unless we replace water, it becomes stale and … Continue reading

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Fresh, Free, Full Function

Good morning!   When we sit with all the windows and doors open, we can breathe the fresh morning air, enjoying all kinds of sounds, smells, colors, contacts, freely and fully.   Mahâ assâsa, great repose, literally means the great … Continue reading

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Sitting Singly

Good evening!   When we sit solid and steadfast, we are in mahâ assâsa, the great repose (lit. great exhalation), like sitting singly on the Great Courageous One (Buddha) Peak.   Ango (安居), safe satisfactory stay, is staying in safety … Continue reading

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Disasterless Life

Good morning!   When we get up early and sit, we have cool morning air with birds’ singing and flowers blooming, even if the temperature is going up to the nineties or a hundred.   I forwarded an article about … Continue reading

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Free Full Function

Good evening!   New flowers come up blooming successively in the large system of life – morning glories, day lilies, peace lilies, shooting stars, hostas (擬宝珠: pseudo jewel), …   Zazen is the wholly wholesome, essential, embracing, free, full function. … Continue reading

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Triple Treasure/Learning

Good morning!   Zazen, still serene sitting, is the practice of the triple learning of sîla, samâdhi, and prajñâ and the appreciation of the triple treasure of buddha, dharma, and sańgha .   It is the essential function and the … Continue reading

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Cultivation Is Verification

Good morning!   When we get up early, come here, and sit in zazen, we can enjoy the fresh morning air with the sound of flowing water and singing birds.   When we step in the garden, we can touch … Continue reading

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Samadhi, Spaceless, Timeless, Limitless

Good evening!   I had been working in the garden and, when I entered my house, found the time to leave for zazen had passed.   When we are absorbed in what we like, we forget time. A million miles … Continue reading

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