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Tag Archives: Fukushima
Serene Satisfaction
Good morning! We have a nice, sunny spring Sunday with a serene atmosphere, especially after sittings. Now we can open the windows and hear the singing of birds, and even see them and flowers. In Japan they are going to have the Flower Festival, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Dharma
Tagged amrita (ambrosia, Buddha, Dharma, Dogen, Flower Festival (hanamatsumi, Fukushima, immortality, karma, triple learning, 花祭り)
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Peace, Prognosis, Perspective, Priority
Good morning! We have the bright sun on a quiet Sunday just after the Summer Solstice. This morning I went into the garden and saw that the big mallow flowers have started blooming, the morning glories are blossoming brilliantly, … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged and lielessness (five Ls of Global Ethic), and saving all (the five Ss of the Global System), animal karma, animals: mobing beings vs. plants: still beings, durable, Fukushima, General Happiness Index, Global Happiness Index, law (of dependent origination and interdependence of all), liberation, life, love, nuclear power (bomb/plant), nuclearists, orient minds from the source (yoniso manasi-kâra), pyramidal system vs. cyclical system, safe, simple, sustainable, systemic, tree/true: deru or dhri
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Ichigo Ichie, One Meeting in One Life
Good morning! When I went out early this morning, I saw the half moon mid-sky and heard the heavy sound of insects singing. On the way here the sun was already up in the sky. When I entered here, … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, lit. full flow: incessant impermanence), nuclear plants in earthquake country, samsara (transmigration, Sarasvati: Goddess of Music, sat: being: truth (: satya), Six Ways/Worlds: hell beings/hungry ghosts/beastly beings/fighting devils/human beings/celestial beings, triple learning of morality (sîla)/concentration (samâdhi)/prognosis (prajñâ), triple poison/deed/karma (craving/anger/deslusion: desire/divisiveness/delusion), triple tragedy: samsara/suffering/sin, “ichigo ichie (一期一会), ” one meeting in one lifetime
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Disasterless Life
Good morning! When we get up early and sit, we have cool morning air with birds’ singing and flowers blooming, even if the temperature is going up to the nineties or a hundred. I forwarded an article about … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), Uncategorized
Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Chernobyl, Fukushima, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, nuclear disaster frequency: once in ten to twenty years, radiation contamination beyont 1000km, solar super storm, triple learning (morality/concentration/prognosis), triple treasure (awakened/dharma/community), triple unrivaled (unparalleled freedom/unconditioned peace/unsurpassed awakening): triple treasure
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System Shift
Good morning! On the way here I saw the big bright red sun already higher than the one just rising from the horizon last Sunday. The full moon is now crescent. When we come here and sit, we can … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), System
Tagged act, Advise, agree, and peace, assess, bondage, discrimination, equality (unity), exploitation, extermination, Five As (information flow): Access, Five Rs (material flow): Reduce, Fivefold bliss: awakening, Fivefold calamity: delusion, freedom, Fukushima, global ethic 5Ls, global system 5Ss, love, rearrange, recycle, restore, reuse
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Three Worlds
Good morning! Did you see the biggest, closest full moon this year? I also saw the big red sun just rising from the horizon. Earlier I went into my yard and enjoyed abundant birds’ singing and fresh dew – … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged ambrosia, and of craving (kâma-dhâtu), event horizon, event-free/event-full/event-less, Fukushima, Heart Sutra, Hiroaki Koide, nuke-free world, of formless (arûpa=dhâtu), original nature, Ryokan, three worlds or realms of form (rûpa-dhâtu), truth/goodness/beauty/holiness, visible/invisible world, Yuka Nishioka
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Defiled and Undefiled Goodness
Good morning! Now we have spring like sunlight and a silent peaceful world especially after sittings. Unfortunately, however, beside this peaceful world we have a lot of problems and sufferings all over the human world. Last night I … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), Uncategorized
Tagged Afghanistan, defiled/undefiled goodness, Fukushima, global warming, ignorance/ignominy, karma, Kenji Miyazawa, mass extinction, military men, money-military complex, Occupay movement, Okinawa, policemen, pollution, power-machin, problems/sufferings, pyramidal power, sinful/separation/selfish, Tetsu Nakamura, wars
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So, Let’s Stop Nuke Power
People lost their homes, jobs, lives, hearts, still evacuated from their inherited land, livelihood, etc. for shortsighted comfort and convenience. So, Let’s Stop Nuke Power, composed and sung by Rev. Gyomyo Nakamura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqTzwRq-WXA&feature=share Lyrics translated by Rosan Yoshida: SO, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Fate?, Fukushima, Let's Stop Nuke Power, No choice, No help, Nuke plant, So
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Chilly Climate or Collusion Complex
Good morning! Now we have very chilly air at 26 degrees, with a wind chill index of 18. But, it is much better than having an irradiated atmosphere and earth. The news from Japan reported on the Fukushima … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged acute external radiation exposure, chronic internal radiation exposure, ECRR, Fukushima, global warming, ICRP, mass extinction, nuclear bombs/plants, nuclear industry complex, nuclear radiation problems, radiation, real/natural/sustainable/safe/simple/saving life, TEPCO
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From Deluded Way to Awakened Way
Good morning! We have now clouds threatening to snow, with temperatures going below the freezing point as forecast. But, after sitting we have a clear and calm world. Yesterday I visited St. Charles for the first time. I … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened way, birth/death, broad/natural way, Buddha, Buddhism, Chrnobyl, Easter Island, ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk), Fukushima, global life system, global warming, immortality, Main Street, mass extinction, nuclear disaster, nuclear fallout: cancer, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Three Mile Island, Wall Street, Zen, “return to our homes and sit in safety (帰家安坐：kika-anza)”
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