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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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Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Good morning!   We have now a good morning with the buddhas (awakened ones), buddha dharma, and sangha (community) in truth, freedom, and peace in our sitting.   A news report from Japan stated that the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused … 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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Awake or Asleep

Good morning!   When we sit with open windows, we can enjoy insects’ singing, birds’ chirping, the waterfall flowing, and cool air blowing in.   If we close our windows, we will miss these things. If we remain asleep, we … Continue reading

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Mind Makes Mundus

Good morning!   Our sitting time is now dark, with cool air and insects’ singing. Soon we will have cold air and no insects’ singing.   Some people live in the dark dungeons of devils, with cold air, without truth, … Continue reading

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Dream-walking Delusion-working

Good morning!   We’ve had quiet sittings hearing the waterfall sounds, and incessant intensive insects’ singing. We now see brilliant sunlight alighting on green leaves. This morning I saw yellowing and browning leaves already, and fall frost hovering over the … Continue reading

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Source of Suffering: Sticking to Separate Self

Good evening!   We still have lingering heat, but not like the heat of mid-summer. Clearly the daytime is decreasing rapidly. We can observe the impermanence of the seasons, but scarcely of our own.   Only when we face the … 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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From Self-centeredness to Selfless Systeme

Good evening! Toward the end of summer we are now hearing the strong sounds of cicadas. There is a haiku poem: Showing no sign Of dying soon, Cicada sounds. We humans are also going to die soon, as individuals, states, … Continue reading

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Mind Mirror

Good morning! We now have a beautiful Sunday morning. Sitting with the Buddha, the beautiful flower on the altar, the cool breeze, the sound of water flowing and birds’ singing penetrates through our world. We can now enjoy the full … Continue reading

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