Tag Archives: harmony

Sit Straight

Good evening!   Spring is the time when all things spring up – all plants spring up from the earth, straight and stable, leaning neither forward nor backward, neither right nor left.   Our sitting also must be straightened up, … Continue reading

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Wholly Wholesome World

Good morning!   We have a beautiful Sunday morning with bright sunlight and fresh green after the spring rain. The dust has settled and water permeates throughout earth, plants, air, and everything – a very clean, cool, and clear world. … Continue reading

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Spring Sense

Good evening! It’s said that a moment in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold (???????). Why is this so? This is the time when all things are in harmony, neither chilly nor hot, after the winter … 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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Holy Happy

Good morning! We could see the bright morning star and hear the busier birds’ chirping on the way here. Now we have the cherry blossoms blooming and the bright candle burning at the altar. On the opposite side of the … Continue reading

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Cultivation Cleaning

Good morning! We have a nice spring day dawning now. But because of the nuclear disaster, our air, water, and earth are contaminated; our hearts and minds are also contaminated; the beautiful spring is contaminated also. Because the company dumped … Continue reading

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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

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Beyond Billows

  Good evening! Suddenly many flowers have started blooming. Magnolias, pears, plums, hyacinths, forsythia… just after ohigan, ???, the spring equinox. Magnolia in Japanese is mokuren, ??, wooden lotus. We say “atusa samusa-mo higan-made” (Heat and chill until the equinox. … Continue reading

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Life Light

Good morning! We saw the beautiful full moon and the morning star this morning. Now we have the bright daylight after sittings and the service. We have a very peaceful, beautiful morning. Before I came here I watched TV news … Continue reading

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Clear Crystal

Good morning! We have a nice, quiet Saturday morning with bright sunshine. This is the first day of ohigan ?????in Japan, the spring equinox. Ohigan means yonder shore, which stands for nirvana, unconditioned peace beyond billows and torrents. Like the … Continue reading

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