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Tag Archives: limitless light
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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Remain Resolute Resilient
Good morning! We sit calm and cool in the heat wave warning, with the heat index due to go up to 110 degrees. “In extinction of the heart-head, even fire is cool.” So saying, Kaisen Osho at Erinji sat in … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Religion, System, Uncategorized, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged awakening, Bodhidharma, Buddha, earthquake, FIFA World Cup, fire is cool, holy beauty, holy goodness, holy harmony, holy truth, immortality, Kaisen at Erinji, limitless liberation, limitless life, limitless light, limitless love, nuclear disaster, Pinks, resolution/resilience, sit amidst whatever, triple tragedy, true conqueror, tsunami, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed, zazen
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Samsara Suffering and Samadhi Satisfaction
Good morning! Through the open windows we can hear the sound of busily racing cars, birds’ singing, and the water falling. Our life is like the constant flow of cars and currents, constantly flowing with ups and downs, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Zen
Tagged awakened life, birth and death, cultivation, dissatisfaction, gain and loss, life, limitless life, limitless light, limitless lover, nirvana, practice, provisional phenomena, samadhi, samsara, satisfaction, suffering, ultimate peace, ultimate refuge, unconditioned peace, unmoved, unsurpassed awakening, up and down, verification, vicissitude, witness
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Pure Peace
Good evening! We have so many flowers blooming around us, and now we can sit and enjoy the priceless spring evening. Unfortunately, however, in Japan they have still the triple tragedy of earthquake, tsunami, and the nuclear disaster unfolding in … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha life, cherry blossom viewing, delusion, earthquake, enormous casualty, evacuation, fiery summer, flower life, greed, harmonious, hatred, hear to heart, holy, human hubris, human karma, human minds, Japan, limitless liberation limitless love, limitless life, limitless light, Mahakashyapa smiled, nuclear disaster, nuclear winter, peaceful, pretty, priceless spring evening, pure, radiation, silent spring, the Buddha, triple tragedy, truthful, tsunami, whole universe
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Life, Lost, Limited, Limitless
Good morning! We are fortunate to be able to wake up, get up, come here, and sit in zazen. We’ll see a lot of good things, beautiful things, but also bad things, ugly things. We encounter meeting and parting with … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, accommodation, adjustment, aspiration, joy, limitless liberation, limitless life, limitless light, limitless love, meeting, parting, people, possession, sorrow, up and down
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Time Tide
Good evening! The untimely spring snow has disappeared, and greener grass and fuller flowers have appeared. Even cherry blossoms bloomed according to time and tide. Anything not in a systemic, sustainable, saving, safe, and simple state will disappear. Dictatorships, dynasties, … Continue reading →