Tag Archives: tsunami

Pure Peace

Good evening! We have so many flowers blooming around us, and now we can sit and enjoy the priceless spring evening. Unfortunately, however, in Japan they have still the triple tragedy of earthquake, tsunami, and the nuclear disaster unfolding in … Continue reading

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Tomo (Together: 共, Friend: 友)

  Good evening! A lot of flowers are blooming – forsythias, daffodils, magnolias, pears, plums, even cherry blossoms are now blooming. We cannot totally enjoy them because of the disaster in Japan – m-9 earthquake, 30m surge tsunami, and the … Continue reading

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Death Demise

Good morning! We have now a beautiful Sunday with the white snow world in bright sunshine after the spring equinox – untimely partly because of global warming, I think. There is more moisture in the air, so we have more … Continue reading

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Present of Peace (music and picture)

Aska is a resident musician in St. Louis who moved to the States at about the same time I retired from Toyo University and settled here. An active member of JUMP (Japan United for Ministry of Peace), Aska wanted to … Continue reading

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Hana-gumori (花曇)

  Good morning! We are now in hana-gumori (??), flowers (cherry blossoms) with clouds or mist. Above we have the clouds, but here we enjoy flowers blooming and birds singing. On the other side of the globe, however, the triple … Continue reading

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Ohigan: Other-shore (お彼岸)

Good morning!   On the last day of ohigan (???), yonder shore, we can see the beautiful, bright, full moon through the window.   Here we sit quietly with flowers, but also with the roaring sounds of an ambulance and … Continue reading

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Life Light

Good morning! We saw the beautiful full moon and the morning star this morning. Now we have the bright daylight after sittings and the service. We have a very peaceful, beautiful morning. Before I came here I watched TV news … Continue reading

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Sitting Still

Good evening! We have now the beautiful bright moon in the sky. When we see this planet from the moon, it looks like the moon hanging in the air. Our life is hanging in the air like the sword of … Continue reading

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Wholesome Whole

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, our mind eyes go to the unprecedented disaster in Japan. When people become quiet, their eyes go to the scenes of their struggles and sufferings. The earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster caused 220,000 … Continue reading

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Love Limitless Life

Good morning! The dark sky is hanging over us, with sleety rain turning into snow, as if foretelling the threatening future and telling of the severe situation in Japan now: Those who survived the record earthquake and tsunami are desperately … Continue reading

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