Good morning!
We have now a good morning with the buddhas (awakened ones), buddha dharma, and sangha (community) in truth, freedom, and peace in our sitting.
A news report from Japan stated that the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused a 1% population decrease in that prefecture – in some places it was upwards of 10%, and in the plant vicinity a 100% decrease.
Children and pregnant women are advised not to live in some places. But the lack of nutrition at the refugee centers, and other reasons, makes them return to their homes.
With the danger of radiation from outside and inside through air, water, food, etc., people must protect themselves with masks, cleaning, washing, drying laundry inside, etc.
The triple poison of attachment, aversion, and delusion of ABC (atomic, biological, and chemical) materialism and militarism are distorting and devastating our natural life.
We are in the triple malady totalitarianism, finding terrible refuge in them. We can, however, take triple refuge in buddha, dharma, and sangha, enjoying truth, freedom, and peace.
So, let us practice the awakened way to become awakened ones, awakened dharmas (forms/norms), and awakened communities ourselves, sharing it with all.
8/31/11
