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Constant Cultivation Is Crucial Crux

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen solid, still, and serene, we can settle in truth and peace and actually become truth and peace like trees, which survive thousands of years. Truth survives eternally.   Humans, however, evolved and … Continue reading

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Totalianism

Good evening!   When we sit solid and serene, we stop our physical, verbal, and mental karmas, freed from them. So, we can enjoy peace and truth.   In our ordinary life, we pursue comfort and pleasure, which comes from … Continue reading

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Cultivation of Changing Karma

Good morning!   We now have a nice bright Sunday morning with crisp autumn air, a clear sky, the beautiful sound of flowing water and singing insects, the brilliant colors of flowers and leaves, especially pure and peaceful after still, … Continue reading

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Impermanence and Interdependence

Good evening!   We can sit in peace, harmony, and truth in the autumnal air with cicadas’ singing and the slender moon.   On the east coast about thirty million people are in the path of the hurricane, Irene. The … Continue reading

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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

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Becoming Buddhas

Good evening!   We had a 100 degree high temperature today in autumn. We received articles, posted on our e-list, on how this country is run and how our global catastrophe is imminent.   One of these catastrophes is the … 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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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

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Good Day or Gloomy Day

Good morning! We still have the heat wave, which doesn’t seem to be ending by today. The temperature is going up to 103 degrees. A fire is spreading in Oklahoma State because of the high temperatures. The Buddha said, “The … Continue reading

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Awakening All

Good morning!   It is now almost cool for sitting, but the weather forecast said that the heat wave will continue until Thursday. The news from Japan described contaminated meat, saying that all cattle in the northern part of the … Continue reading

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