Good evening!
The bell, the bell ringer, and the bell listeners are all different according to
different conditions. So are the heavy snow, trees, and snow damage.
I had two peach trees damaged by the recent heavy snow due to the different
states of the trees, their covering nets, and covering snow.
One tree was broken at the trunk, the other fell down, lifting its roots.
The latter was pulled back to survive, but the former is difficult to revive.
The surviving one had grown straight, strong and balanced, but the other
was slanting sideways and unbalanced due to the neighboring trees.
We must see our karmas, individual, social, and environmental, to grow
straight, strong, and balanced, unaffected by them, inside and out.
This sitting is to see all karmas and settle in holy (wholly wholesome)
health and happiness in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening.
4/4/13
NG wall paper, Michael S. Yamashita, trees-japan-yamashita_59071_600x450_