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Tag Archives: global problematique
Awakened One’s Awakening Day
Good morning! Today, the eighth of December, is the day of the Buddha’s awakening. So, all over the world Zen practitioners, after seven day intensive sitting, celebrate his awakening – an unprecedented feast that solves all problems of all … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged and equanimity (upekhâ : lit. throwing away), awakening, beyond pleasure and pain/penance, Brahma's beseech, Brahmavihâra of friendship, Buddha, chan, compassion, defilements (klesha: zenma, dissatisfaction, everyday a good day (日日是好日：hibi-kore-koujitu), five coverings, four fluxes/leaks (âsava: 煩悩), global problematique, holy harmony/health/happiness, joy, lit. wrong going), meditation, meeting four people, nirvana, outing from four gates, shûnya (empty, six teachers/dogmatists/heretics (六師外道), substanceless), suffering, suffering (dukkha, Zen, Zen (jhâna, 染汚)
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Ego, Economy, Ecology, and Ethic
Good evening! My article presented at the Global System and Global Ethic Association on the last April 15 appeared in the Op-ed News: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ego-Economy-Ecology-and-by-Rosan-Yoshida-120416-316.html Please read it and offer your comment, if possible.
Returning to the Origin
Good morning! We saw the full moon early this morning. Today is the Buddha’s birthday called Flower Festival. It is the cherry blossom season in Japan. There they bathe the baby Buddha with amacha, sweet tea, in the palanquin bedecked … Continue reading
Posted in asamskrita, Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade)
Tagged Brahama, Buddha, Gandhi, global problematique, global warming, Intra net, Iran, Israel, karmas, Ken Watanabe, kizuna, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, nuclear bomb/power, nuclear free world, nuclear power, nuclear wars/inter, nuke free zones, Obama, return to the source, Son's Flesh, the world on fire, thinking the unthinkable, triple poison (delusion/craving/anger): triple malady (me-ism/materialism/militarism), WWIII
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Human Hubris
Good morning! We could see the brilliant spring sun light and beautiful blossoming flowers this morning because of high temperatures beyond 90s for some days. Then, these couple of day temperature suddenly fell down to 40s. It went down … Continue reading
Posted in Civilization, Culture
Tagged (西遊記): Journey to the West, adventure of Xuan-zhan to India, Avalokiteshivara Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara (Avalokitasvara) Bodhisattva, global problematique, global warming, Goku (悟空), human beings, mass extinction, normalcy bias, nuclear disaster, the Monkey Story/ Saiyûki or Xi-you-ji
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Becoming Buddhas
Good evening! We had a 100 degree high temperature today in autumn. We received articles, posted on our e-list, on how this country is run and how our global catastrophe is imminent. One of these catastrophes is the … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged /possession/job/community/tradition/culture/trust, all being, American possesses 300 slaves, amrita(ambrosia/immortality), Buddha, doomed to demise, earthquake, global catastrophe, global life system, global problematique, glopbal warming, human species, loss of life, mammonism, mass extinction, materialism, me-ism, militarism, nuclear disaster, safety myth of nuclear power, wholly wholesome truth/peace/goodness/beauty/harmony
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Correcting Karma Consciousness
Good morning! In our solid sitting we feel like we’re “sitting alone on the Great Courageous Peak.” The Great Courageous refers to the Awakened One. I remember sitting in the thick mist on Vulture’s Peak, where the Awakened One … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakened one, Buddha, Buddha nature, death ash, four applications, global problematique, global warming, Great Courageour (mahavira), karma, mass extinction, mass killing, nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, pollution, radiation, sitting/stopping karma, solution, Vulture's Peak, war, Zhao-zhou
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From Separated Selves to Wholesome Whole
Good morning! When we sit in zazen, stilling karma, all the merits of dharma beginning with truth and peace are there. No demerits of karma beginning with falsity and faults exist. We got the news of a man killing almost … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Religion, Uncategorized, Zen
Tagged atomic disaster, biological disaster, blind behaviors, blind beliefs, blind men touching an elephant, chemical disaster, corporations, dharma merits, dogmatism, educational institutions, extremism, fanaticism, global problematique, global warming, holy eightfold path, holy four truths, human karma, karma demerits, killing, knowledge and action, mass extinction, matter, media, nations, peace, power, problems, religions, self interest, sufferings, truth
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Human Hypnosis
Good morning! We have a nice spring Sunday with bright sunlight, a lot of flowers inside and out, and a nice breeze coming through the window. We have cherry blossoms in full bloom at the altar and amaryllis at the … Continue reading →