Tag Archives: triple treasure (buddha/dharma/sangha)

Purity and Purification Path

Good morning!   Again we had nice rain last evening – some not. When I went into my yard, I felt dense dew on green grass and saw fresh flowers in vivid colors. On the way here I saw mist … Continue reading

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Practice Patch

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen, it is priceless any time. I have been working in my newer vegetable patch. When I visited the older patch on the other side of the yard, I saw a lot of … Continue reading

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Synergy Spiral

Good morning!   When we sit here, we can enjoy birds’ singing and abundant green. Global warming has brought us more hot days and more rain, thus plants grow faster. Yesterday I removed a lot of honey suckles, vines. Slender … Continue reading

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From Triple Malady to Triple Treasure

Good morning!   We are going to have our sesshin. Sesshin means touching the mind (接心) or embracing the mind (摂心), of course not the ordinary deluded mind, but the Buddha mind, truth mind, true mind, tree mind, the truth … Continue reading

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Good evening!   When we sit and stop our karmas, we can witness nirvana, unconditioned peace, and unsurpassed awakening, and we can work for the sańgha, community.   We can enjoy the triple treasure of buddha, dharma (norm/truth) , and … Continue reading

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Seasonal Snow Show or Random Radiation Risk

Good morning!   We didn’t have snow, which makes a beautiful white world – a seasonal show. If, however, we have radiation, it’ll make a dark death world – a random risk at any moment.   The Red Cross and … 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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Speckless Space for Sentients Salvation

Good morning!   We have another day of akibare (autumn clear sky), with beautiful stars this morning and the bright crescent moon last evening. The crisp clear air envelopes all and speckless space penetrates all throughout the universe. When we … Continue reading

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Wakeful and Wholly wholesome

Good evening!   We had 102-degree hot and dry weather today and are going to have similar weather tomorrow.   The Sino-Japanese character for autumn depicts grass on fire (秋). Autumn is like fire burning for plants.   Now our … Continue reading

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