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Tag Archives: war
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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged Afganistan, Americans, atoms for peace, awakened to truth, delusion/disaster/destruction, devastating debt, Iraq, nuclear disaster, people's/planet's welfare, power's warfare, saving energy and matter, saving samsara suffering, slave, war
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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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged bondage, delusion, discrimination, equality, exploitation, extermination, five calamities (delusion, freedom, love, materialism, me-ism, militarism, partial pyramidal beings, peace, pyramidal system, system failure, system problems, triple tragedy, war, welfare, wholly wholesome life being
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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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Tagged awakened one, Buddha, Buddha nature, death ash, four applications, global problematique, global warming, Great Courageour (mahavira), karma, mass extinction, mass killing, nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, pollution, radiation, sitting/stopping karma, solution, Vulture's Peak, war, Zhao-zhou
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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
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Religion, System, Uncategorized, Zen
Tagged anuttarsamyaksambodhi, awakening others (jikaku-kakuta), Buddha, buddhas, calm and clear, deru, dharma (form, dhri, global warming, human creation/condition, karma, mass extinction, nirvana, norm, nuclear disaster, participation promotion, peace, practice, problem, Sangha, sangha (community), self-awakening, sitting, suffering, triple treasure, two refuges, war
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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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Tagged agitation, amrita, awakened, awakening, balanced form, becoming, best form, bondages, conception, condemnation, confusion, contamination, defilement, disaster, Dogen, doubt, emotion, five coverings, floods, four leaks, free function, freedom, full function, here and now, immortality, joy, karma, leak, lust, malevolence, mass extinction, meditation, middle way, nescience, neutral state, nirvana, peace, penetration, perspective, pollution, position, posture, purity, single-pointed mind, sloth, space and time, tree, unmoved, upright, views, volition, war, wholly wholesome, world, worry, zazen, Zen
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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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Tagged Buddha, dictatorship, economic meltdown, eyes on fire, full moon, global warming, impermanence, Lincoln, mass extinction, mind on fire, morning star, planetary scale, pyramidal system, revolutions, Ryokan, slavery, true conqueror, truth, war, world on fire
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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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Tagged awakened one, Basho, Buddha, Dogen, happiness, harmonious, holiness, love, others' selves, peace, pine, pyramidal system, self, selfishness, selfless, solution, unconditioned peace, war, with all
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