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Finding Fresher, Finer, Freer, and Fuller Function

Good morning!   I have been using a hunting hat I received as a gift for a while. This morning I happened to feel hooks at the front and found that it opens. I find wearing it in this fashion … Continue reading

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House Treasure in Every House

Good morning!   It is seventeen degrees now, but here we can go beyond chill and heat, that is, we can witness nirvana, unconditioned peace, and unsurpassed awakening. That is the Buddha dharma anyone anywhere can witness.   This house … Continue reading

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Practice Pertaking

Good morning!   After the long dry hot summer with drought disasters now we have a lot of rain like a rainy season. So, we missed the full moon just a few days ago. I came back from Japan just … Continue reading

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From Triple Malady to Triple Treasure

Good morning!   We are going to have our sesshin. Sesshin means touching the mind (接心) or embracing the mind (摂心), of course not the ordinary deluded mind, but the Buddha mind, truth mind, true mind, tree mind, the truth … Continue reading

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Equinox, Equanimity, Nirvana, Higan

Good morning!   Today is spring equinox. It is called higan (彼岸), the other shore, beyond chill and heat, nirvana beyond all karma winds, self and other, and birth and death.   Only when we practice and reach nirvana, we … Continue reading

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Practice in Gratitude

Good evening!   This evening is Thanksgiving evening. We must give thanks not only for food and drinks, but for all beings, which give us life. We must know that we can live only on other lives. Today I forwarded … Continue reading

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Penetrating Pure Crystal Clear World

Good morning!   We have a very quiet, beautiful Sunday morning wet with rain, giving life to all plants and animals. The beginning of Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for True Zazen reads:   In exhaustive pursuit, the root of the Way … Continue reading

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Skillfulness is Goodness

Good morning!   When we commute here every day, even twice a day, we get familiar with everything on the way and here, and we attain freedom. When we sit in zazen, we become familiar with our body-mind-world and attain … Continue reading

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