Good evening!
The equinox is called higan (彼岸), the other shore, and it is compared to equanimity,
nirvana, holy oneness. In the holy oneness, all things are one – our minds and worlds,
holy host and home, the triple magnanimous, mature, and mudita (joyful) minds,
and their holy truth, goodness, and beauty.
So, the truth of the equinox spring sphere has melted even the heavy spring snow
greatly and quickly. The goodness of the Bodhisattva’s beneficial mind has made a
passage through the still lingering snow. The beauty of the incense burner ash has
arisen joy and even beatitude.
The holy host and home come from the Bodhisattva way – host and guest in holy
oneness, unlike emperor and minister, much less master and slave, separated.
They became the cultivation and verification of the culture of all the “ways” (dō: 道)
– tea way, garden way, calligraphy way, etc.
The tea way’s four mottoes of harmony, respect, purity, and serenity (wa-kei-sei-jaku:
和敬清寂) come from the Bodhisattvas’ Brahma-vihāra, or limitlessness of friendship,
compassion, joy, and equanimity – the exquisite mind of nirvana storing the right
dharma eye (shōbōgenzō-nehanmyōshin: 正法眼蔵涅槃妙心).
This solid and serene sitting and sustained steadfast sesshin are the cultivation
and verification of holy host and home, actualizing and appreciating unconditioned
peace and unsurpassed awakening, like the spring sphere meeting and melting
spring snow for free and full function.
3/25/13
Homey Holy Host Home, picture taken by Erin when snowflakes started falling steadfast