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Returning to the Origin

Good morning! We saw the full moon early this morning. Today is the Buddha’s birthday called Flower Festival. It is the cherry blossom season in Japan. There they bathe  the baby Buddha with amacha, sweet tea, in the palanquin bedecked … Continue reading

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Human Pollution

 Good evening!   We can see the clear and calm half moon after one cycle of lunar phases since New Year’s Day. Dark and dense clouds are, however, hanging over us in the human world with nuclear war or … Continue reading

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Mirror Moon Mind

Good morning!   We can see the full moon tonight. The full moon Dogen appreciated just before his passing away was the one in this month.   The great difference is expressed by “the moon and a small turtle (tsuki … Continue reading

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Express, Enact Equanimity, Equality

Good morning!   We have now a very warm morning, even in September. A warm morning expresses a very hot day coming.   The intense singing of insects expresses the insects’ winter coming. Nuclear bombs and power express the nuclear … Continue reading

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Practice of Penetrating Purity and Peace

Good evening!   We had a very hot day today, but we can sit and stop our karma, going beyond heat and chill, even entering into a world with neither heat nor chill.   But, in a hot spot of … Continue reading

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Advance Cure or After Care

Good morning!   Even though we are now in September, with autumn like insects singing, we have a very warm morning with the temperature going above 100 the coming few days. We still have the hurricane aftermath here and typhoon … 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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Holy Harmonious Happy Humans

Good morning!   We have now very crisp, cool air, beautiful intense insects’ singing, and the crescent moon in the beautiful clear sky. We can sit in peace and harmony with all these things safely. This is the life we … Continue reading

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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

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Disillusioned from Destruction

Good evening! Today, the temperature was 103 degrees–maybe higher. So we need to think if we really have a good evening. We must be disillusioned from destruction: After the draft Nagasaki Peace Proclamation, Hiroshima Peace Proclamation would, it was reported, … Continue reading

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