Category Archives: Awakened Way (Buddhism)

Best Life Saving All

Good evening!   How can we live our best life in a precious spring-like evening worth a thousand pieces of gold? This is it. The Buddha said that this is good in the beginning, in the middle, and in the … Continue reading

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Seeing the Unseen

Good morning!   We have the below freezing point temperature, but daytime is getting longer and earth is warming up, thus bulb plants are growing with buds. Spring is surely here.   Now in Japan only two nuclear reactors are … Continue reading

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Living Limitless Life

Good morning!   We could see the very thin new moon earlier. Now we can see beautiful flowers at the altar – lilies showing spring. We have now passed a half month since spring solstice. Even though we have very … Continue reading

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World without Wars

Good morning!   We have nice wet and rather unusually warm weather. So, now we can see green grass. A proverb says “Rain solidifies soil. (ame  futte chi katamaru: 雨降って地固まる)”   Our miseries and misfortunes may bring us to solutions … Continue reading

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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

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Mind-World from Zero to Infinity

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen, we can always have good evening, good day, and good life. Because our sense organs have evolved to deal with the outside environment to keep our bodies safe and life surviving – … Continue reading

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World from Zero to Infinity

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen, we can always have good evening, good day, and good life. Because our sense organs have evolved to deal with the outside environment to keep our bodies safe and life survive, we … Continue reading

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Waking-up: Witnessing

Good morning!   We can still see the full moon. Just before I came in here, I took a picture of it. Only after one shot, the clouds covered it. So, I gave up taking any more pictures. When I … Continue reading

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Defiled and Undefiled Goodness

Good morning!   Now we have spring like sunlight and a silent peaceful world especially after sittings. Unfortunately, however, beside this peaceful world we have a lot of problems and sufferings all over the human world.   Last night I … Continue reading

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Wholly Wholesome Truth Path

 Good morning!   We had fog early this morning in darkness and with slippery roads. It was difficult to drive, but we drove, came here, and sat a few sittings. Now it is bright, fogless, and perhaps roads are … Continue reading

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