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Soto, Zen, Buddhism
Good morning! This is Mother’s Day. So, we celebrate not only our direct biological mothers, but also bigger basic Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Mother Dharma, Mother Home, our true home, which the Buddha witnessed and established. So, we not only present carnations to our biological mothers, but also present ourselves the broader based Dharma Dhātu, Domain, Truth Territory, nirvana, unconditioned peace, and anuttara samyak sambōdhi, unsurpassed right awakening. Twenty five centuries ago the Buddha sat in Zazen, settled in nirvana, witnessed this Dharma Dhātu, and was awakened to the truth beyond our ordinary biological living for the first time in the history of living beings, thus opened the Awakened Way for all. Nirvana means windless of karmas. We are all bound by karmas, actions, action results, and habit energies. So, the Buddha said that all living beings are karma machines, heirs, and relatives. He found the way to go beyond karma machines, karma life to Dharma life. It is from small skin sacks to limitless liberated life, like bubbles to a great ocean, as if we take off our skin coats and merge into the great space. So, when we sit, stop our physical, verbal, and mental karmas (creation, action, function), breathe deep, we become one with the selfless, supramundane space like great space, sky or sea. He found and founded the Dharma of Dependent Origination, that is, all phenomena are interdependently originated and operate, thus there is no independent eternal self. Usually we stick to small selves, in reality the sources of suffering. All problems in this world come from our sticking to small selves - global warming, mass extinction, etc. So, our ultimate solutions of them lie in selfless, supramundane Buddha Dharma life and living. The Buddha achieved the true Spiritual Revolution, the heart-mind- spirit revolution beyond materialism, militarism, money-ism, essential me-ism. Only there can we find true holy (wholly wholesome) harmony, health, and happiness. It is really unusual, but not abnormal. It is truly aboriginal and normal. When we stop our karmas, we see the Dharma Domain, and see the true nature of ourselves. Only in this way can we attain amrita, ambrosia of immortality. So, as long as we stick to our small skin sacks, decomposing and destroying, we can never attain it. The Buddha opened the Dharma gate of amrita, ambrosia of immortality. As in the common verse of the Seven Buddhas (quoted below), it really requires purifying one’s own heart, to do all good and to do no evil: … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), Zen
Tagged "(Teach and transmit) from heart to heart." (ishin-denshin, "dignified form is itself Buddha Dharma" (igi-soku-buppō, "learning with the body and mind" (shinjin-gakudō, "Strive hard without indolence!", "the body and mind of the Buddha Dharma" (buppōno shinjin, "Transmit beyond scriptures. Don't stand on or set out letters." (kyōge-betsuden, "unicolor Buddha Dharma" (isshikino buppō, "unity of cultivation-verification" (shusho-ittō, action, action (cultivation), ambrosia of immortality, amrita, and in profound pro-gnosis, and ten grave prohibitory precepts, and unconditioned peace, and voluntary simplicity, anuttara samyak sambodhi, awakened way, awakening, becoming eco beyond ego, Bodhidharma, Buddha (Awakened One), Buddha (Mind) Seal: 仏(心)印, Buddha Dharma, Buddha Way: Purity Path: Purification Path, Buddha's last words, common verse of the Seven Buddhas, Dharma Dhatu, dharma life, dharma of dependent origination, Directly point to the human heart. See the nature and become Buddha." (jikishi-ninshin, Dogen, Domain, dropping off the body and mind" (shinjin-datsraku, function), Gennō-bichoku (The eyes horizontal, global ethic, Hanateba te-ni miteri (Off-hand, hand-full, holy (wholly wholesome) harmony/health/happiness, karma, karmaless, karmas (creation, Kūshu genkyō (Coming home empty-handed, Mother Dharma, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Muichimotsu-chū Mujinzo (In nothingness is limitless stored, nirvana, nirvana (windless, Path or Practice Cycle (gyōji-dōkan, peaceful, pure, See the nature and become Buddha." (jikishi-ninshin, selfless, shikan-taza (只管打坐), simple strenuous sitting or complete devotion to sitting in Zazen, Six Paths/Ways/Destinies (samsara), Sixteen Precepts of the triple treasures, small self: source of suffering, Soto tradition, supramundane space, the nose vertical, the triple collective pure vows, triple maladies: materialism/militarism/money-ism(me-ism), triple pillars of the awakened way, Truth Territory, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed right awakening, Visuddhi-magga by Buddhaghosa, Zazen (sitting zen), 一色の仏法), 不立文字), 仏法の身心), 以心伝 心), 修証一等).", 威儀即仏法), 放てば手に満てり), 教外別伝、furyū- monji, 無一物中無尽蔵), 直指人心、kenshō-jōbutsu, 眼横鼻直), 空手還郷), 行持道環) of aspiration, 見性成仏), 身心学道), 身心脱落)
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Impermanence
Good morning! It has started drizzling now. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom here in this area. This morning I got the news of our member’s relative’s death and a request of officiating a marriage ceremony . Marry and bury are daily happenings for anyone. Cherry blossoms are famed for their mass flowering especially when they are with the mass group, but also for their incessant mass falling especially when it rains or winds “The vain cherry of the mind expecting tomorrow may fall by the night storm.” Let us sit with the whole body and mind here and now to realize unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening and to taste amrita, ambrosia of immortality, beyond the wind of karmas, and before the rain of impermanence let the beauty of life fall off. 4/15/13 Note: Asu arito Omou kokoro-no Adazakura Yowa-ni Arashi-no Fukanu monokawa? 明日ありと 思う心の あだざくら 夜半に嵐の 吹かぬものは
Bodhisattva Bunny
Good morning! On the way here I saw many bunnies scurrying around. Over and around here we see many Buddhas sitting still. There was a bunny who was sent to the moon, saving a suffering servant of this world, and savoring amrita, ambrosia of immortality ever since. Sentient beings are set in self-survival karmas (habits, actions) with short-sight, short-circuit, and short-spark. They live with the triple poisons of delusion, desire, and divisiveness led into the triple maladies of me-ism, materialism, and militarism. Awakened ones are settled in wholly wholesome dharmas (truths, laws) with long-sight, long-circuit, and long-success (saving, serving, sewa, seva). They live with the triple potencies of purity, peace, and prognosis led into the triple minds of magnanimous mind, mature mind, and joyful mind. The boddhisattva bunny, great being, has been ever since enjoying amrita with limitless life, light, liberation, love, and learning. 3/18/13 Note: 1. The story of a bunny saving an apparently old hungry man actually the supreme being of this world was sent to the moon thanks to its selfless action was saved into the moon, as we see the figure now. (Please refer to this blog site posting the poem made by Ryokan, Mind Mirror, posted on August 14, 2011.) 2. Sewa (Japanese, 世話), seva … Continue reading
Posted in Dharma, Karma
Tagged amrita, bodhisattva bunny, Buddha, immortality, Moon/Mind Mirror, Ryokan, self-survival karmas, Sewa (世話)/seva/serving/saving, triple maladies (meism/materialism/militarism), triple minds (great/mature/joyful minds), triple poisons (delusion/desire/divisiveness), triple potencies (purity/peace/prognosis), triple shorts (short-sight/short-circuit/short-spark)
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Settling in Sesshin
Good morning! We can see a nice big, bright, beautiful sun this morning, expecting the spring equinox just within a month. The equinox has the equal day and night. The day and a couple of days before and after it are called o-higan (お彼岸), the yonder shore, meaning nirvana, unconditioned peace. The Buddha reached it and anyone can reach it after his example with practice in peace and prognosis. Today we have sesshin, embracing the mind (摂心) or touching the heart (接心). This is the best time to reach nirvana, embracing and touching our hearts and minds. Usually we are too busy looking and running around somewhere else, scarcely looking inside, embracing them, much less touching them, the very core of our minds and hearts - the heart of our life. But, when we sit solid and serene, our minds also become solid and serene in pure peace and prognosis. That is to embrace the Buddha mind, which embraces all and the whole world, touching the core of the mind - witnessing how the mind functions, creates our worlds,, and lives in such worlds. Thus, we could reach the Shōbōgenzō-nehanmyōshin (正法眼蔵涅槃妙心), the right Dharma eye stored in the exquisite mind. A passage of the first volume of Dogen’s Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan, Realizing Universal Truth (現成公案), reads: When one first seeks the Dharma, one is far away and apart from the boundary of the Dharma. When the Dharma has already been rightly transmitted to oneself, one is the person in one’s own original part. When one goes downstream in a boat, in turning one’s eyes to the bank, one mistakenly thinks that the bank is moving; but in intimately fixing one’s eyes on the boat, one knows that it is the boat that is moving. In like manner, in discriminating milliards of dharmas with the body and mind in confusion, one mistakes one’s mind and one’s nature as ever-abiding. In intimately carrying one’s actions and returning to this very one, it becomes clear that milliards of dharmas are not this one. So, when we are drawn to all the outside things, we think that there are the permanent selves abiding in our bodies and minds. But, when we touch our minds, we find out that the bodies and minds are moving, constantly changing, and that there are no such … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute or paramount (parama-attha, agreement), ambrosia of immortality, amrita, Buddha, Common Precepts of Seven Buddhas, conventional (lokiya, Dharma Dhatu, dharma of dependent origination, Dogen, equanimity, Genjōkōan, mundane) one (sammuti, nirvana, o-higan (お彼岸, parama-artha) truth (sacca, Realizing Universal Truth (現成公案), Realm or Root, sammati, satya), sesshin: embracing the mind (摂心): touching the heart (接心), Shobogenzo, Shōbōgenzō-nehanmyōshin (正法眼蔵涅槃妙心), the right Dharma eye stored in the exquisite mind., yonder shore
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Truth in True Triple Treasures
Good morning! Zendo, Zen Hall, is also called Senbutudo, Selecting Buddha Hall. The true truth seekers constantly come here for the true solution of suffering. What Dogen means in his Inmo is that we never attain the true … Continue reading
Posted in cultivation: verification (修:証)
Tagged amrita, constant concentrated cultivation/verification/practice, Dogen, Inmo: Suchness: ultimate truth, no poisons: no karmas: supramundane: Suchness: Shunyata, Triple treasures/refuges (Buddha/Dharma/Sangha), true solution of suffering, true triple treasures: Buddha/Dharma/Sangha, true truth seekers, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, zazen, Zendo: Senbutudo (Selecting Buddha Hall)
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Transmigration or Transcendence
Good morning! After a long flight of seventeen hours (the same as the time difference between here and there) I came back from New Zealand late last night. After rain we see many fallen leaves here, but many … Continue reading
Cultivation and Care Is Flowering and Fruiting
Good morning! This morning we have a respite from the long spell of dry heat, even early mist. I saw more wisteria blooming after trimming and watering. Amidst turmoil and turbulence, we have rest and renewal, even amrita, … Continue reading
Purity and Purification Path
Good morning! Again we had nice rain last evening – some not. When I went into my yard, I felt dense dew on green grass and saw fresh flowers in vivid colors. On the way here I saw mist … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged ambrosia of immortality, amrita, Buddha/Bodhisatva/Mahasattva, Buddhaghosa: Visuddhi-magga (Purity Path or Purification Path).”, check/care at site, common verse of seven buddhas, et al from mit with), friend: mitra, interdependently originated/originating world: one common fate, Maitreya, Mazda, Mithra, not like water and oil), practice/purity/peace/prognosis, Pure Mind: Pure Land, sangha: community of harmony (like water and mild, Three Pillars: Awakened Way/Global Ethic/voluntary Simplicity, Three Worlds are One Mind., triple treasure (buddha/dharma/sangha)
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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
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), Karma World
Tagged ambrosia of immortality, amrita
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