Tag Archives: holiness

Free Full Function

Good evening! Spring is the season when everything springs up – irises, trees, plants – all growing upright in balance, functioning free and full. Dr. Suzuki of the Suzuki Method tested himself and taught others the best forms to use … Continue reading

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  Good morning!   Even though it is unusually, unseasonably chilly, we have now a fine, quiet daybreak and a warm spring day.   We have different ways of understanding and acting depending on individual judgments, social justifications, and natural … Continue reading

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Saving Suffering

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading

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Civilization to Culture

Good evening! We are having thunder and weather sirens. It seems that we have more and more disasters – tornados, typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear disasters, etc. In Japan, in the 40 days following the record earthquake, there have been … Continue reading

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Mahâ Assâsa (Great Repose)

Good morning!   Trees are in repose, resting from photosynthesis, etc., restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing.   So, is our sitting in repose, resting from all activities, restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing, that is, life.   Thus, we … 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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Shin-ippo (進一歩: Advancing A Step)

Good evening!   Now we have spring in full swing with all kinds of flowers blooming together. Flowers are truthful, peaceful, beautiful, good, and holy – nothing wrong – using natural energy and everything all together.   Today we received … Continue reading

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Bupposo (仏法僧:Buddha-Dharma-Sangha )

Good morning! After the strong spring storm we now have spring in full swing, with a bird singing. Don’t you hear it singing, “kite mite, ????, come an’ see!” and “chûi, ??, beware!” One month ago we had a record … 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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