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Profound Paramount Prognosis

Good morning!   We have now a beautiful spring morning with sitting with Buddhas and singing of birds.   An old Buddha said:   It is difficult to receive a human body and rare to meet the Buddha-dharma.  We have received human bodies and met the Buddha-dharma. We are best among all lives.   It is better to see even with one eye than being blind, not being able to see all the beautiful things in this world.   Someone said, “It is abnormal to have two eyes and to be in one-eyed countries”   If we have two eyes with parallax, we can see things in perspective and profundity in three dimensions.   If we have the third eye of prajñā, prognosis, we can see the paramount truth in the other world in supramundane realm.   4/10/13   Note:   1.Hard is it to receive a human body, rare is it to meet the Buddha-dharma. By virtue of stored merits, we not only have received human bodies hard to receive, but also have met the Buddha-dharma. We are in the best lives among various births and deaths and in the most blessed lives. We should not leave our dew-like lives to the mercy of the wind of impermanence treating carelessly the most blessed bodies.   – Dogen, the Shushōgi, the Significance of Cultivation and Verification, Ch.1   2.Paramount truth, paramattha sacca, paramārth satya, shōgitai, 勝義諦    

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Pratyekabuddha: Pseudo-buddha

Good morning!   Now we have dark clouds and can not see the bright beautiful full moon, morning star, and other stars.   But, when we come out and sit, we train our skin, flesh, muscle, and back bones (sîla … Continue reading

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Bright Buddha Mind Moon

  Good morning!   We have now the full moon high in the sky. Did you see it? You saw it. Great! Did you join the moon viewing party? You didn’t. Sorry for that. But, that was also good!   … Continue reading

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Peace, Purity, Prognosis, and Perfection

Good morning!   When we get up early and come out of our houses, we can see many beautiful flowers blooming anew. When we come here, we enjoy fresh flowers at altars and all around us. We plant and prepare … Continue reading

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Practice in Gratitude

Good evening!   This evening is Thanksgiving evening. We must give thanks not only for food and drinks, but for all beings, which give us life. We must know that we can live only on other lives. Today I forwarded … Continue reading

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Mind = Mundus

Good evening!   Now we have a cooler and calmer atmosphere. So, we can enjoy our sitting zazen in peace and truth.   When we sit in zazen, our karma stills, projection retracts, turmoil subsides, and turbidity clears. So, our … Continue reading

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Awakening and Action

Good morning! We had a small shower last evening after the long, severe heat wave. So, our plants have enjoyed a brief moment of shower – life water and cool air. We can now enjoy the sound of falling water … Continue reading

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Way to Wholly Wholesome World

Good morning!   After a few solid, still sittings – stopping karmas – we have pure, peaceful perception and prognosis beyond personal perversions, delusions, desires.   This is described in many ways: nirvana (windless, unconditioned peace, a-sankhata, un-made), sukha-vatî (joy-ful, … Continue reading

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Saving Suffering

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading

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Delusion Disaster

Good evening! We had a big disaster in Japan, with an earthquake and tsunami destroying communities, damaging social infrastructures, devastating the natural life system. Nuclear plants are now in big trouble, evacuating people within a ten kilometers radius. The scientist … Continue reading

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