Category Archives: Wholly Wholesome Way/World

Coming out of Coma Confinement

Good morning!   We can now see the crescent moon after the recent half moon, and we’ll be able to see the full moon a week after the soon coming spring equinox.   Responding to the heart of spring, insects and animals are coming out of their hibernation, called keichitsu (啓蟄), at just about this time.   Our hearts are beating beyond our brains and bodies, asleep or awake, even throughout the total frozen globe.   We should become awakened to the Dharma after our long hibernation in this once frozen ball, before the total globe becomes a burning ball.   3/7/13   Note: Keichitsu (啓蟄) is “liberation/revelation from confinement (蟄居, chikkyo),” “coming out of coma confinement,” “awakening from night of nescience.”   Someone in JUMP (Japan United for Ministry of Peace) group presented the following picture of an insect (Sastragala esakii) coming out of confinement with a beautiful heart shape, as if reflecting the heart inside and responding to the heart of spring, for the occasion of someone’s birthday.  

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Separated Sick Society or Wholly Wholesome World

Good morning!   On the way here I listened to a PRI program about physical structures at the sites of disasters and devastations. A New YorkUniversityprofessor said that we must be concerned about social structures also. We must also be … Continue reading

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True Treasure

Good evening! This sitting is the true treasure – in taking refuge in the triple treasures, and in the true practice of the awakened way in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening. 12/19/12  

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Holy Harmony, Health, and Happiness

Good evening!   When we sit, we stop our karmas – thus becoming freed from karmic bondages – and we function fully, becoming wholly wholesome. So, this is the way to become wholly wholesome in free full function. Otherwise, we … Continue reading

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Unconditioned Peace and Unsurpassed Awakening Always

Good morning!   The fall equinox has passed and the full moon has become the half moon. But, when we sit, we enter equanimity, like the equinox, with a clear and calm way and world, like the full moon, with … Continue reading

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