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Tag Archives: Hiroshima
From Triple Malady to Triple Practice
Good morning! We can still enjoy autumn colors. Just recently I saw a lilac blooming again. We can enjoy beautiful nature here. But, in Fukushima and Chernobyl, below the apparently beautiful nature is radiation contamination. People cannot live there. … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged death ashes, from triple malady (militarism/materialism/me-ism) to triple practice (peace/purity/prognosis), Hiroshima, individual/national ego, lilac, nuclear fallout: cancer deaths/10% life quality degrading, nuclear plant: 1000 Hiroshima bombs
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Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima
Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we become still, serene, and safe. When we move, drive, often we see rabbits or squirrels cross in front of our cars, or birds flying along our driving directions. Our sense and … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged A-bomb, Buddha, collective), cultivation of two islands (self and dharma), Dharma, dharma body, Fukushima, Futashima (two islands), global warming, Hiroshima, karma (personal, karma machine, mass extinction, move outward and forward, night of nescience, nuclear bombs, nuclear power, nuclear power = nuclear bomb exploding gradually for a long time, ocean of tears and blood, origin of problems and sufferings, selfish samsara suffering, sit still/serene/safe, stop karma machine, truth, ultimate truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholly wolesome world, zazen
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Deep Dwelling in Dharma
Good evening! After a long spell of heat wave, we had a small shower. So, all plants and animals felt a brief relief. I watered our garden and found some small plants (salvaged from garbage) withered. Big trees are … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged (human) mishaps, atomic bomb disaster, birth and death, bubble, buble, death ash, dhri, global warming, great earth, Hiroshima, holy (wholly wholesome) harmony, humans quit truth/peace/harmony, mass extinction, natural disasters, nuclear disaster, nuclear warheads, ocan human problems/sufferings, peace, pumpkins connected/rooted, rooted in the ground/dharma, see short and small, sitting and stopping karma, the whole world, tree/true (<deru, truth, zazen
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Militarism, Materialism, Me-ism Myths
Good evening! A news item from Japan reported that Japan’s prime minister will announce his country’s abolishing of nuclear power tomorrow, on the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Sixty-six years ago, mankind dropped the first A-bomb on Hiroshima, instantly … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged abolishing nuclear bombs and power, action attaining unsurpassed awakening and unconditioned peace, aspiration, atomic bombs, awakening, compassion, disillusion, freedom, Fukushima disaster, harmony, Hiroshima, holy (wholly wholesome), limitless liberation, limitless life, limitless light, limitless love, mankind, materialism, matter, me-ism, militarism, mythology of the safety of nuclear power, non-safety of nuclear power, nuclear disaster, nuclear power, oneness, oower, peace, truthful/peaceful/holy world
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Holy Home-coming
Good morning! After a few solid, serene sittings, we can taste amrita, the ambrosia of immortality beyond samsara (vicissitudes in birth and death) and suffering here and now. Only by actual practice we can taste it. Only with actual practice … Continue reading
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Tagged actual practice, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), ango (peaceful living/residence), awakened, beauty, bodhisattva, Buddha, civilization, cultivation, cultural heritage, Dogen, Fukushima, Global System Ethic Association, goodness, here now, Hiroshima, holiness, humans, internet, Junko-san, Katagiri Roshi, Kyoto, Los Alamos, Nara, Narasaki Roshi, nature, nuclear disaster, nuclear fire, radiation contamination, renewable energy, Ryokan, samsara, Sangha, saving energy, Shogoji, sitting, step forward, suffering, truth, tsunami, Zuioji
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Life’s Light
Good morning! We can sit peacefully, quietly, in the early morning, sometimes with a candle, sometimes with electricity, which is, of course, brighter. In Japan now, as you know, there is a nuclear reactor crises, and the presidents of nuclear … Continue reading
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Tagged A-bomb, electricity, essential, global warming, government, Hiroshima, IEAE, life, light, man-made mass extinction, NISA, nuclear reactor, problematique, radiation, safety, species, standards, threshold, universal standards
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