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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Appreciating Amrita, Ambrosia, Immortality
Good morning! There were almost no cars or people around on the way here early in the morning this Sunday, but there are beautiful flowers all around – lilacs, redbuds, dogwoods, crab apples, spireas, creeping phlox, and so forth. Spring is the season of all buds and plants springing out and up. In Japanese we say moeru (萌える) or moe-izuru (萌え出る), igniting, bolting, burning, and flaring out and up. Blooming, we also say laughing – buds that are tightly shut loosen up and open with the warm sun and compassionate rain. Only when they open and laugh can they bear fruit. Yesterday I saw germination everywhere and a lot of seedlings crowding together, so separated them to transplant and provide enough space for them. I saw trees too bushy and crowded too close together, shading each other, and branches becoming withered after decades, even though as tiny trees they were first well arranged and planted with rocks. So, I transplanted a couple. Their roots are now grown and getting under the rocks, so it was difficult to dig them out. I hope those trees with their roots cut can survive with enough roots established in the ground. One tree was trimmed, but the other was left untrimmed to keep its good shape. Usually we cannot imagine how things will change in the decades and centuries to come. When plants become too crowded and compete with each other, they damage each other and even die partially or totally with less light, wind, water, etc. So, they need sufficient space to survive with necessities. In our life also we often lack the prognosis of far and wide perspective and whole and wholesome priority. Our short- sights and short-circuits stop short in me-ism, materialism, militarism, and money- ism, sacrificing wholly wholesome truth, peace, harmony, goodness, and beauty in crowding and competing. When I trimmed down the thick and tall branches of the burning bush in front of the windows, all around became open and bright with good growth and a vibrant view. If we stop karma conditioning and settle into sitting like great old trees firmly rooted in the truth earth, openly receiving the goodness of the sun, widely spreading beatitude branches, and deeply breathing the life air, we can appreciate amrita, ambrosia of immortality, each moment and into eternity with flaming greens, … Continue reading
Flying Carp (Koinobori)
Flying fish over Ayusawa River in Koyama-machi, Mr. Otsuka’s native town (私の実家の小山町で鮎沢川という川に泳いでいた鯉たちです) Flying fish over beautiful flower field changed from rice field for visitors ten years ago in … Continue reading
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Lovely Figure & Flowers, Living Forever Family
Pink flowers are used as a symbol of love and awareness. For decades, pink flowers have been used to decorate weddings as a symbol of love. They can also be used as a display of love at funerals, … Continue reading
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On Earth Day, 20 Gorgeous Photos Of Natural Wonders Under Threat
The Huffington Post | by Nick Robins-Early Email RSS Posted: 04/22/2014 9:00 am EDT Updated: 04/22/2014 3:59 pm EDT Print Article MORE: Earth Day PhotosEarth DayEnvironmentUNESCO World Heritage SiteClimate ChangeUnesco World Heritage April 22 marks Earth Day, the annual U.N.-sponsored event to celebrate the planet and … Continue reading
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Season of Stars
Good morning! We have a beautiful spring Sunday morning with lilacs in front of us, red buds, cherry blossoms, magnolias, daffodils – all kinds of flowers surrounding us as if we are in a great ocean of flowers. This is Easter – Ishtar or Aster – the season of stars shining forth brightly. The Buddha was awakened seeing the morning star. We are part and parcel of stars – our bodies and brains are made from stars and our lives are influenced by their movements. We forget the great universe of stars and stick only to a small world of selves. While sitting I remembered a Chinese poem, which reads: The spring sleep knows no dawning, Hearing birds singing here and there. From the sound of the wind last night, I know some flowers must have fallen. This is the season of everything springing up, but soon we will see all flowers and leaves falling. So, it is said, It is easy for Youth to grow old, But learning is hard to achieve. Never make light of a bit of light and shadow. While not awakening from a dream Of grass around the pond, Already the paulownia leaves in front of the Steps sound autumn. Dogen made a poem titled “The Original Face”: Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in autumn, … Continue reading
Lion’s Love for Compassion’s Care
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Listen to Leaf
Beautiful to listen to and hard to believe it’s done with a leaf?!?!? ENJOY! Click here: YouTube – ??Musical leaf-Whispering Hope – Pat sent this coop music – Note: The renowned haiku poet Basho said, “Listen … Continue reading
Ecuador 16: Week 4, Baños
The Turungahua is a 16,480 feet high active volcano covered on the top with ice and snow. Just recently, major eruptions have been recorded – with lava flow, ash emissions and explosions sounding like cannon-shots. The detonations even shattered some windows in Baños. The best place to observe the volcano is the Casa del Árbol, a tree house 7,800 feet above sea level. To get to this place, we took a taxi and went through beautiful nature. Waterfall at the foot of the Turungahua volcano Unfortunately, the volcano was totally covered by clouds. However, the tree house was great and the swing even more. Flying into the sky The path downhill brought us through lush vegetation The walk to the Pailon del Diabolo , a spectacular waterfall, was of a different quality than all the other hikes we made. The pathway was well taken care of and proverbs, mounted on wooden boards about the path, were reminding the visitor to appreciate nature. … Continue reading
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Ecuador 15: Week 4, Baños
Baños is located on the slope of the now very active volcano Turungahua, which means in Quichua “throat of fire”. The town is a tourist attraction with several thermal baths, waterfalls, dense subtropical vegetation and many hiking trails. For several days ,we stayed there and did a lot of fun things. Baños photographed from the Cafe de Ciel On the first day, we hiked an old smuggler path, the Sendera de los Contrabandistas. The smugglers once carried sugar cane Schnaps from the town Puja up to Baños and further on. The dense vegetation along the valley of the Rio Pastazas gave them many opportunities to hide. Rio Pastazas: Road on the left side of the valley, smuggler path on the right side … Continue reading
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Ecuador 14: Week 4, Volcano Pululahua and Baños
17 km north of Quito is the Pululahua Volcano. Pululahua means in Quichua “Smoke of Water .” It is a collapsed volcano which erupted 2 500 years ago. Because of it’s great biodiversity, it was dedicated as Geobotanical … Continue reading
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