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Separation or Seamlessness

Good morning!   When we sit in zazen opening all windows, we can enjoy calm, clear, and complete world with the beautiful sounds of insects’ singing, water flowing, and fresh breeze blowing.   There was an article “A Heimlish Line,” … Continue reading

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Making Mind from Mother Nature

Good morning!   The temperature is now 80 degrees and going up to 99, with a heat index of 106. Of course, every one feels the heat wave, but few deal with global warming.   The Buddha spoke of “making … Continue reading

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Awakening with All Always

Good evening! When we sit solid and still, we stop all human karmas, reach nirvana, and awaken to the truth of dependent origination and dependent cessation. All buddhas have awakened in this truth and practiced it with all beings always. … 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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Awakened Form/Norm

Good morning! The Buddha Dharma, the Awakened Form and Norm, is to stop human karma in its form and norm, and to take the buddha (awakened) form and norm – to settle in the best, stable, still, serene form, and … Continue reading

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Sunlight after Suffering

Good evening! After the long spell of rain, now we have a sunny evening. If rainy days last too long the water of life can become the water of death, damaging and destroying flora and fauna. Today is the 25th … Continue reading

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Amrita (Ambrosia of Immortality)

Good evening!   We are having a lot of rain – trees, plants, and atmosphere are impregnated with water and wind, becoming greener and vivid together with heaven and earth.   When we sit, we also become like trees, stopping … Continue reading

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San-do (Three Steps)

Good evening! A moment of a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold, it is said. Now we are surrounded by bountiful, beautiful flowers. Why do humans have suffering? The Buddha told us about the three steps (san-do, … Continue reading

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Fireflies’ Fireworks

Good morning! We can see the morning star shining forth brightly in the east. The Buddha is said to be enlightened or awakened, seeing the bright morning star shining for billions of years. We compare the Buddha mind to the … Continue reading

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Clear Crystal

Good morning! We have a nice, quiet Saturday morning with bright sunshine. This is the first day of ohigan ?????in Japan, the spring equinox. Ohigan means yonder shore, which stands for nirvana, unconditioned peace beyond billows and torrents. Like the … Continue reading

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