Tag Archives: cultivation

Clear Crystal

Good morning! We have a nice, quiet Saturday morning with bright sunshine. This is the first day of ohigan ?????in Japan, the spring equinox. Ohigan means yonder shore, which stands for nirvana, unconditioned peace beyond billows and torrents. Like the … Continue reading

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Crystal Clear

Good evening! We just heard the beautiful bell sound appearing and disappearing, and we know that all growth decays, and birth ends in death. All phenomena and formations are impermanent. We heard that Ed has been hospitalized due to a … Continue reading

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Karma World & Dharma World

Good morning! We have a warm atmosphere impregnated with moisture, so we may have rain. We cannot see the moon now, with the clouds. Last night we could see the beautiful, bright, full moon. When we see the moon with … Continue reading

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Witness Work

Good evening! We have a nice evening together here, in quiet sitting. But when we look into our lives, we find all kinds of problems and sufferings. We call these the four sufferings and the eight sufferings. The four sufferings … Continue reading

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Spring Storm

Good evening! Just before I left home, a spring storm started with thunderbolts and thunderclaps, raining cats and dogs. The rainfall hindered driving on the highway; even at 30 mph, the wipers at maximum speed couldn’t keep up. This seems … Continue reading

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Cultivation=Verification

Good morning! After our sittings, we have a very peaceful world inside and out. We are very fortunate that we are walking in the Awakened Way and have the concrete practice to attain it. Zazen is the essential way and … Continue reading

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Cry or Conquer

Good evening! Snow covered the ground, but it’s almost gone now, with the spring sun warming, supporting sprouts shooting up and out. In the human world, suffering snow spreads over the globe, and the globe is warming with human minds, … Continue reading

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Moon Mundus

Good morning! We now have the beautiful bright full moon high in the sky, lone and round, unblemished and unbound by clouds and storms. If we take the moon as matter, we just forego and forget it. If we take … Continue reading

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Mundus Mind

Good evening! We can now see the full moon, shining, solid, serene, stable, and straightforward. If we cultivate our minds, our world will become wholly systemic, sustainable, saving, safe, and simple. Our mind moons sometimes are beclouded by all kinds … Continue reading

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Snow, Moon, Flowers (雪月花)

Good morning! When the sun shines, the earth moves, and we remove snow and ice, we can enjoy the warmer world without snow and ice faster. When the moon moves, clouds clear, and we come here to sit, we can … Continue reading

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