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Becoming Buddha

Good morning!   Now we have a clear and cool sky and beautiful stars. Starting today, zen practitioners all over the world are starting the Rohatsu sesshin, one week of intensive sitting, some without lying down, to commemorate the Buddha’s … Continue reading

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Awake or Asleep

Good morning!   When we sit with open windows, we can enjoy insects’ singing, birds’ chirping, the waterfall flowing, and cool air blowing in.   If we close our windows, we will miss these things. If we remain asleep, we … Continue reading

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From Self-centeredness to Selfless Systeme

Good evening! Toward the end of summer we are now hearing the strong sounds of cicadas. There is a haiku poem: Showing no sign Of dying soon, Cicada sounds. We humans are also going to die soon, as individuals, states, … Continue reading

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Abnormal Artifices

Good evening! After the shower we now have cool air and we can sit in comfort, in peace and truth. All living beings inherit all of the past; and all living beings except for humans live in holy relations with … Continue reading

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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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Morning Rain, Morning Sitting

Good morning!   The morning rain has refreshed the beautiful green, the surrounding atmosphere, the singing birds, the sound of the waterfall.   The morning sitting renews all of them and us in purity, penetration, and freedom, right here and … Continue reading

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San-do (Three Steps)

Good evening! A moment of a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold, it is said. Now we are surrounded by bountiful, beautiful flowers. Why do humans have suffering? The Buddha told us about the three steps (san-do, … 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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Dharma Dhatu (Truth Root/Realm)

Good morning! After sittings and the service, we have a very quiet Sunday with spring sunlight brightening the world and this big beautiful amaryllis, peaceful and truthful. But on the other side of the globe there is a lot of … Continue reading

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Disaster Disillusion

Good morning! With the beautiful sunlight shining through, we sit together in a peaceful, pleasant state with the great glorious amaryllis and graceful mum. Why are flowers so beautiful? They live in limitless life, light, liberation, and love of the … Continue reading

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