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Tag Archives: bodhi (awakening)
Serene Satisfaction
Good morning! Let’s sit together, then we have the serene satisfaction. Just rest completely, this is called nirvana, unconditioned peace, not conditioned by anything. Then you can taste amrita, ambrosia of immortality - no death, no conception, no emotion, no volition. Then, you become buddhas, attaining unsurpassed awakening. 4/7/13 (family sitting) Photo by Michael Melford (National Geographic)
Buddha beyond Karma Clouds
Good evening! When we look up, we could see the full moon high in the sky. Beyond the clouds is always the full moon, bright, calm and clear. Beyond karmas is the Buddha mind, full, bright in … Continue reading
Potential Practice Power
Good morning! We have a nice bright Sunday morning. We had the bright full moon even with the total eclipse. The full moon represents the Buddha mind, clear and calm, bodhi (awakening) and nirvana – windless of karma, where … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened way, bodhi (awakening), Buddha, dissatisfaction, dukkha (suffering), full moon: Buddha-mind, Gandhi, globla problematique: intertwined global problems, karma, lit. going against grain), lit. windlessness: not karma-driven), nirvana, nirvana (unconditioned peace), not sourl's transmigration as in Hinduism), one can: million can, Rohatsu, samsara (lit. complete flow from moment to moment, Shimizu: Olympic gold medalist, Six Paths, surpassing karma-driven life, unsurpassed asakening: anuttara sambodhi), zazen: stopping/seeing karma
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Holy Truth, Holy Path
Good morning! When we get up early, we can feel the fresh, cool morning air. When we step out from our houses, we can see beautiful nature. When we sit down calm and clear, we can discover how our perceptions, … Continue reading
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Tagged appropriation/identification, bodhi (awakening), clear, Dependent Origination, dukkha (suffering), emotion, four noble truths/realities, holy eightfold way/path, nature, niroda (cessation), perception, prajna (prognosis), samadhi (concentration), samsara (flow, sila (morality), sitting calm, suffering, three learnings, unconditioned peace, vicissitude, volition
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Cultivation=Verification
Good morning! When we come here and sit in zazen, we can hear the sounds of water falling and birds singing in penetrating pure peace. The Buddha said, “As one must go through the sole gate to enter … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Religion, Zen
Tagged bodhi (awakening), cultivation, nirvana, samu (work), verification, zazen
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Fathoming Fathomless
Good evening! After long lasting rainy days and some stormy days, we are now having a very fine, bright evening, and we can enjoy peace, harmony in zazen. Dogen said, “Zazen is the essential function of buddhas, and the functional … Continue reading →