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Tag Archives: original face
Limitless Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Holiness
Good morning! We have very cold temperatures, going down to 19 degrees. So, our car windows are frosting – it’s very difficult and dangerous to drive. When we come out of our cars, we can see beautiful stars … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Cultivation: culture, Ecology, Global problems, System, Zen
Tagged abundant nature, auspicious aspiration/action, difficult/dangerous driving, Dogen, karma-driven deeds/damages, limitless truth/goodness/beauty/holiness/learning/light/liberation/love/life, original face, right/responsibility
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Zen: Chan: Jhana: Dhyana
Good evening! We have now very cold and clear air. Dogen’s poem titled “The Original Face” reads: Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in autumn, Snow in winter, cool and clear. We will read the … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged body, Buddha, Dharma Study class, Dogen, Ghyoji (Praxix), karma, nirvana (lit. windless of karma, original face, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, Xiang-yan, Yellow Spring (Nadir: Other Realm), Zen: Chan: Jhana: Dhyana
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People’s Planetary Pure Peace and Prognosis
Good morning! Dogen left us a poem titled “The Original Face”: Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in autumn, Snow in winter, clear and cool. Nature has wholly wholesome cycles and circulation. Nature knows no … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged bailout people and planet with purity/peace/prognosis, Dogen, nature, not power, original face, wholly wholesome cycles/circulation: no nuclear power pyramid
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Spring Sun
Good morning, When we came out of our houses this morning, we could see the spring sun shining forth with warm rays reflecting on snow and trees, resplendent. Coming here, sitting, we can sense the sunlight penetrating through our bodies, … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, crystal clear, Dogen, goodness, harmony, original face, original nature, peace, spring sun, truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholesome whole, world, zazen
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Snow Flowers
“Out of the tunnel, it was a snow country” is the opening sentence of Snow Country, by Yasunari Kawabata, a Nobel Prize winner. This was the feeling I had as I flew back from San Francisco, where I had joined … Continue reading
Reality Relation
Good morning! Now the snow has gone away and the spring wind is carrying in birds’ singing. Within a few days, the full moon has waned in the sky and fresh flowers have withered here. Before I came here, I … Continue reading →