Good evening!

When we sit and stop our karmas, we can witness nirvana, unconditioned peace, and unsurpassed awakening, and we can work for the sańgha, community.

We can enjoy the triple treasure of buddha, dharma (norm/truth) , and sangha through the triple learning of sîla, morality, samâdhi, concentration, and prognosis.

If we continue our old karmas, we are always driven by the self-survival instinct in the triple malady of meism, materialism, and militarism.

The triple malady comes fundamentally from the triple poison of delusion, craving, and anger. There is no limit to them, unless we stop them.

In the limited interrelated global life system, however, we must practice the triple learning and realize the triple treasure not only by us, but by all beings.

The bodhisattva, awakening being, way is crucial to save all beings and the whole world to sustain the global life system, safe and simple.

4/20/12

Note: triple treasure is usually the Buddh (Awakened One), Dharma (Teaching/Truth), and Sangha (Community of awakened ones: renounciat and lay male and female), but can be awakened ones, norms/forms, and community of all.

Magnolia Sieboldi produces a profusion of very fragrant four inch diameter white flowers with red centers in early summer (already bloomed here now!) and inedible red fruit in the fall. Like other magnolias it looks like lotus flower, giving strong scent, which reminds us of the Buddha’s comment on the fragrance of morality which spreads beyond space and time regardless of wind and whim.