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Saving Samsara Suffering

Good evening! We are officially in autumn, and several days of showers and clouds have brought us cool air. So, we can sit without fans and lamps. The awakened way solves samsara and sufferings, transcending heat and chill. We must … Continue reading

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Seeing and Solving System Syndrome

Good morning ! We can still enjoy the full moon. Now we have very cool air. The season seems to turn from the hot summer to the cool autumn. Artifice must return to the natural way. At this time in … Continue reading

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Correcting Karma Consciousness

Good morning!   In our solid sitting we feel like we’re “sitting alone on the Great Courageous Peak.” The Great Courageous refers to the Awakened One. I remember sitting in the thick mist on Vulture’s Peak, where the Awakened One … Continue reading

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Triple Treasure

Good morning! After sittings we have a peaceful, calm, and clear world with fresh air. Sitting makes us true. True and tree share the root, deru, enduring, or dhri, holding (root of dharma: form, norm). Trees stay solid, still, and … Continue reading

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Samadhi Stages

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we can enjoy penetrating peace, purity, and freedom right here and now. If, however, there is a radioactive leak, then the whole world becomes contaminated, confused, and condemned. When there are the four … Continue reading

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Truth Turns

Good morning! After some cloudy days, we can now see an almost half-full moon in the mid-sky. We couldn’t see how big and bright the moon was, but in the east we could see the beautiful morning star. On the … Continue reading

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System Shift

Good evening! We had a warm day, 43 degrees, after many days in the 10s and 20s. Snow and ice have melted, and they are melting faster with digging and disintegration. Everything is related and relative. Ecology, economy, society, and … Continue reading

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About Pine, Ask Pine

The Haiku poet Basho said, “Regarding pine trees, ask pine trees.” The Buddha said, “As we love our selves, others love their selves. So, we must love others’ selves also.” If we listen to pine trees, other plants, other animals, … Continue reading

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Let Us Make a “Global Friends Society” to Solve Global Suffering!

The last century was called “the century of nationalism and wars” amongst nations, with “crimes against humanity” committed against humans, leading to the “first mass murder of human beings.” This century seems set to become “the century of nationalism and … Continue reading

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