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Daffodil Garden, Tsumeki Cape, Shimoda, Shizuoka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bmcEMe5xa-I#!     With the kind forwarding of the pictures and video by Otsuka Noriyuki, esq.

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Awakening and Action

Good morning! We had a small shower last evening after the long, severe heat wave. So, our plants have enjoyed a brief moment of shower – life water and cool air. We can now enjoy the sound of falling water … Continue reading

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Greener grass

Good morning! After the tornados we are now having a very quiet Sunday morning. And after our sittings, we have a very peaceful, quiet world. With a lot of rain, now we have dogwoods, spirea, lilacs, azaleas, irises, lilies of … Continue reading

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Nuisance or Nicety

Good evening! We’re having a lot of rain these days, so going from the world of colorful flowers to that of abundant green. Dogen said, “Flowers fall in lamentation. Weeds flourish in detestation.” I think you have been working in … Continue reading

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Merits of Morality

Good morning!   We saw the beautiful morning star high in the sky. We saw the flower at the altar and smelled the fragrance of the incense.   A couple of millennia ago the Buddha said that the fragrance of … Continue reading

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Sustainable System

Good evening! We have all kinds of flowers blooming. We call this “haru ranman: ???” spring at its best, full of flower, brimful of spring atmosphere, with warm sun and compassionate rain. All plants and animals spring up. Ryokan made … Continue reading

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Fission Frontline

Good evening! We have now cherry blossoms at the altar. A lot of flowers of all kinds are blooming around us now. At this time in Japan people used to enjoy cherry blossom viewing, eating, drinking, singing, and dancing, expecting … Continue reading

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Hana-gumori (花曇)

  Good morning! We are now in hana-gumori (??), flowers (cherry blossoms) with clouds or mist. Above we have the clouds, but here we enjoy flowers blooming and birds singing. On the other side of the globe, however, the triple … Continue reading

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Disaster Disillusion

Good morning! With the beautiful sunlight shining through, we sit together in a peaceful, pleasant state with the great glorious amaryllis and graceful mum. Why are flowers so beautiful? They live in limitless life, light, liberation, and love of the … 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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