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Three Worlds

Good morning!   Did you see the biggest, closest full moon this year? I also saw the big red sun just rising from the horizon. Earlier I went into my yard and enjoyed abundant birds’ singing and fresh dew – … Continue reading

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Impermanence Is Interdepencence

Good morning! Even though we have hot weather in the day time, we can have fresh, cool air in the early morning. Even though it is said that “flowers fall in lamentation and weeds flourish in detestation,” this comes from … Continue reading

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Unconditioned Peace (nirvana) = Ultimate Pleasure (gokuraku)

Good morning! When we get up early and get into a garden or a field, we can enjoy a lot of flowers, grass, and trees glittering in the morning sun. As we cultivate the land and plant seeds and seedlings, … Continue reading

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Praxis Perfection

Good evening!   By the truth or law of dependent origination, all things change. Humans increase and experience this flow as ups and downs, gains and losses, and births and deaths. Thus they must suffer more in samsara, constant flow, … Continue reading

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Samadhi or Suffering

Good morning! As we get up early and come here, we can enjoy beautiful flowers, bright candlelight, fragrant incense, a beautiful bell sound, and the beautiful singing of birds, flowers, abundant green. If we don’t follow this way, we cannot … Continue reading

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Snow, Moon, Flower “雪月花” (Setsugekka)

As we had almost one foot snowfall, I got up early and shoveled the snow from the driveway. I noticed my shovel slanting, moving toward the side already cleared. “Ah, this is it!” So I experimented, first pushing my shovel harder, without … Continue reading

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