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Tag Archives: birth/death
Supreme Supramundane State
Good morning! Zazen brings us to a completely different world than the ordinary one. Of course we have a different world from moment to moment. So, we can enjoy spring after winter. We must withstand a chilly winter after … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Zazen, Zen
Tagged Ananda, and Matsu (Degenerate) Dharmas and Periods, and prajñâ (prognosis), birth/death, body-mind being one (shinshin ichinyo: 心身一如), Buddha, Buddha-mind Seal, Buddhism, but also samu (physical work): two wings to fly, cultivation is itself verification (shushō ittō: 修証一等), deportment is itself the Buddha Dharma (igi-soku buppō: 威儀即仏法), dhamma (dharma, Dogen, good (kusala: lit. skillfulness), Hotei or Maitreya, ichiensō (perfect circle, Mahaparinibbana, ni-vāte padīpa: lamp light in no wind, Nir-vāna is no-wind (of karmas), no self-sameness/self-sovereignty/self-entity, norm/form, purity/poverty path, Ryokan, samadhi (concentration), sangha (community), selflessness/nirvana, Shō (Right), Shuji Hojo, sitting (zazen), Soto, Subhadda, suffering, Ten Ox-herding: rather Ten Bull-taming, three/four dharma seals: impermanence, triple learnings: sila (morality), triple poisons (delusion/desire/divisiveness), truth/phenomena), unity, Zō (Formal)
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Settling in Practice and Seeing Birth-Death
Good morning! After a long spell of hot dry days with drought disasters, we now have a very cool, clear, quiet day – maybe rain will come soon. When we have our original wholly wholesome state, especially when … Continue reading
Clear Crystal Moon Mind
Good morning! Now we have the full moon, which expresses the Buddha mind and the Buddha world; nothing lacking and nothing extraneous; all fulfilled totally and perfectly. Ordination (受戒/得度: tokudo) means fulfilled like the full moon. We see … Continue reading
Posted in Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade)
Tagged ...), a clear crystal ball (一カ明珠: ikkamyoushu), awakened mind: awakened world, beyond karma/self, birth/death, cycle of praxis (行持道環：gyôji-dôkan) of aspiration/action/awakening/unconditioned peace, embracing all/good/prohibition/triple-treasure/precepts, full moon: perfectly totally fulfilled, great ocean beyond bubble, Ordination (受戒/得度: jukai/tokudo), seamless single world (self/other, unity of cultivation/verification (修証一等: shushouittou): practice/attainment
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From Deluded Way to Awakened Way
Good morning! We have now clouds threatening to snow, with temperatures going below the freezing point as forecast. But, after sitting we have a clear and calm world. Yesterday I visited St. Charles for the first time. I … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged “return to our homes and sit in safety (帰家安坐：kika-anza)”, awakened way, birth/death, broad/natural way, Buddha, Buddhism, Chrnobyl, Easter Island, ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk), Fukushima, global life system, global warming, immortality, Main Street, mass extinction, nuclear disaster, nuclear fallout: cancer, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Three Mile Island, Wall Street, Zen
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Contacting, Communicating People, Plants, and Planets
Good morning! We have a beautiful Sunday morning with bright sunlight and a clear autumn atmosphere in peace and truth. The Buddha said, Better than the one who would live one hundred yearsnot seeing birth and death … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), artificial one-directional pyramidal power system vs. natural cyclical life system pyramidal system vs., birth/death, buddha (awakened one in all with all), compete/control vs. contact/communicate, contacting/communicating people/plants/planets, delusion (dictator/dominator)/discrimination/exploitation/extermination (five calamities), dictators/dominators/monarchs, enjoy pure peace/prognosis/holy harmony/happiness, highest dharma (form/norm), insitutions: fictitious bodies (states/companies/media/religions/educational institutions), learning: cultivation: gyoji: praxis: religion, limitless liberation/light/love/life/learning, live on joy anywhere any time even without food/military power/matter, nirvana: unconditioned peace: unconditioned by karma, ocean of blood/tears, pyramids/coffins collapse: enjoy open air/golden wind/golden leaves/bright sun/beautiful flowers, samsara/suffering, threefold maladies (me-ism/materialism/militarism), universal truth/peace
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Good Day Every Day
Good morning! We now have the beautiful bright sun in a cloudless autumn sky. Like the sun or the full moon in the clear calm sky the awakened mind illuminates the whole world. The Buddha said, Better … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged a good day every day (hibi-kore-kounichi: ririshihao: 日日是好日), birth/death, bright sun/moon in clear space: buddha mind, Buddha, cultivation = verification: practice = witness, Dogen, highest dharma, holy goodness/beauty, immortality, live on joy: good day every day, practice makes perfect, practice: constatant continuous cultivation, sit solid: stop karma, ultimate peace/truth, unsurpassed awakening: unconditioned peace (nirvana)
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