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Karma-created Civilization

Good evening!   We say a moment of a spring evening is worth thousands of gold pieces. When we sit, it is priceless. We can sit, stop karmas, and see how we usually act. So, please sit with your best body, brain, and breathing conditions in free and full function.   This is one of Dogen’s thirty casual poems, composed at his hut.   The path-ends of One foolish mind One seems to tread As the Six Paths.   We can sit and see such civilization in sinful (separated, selfish) short-sights, strifes, and sufferings continuously, if we continue our karma kinetics. If we contrive ourselves with the triple poisons of desires, divisivenesses, and delusions, we come to the triple tragedies of discrimination, exploitation, and extermination. So, we need to sit – solid, serene, pure, and peaceful.   3/13/13   Note: The six paths are the paths or ways of hell beings, hungry ghosts, fighting devils, and animal, human, and celestial beings.     African Lion, Tanzania, photo by Mitsuaki Iwago, posted in National Geographic    

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Sitting and Samu

Good evening!   Weeding is necessary especially at early sprouting state to set the stage. We must know clearly if the tiny seedlings are vegetables or weeds, flowers or creepers.   Sitting is like weeding to clear crowded space, to … Continue reading

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Practice Is Perfection

Good morning!   In and after our sittings we have been enjoying a beautiful autumn morning, penetrated by the pure sound of rain falling on leaves, permeated by fresh moistened air, and pervaded by abundant green plants.   We are … Continue reading

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Come, Climb, Cultivate

Good morning!   When we come out of our houses, we can feel the fresh, crisp air of the early morning, and see the bright full moon.   When we climb a mountain, we can sense the frisch (bracing), cool … Continue reading

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