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Tag Archives: unsurpassed awakening
Buddha Path: Buddha-Mind Seal
Good evening! Dogen in his Genjōkōan, Realizing Universal Truth, describes the Buddha’s Path thus: To learn the Buddha Way is to learn the self. To learn the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to drop off the bodies and minds of the self and others. To drop off the bodies and minds of the self and others is to be verified by all dharmas. The trace of awakening is at rest and extinct. The traceless awakening at rest and extinction is furthered on and on. Just groping for an elephant has not started even the first step. But this sitting with the Buddha-mind Seal is the beginning, the middle, and the end of unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening. So, let us strive concentratedly, constantly, and indomitably without indolence. 2/19/13
Posted in Buddhism, Zazen
Tagged blind people groping, Buddha's Path, Buddha-mind Seal, Dogen, DogenGenjōkōan (Realizing Universal Truth), furthering on, King Mirror (Adassa), learn/forget self, traceless awakening, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, verified by dharmas, zazen
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Truth in True Triple Treasures
Good morning! Zendo, Zen Hall, is also called Senbutudo, Selecting Buddha Hall. The true truth seekers constantly come here for the true solution of suffering. What Dogen means in his Inmo is that we never attain the true … Continue reading
Posted in cultivation: verification (修：証）
Tagged amrita, constant concentrated cultivation/verification/practice, Dogen, Inmo: Suchness: ultimate truth, no poisons: no karmas: supramundane: Suchness: Shunyata, Triple treasures/refuges (Buddha/Dharma/Sangha), true solution of suffering, true triple treasures: Buddha/Dharma/Sangha, true truth seekers, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, zazen, Zendo: Senbutudo (Selecting Buddha Hall)
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Complete Competence, Composure, and Comprehension
Good morning! Just before I left my home I watched a program about an ability Olympics. There, the competition focuses not only on skills, but also complete composure and comprehension. The Buddha’s story about ability: the test for … Continue reading
Karma Makes Man; No Karma Makes Buddha
Good evening! We say, “Habits make the second nature.” Habits make the first nature; habits are defined as nature. Our karmas make ourselves with forms, functions, and features. The Buddha said, “One is holy or unholy not by … Continue reading
Attaining Unconditioned Peace and Unsurpassed Awakening
Good evening! The eighth of December is the day when Siddhattha Gotama became buddha, awakened, to the ultimate truth, solving all problems and putting an end to suffering. He attained unconditioned peace, nirvana, and unsurpassed awakening, and he … Continue reading
Stopping Self Samsara Suffaring
Good morning! Zazen is stopping all self samsara, transmigration, and suffering, and settling into nirvana, unconditioned peace, and unsurpassed awakening, going back to the original state with all in holy, wholly wholesome, harmony and happiness. 11/11/12
Actual Awakening and Unconditioned Peace
Good evening! There is a famous scripture titled “Blind Turtle and Floating Log” (盲亀浮木) wherein the Buddha gave a comparison of a person being born as a human being and encountering the awakened way. To be born as … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged action (practice), ambrosia of immortality, and amrita, and unconditioned peace: gyojidokan (行持道環: way cycle of practice), awakening, four steps of aspiration, the dharma (norm/form/law/truth), unsurpassed awakening, witnessing unconditioned peace
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Wonderful Waking
Good morning! It is wonderful to wake up early in the morning, see the brilliant sun rising and beautiful flowers blooming, sit in free full function, settle in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening to the dharma, tasting amrita, ambrosia … Continue reading
Free Full Function
Good evening! New flowers come up blooming successively in the large system of life – morning glories, day lilies, peace lilies, shooting stars, hostas (擬宝珠: pseudo jewel), … Zazen is the wholly wholesome, essential, embracing, free, full function. … Continue reading
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Tagged dharma body/world, limitless life, sangha: community of all, triple malady (me-ism/materialism/militarism), triple poison (delusion/craving/anger), triple unrivaled (unparalleled friendship/freedom, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, zazen: wholly/wholesome/essential/embracing/free/full function
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Self-conquered Compassionate Conquerors
Good morning! We have now beautiful bright sunlight and the beautiful blue sky without clouds. And we have beautiful flowers at the altar and all the places. The winter air is crisp and clear; it felt cool and comfortable. … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged Amida (阿弥陀：Amita-âyus: Limitless Life or Amita-âbha: Limitless Light), amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Ashoka, Buddha, commoner (putthujana: pritujana: mass or prithagjana: separately born), Dogen, Fujiwara Culture, golden hall (金堂) of Chu-son-ji (中尊寺：Respecting Middle: Neutrality) Temple, holy truth/peace/goodness/beauty, Kamakura, karma cloud/wind, kasa-sotôbas (傘卒塔婆：umbrella stûpa: covered towers), Milinda (Menander: Menandros), Nagasena, or Blissfulness (Sukhavatî), prognosis (prajnâ: awakening: bodhi), Pure-land (浄土: jôdo), Shotoku, striver (samana/shramana), unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, windless (nir-vâna), Zen
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