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Equipoise (Upekha)

Good morning! We could see the bright, beautiful dawn before coming here, but now it is overcast. We can hear the sound of the waterfall running and cars racing incessantly – so is life. Dripdrops develop into streaks, streams, and … Continue reading

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Morning Rain, Morning Sitting

Good morning!   The morning rain has refreshed the beautiful green, the surrounding atmosphere, the singing birds, the sound of the waterfall.   The morning sitting renews all of them and us in purity, penetration, and freedom, right here and … Continue reading

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Delight in Dharma

Good morning!   After a long spell of rain and storms, tornados, we have a very fine, peaceful Sunday morning. We are now having a very bright and beautiful world, especially after our silent, serene sittings.   Last night I … Continue reading

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Harmony – Holiness – Happiness

Good morning! Now we have a beautiful spring morning with abundant greens, beautiful flowers, and birds’ singing. After fifteen billion years of evolution, we experience this kind of beautiful, truthful, and peaceful world with our bodies and brains. But, if … Continue reading

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Free Full Function

Good evening! Spring is the season when everything springs up – irises, trees, plants – all growing upright in balance, functioning free and full. Dr. Suzuki of the Suzuki Method tested himself and taught others the best forms to use … Continue reading

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Saving Suffering

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading

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Awakened Form/Norm

Good morning! The Buddha Dharma, the Awakened Form and Norm, is to stop human karma in its form and norm, and to take the buddha (awakened) form and norm – to settle in the best, stable, still, serene form, and … Continue reading

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Mahâ Assâsa (Great Repose)

Good morning!   Trees are in repose, resting from photosynthesis, etc., restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing.   So, is our sitting in repose, resting from all activities, restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing, that is, life.   Thus, we … Continue reading

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Sit Straight

Good evening!   Spring is the time when all things spring up – all plants spring up from the earth, straight and stable, leaning neither forward nor backward, neither right nor left.   Our sitting also must be straightened up, … Continue reading

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Self Simplification

Good morning! We have a nice day dawning in harmony with all things, especially in our sitting. We see things as they are in truth and peace. But in modern civilization – complex, complicated, and costly – we are forced … Continue reading

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