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System Shift from Shortsight, Selfishness

Good morning!   We have a quiet, clear Sunday with bright colorful fall foliage. After a few sittings we now have pure peace, holy harmony, and total truth.   In this peaceful state, like clear crystal, we see the world … Continue reading

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Live Simple, Safe, Sustainable, Saving, Sublime Life

Good evening!   Today we’ve had a sunny, warm autumn day – Indian summer, with colorful plants. When we sit in zazen, we become one with them all – the mind body and the world unified. We are in unconditioned … Continue reading

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Saving the World from Fire and Dangerous Deluge

Good morning!   Nights are getting shorter and the air is getting colder. So stars shine brighter and the sun is more valuable.   Buddha saw lotuses immersed under muddy water and blooming above muddy water and came out to … Continue reading

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Fourfold Limitlessness Life

Good morning!   Now we have rain and chilly air of 47 degrees, down from the 80s. We are reminded of the Buddha wandering throughout his life either rain or shine, cold or hot.   It is important not to … Continue reading

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Good Day Every Day

Good morning!   We now have the beautiful bright sun in a cloudless autumn sky. Like the sun or the full moon in the clear calm sky the awakened mind illuminates the whole world.   The Buddha said,   Better … Continue reading

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Seeing and Saving Sentients

Good morning!   We have now crisp, cool air and a clear, calm sky with beautiful stars. This morning news from Japan reported that had radiation contaminated tea leaves are in the market from other prefectures than Shizuoka whose tea … Continue reading

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Speckless Space for Sentients Salvation

Good morning!   We have another day of akibare (autumn clear sky), with beautiful stars this morning and the bright crescent moon last evening. The crisp clear air envelopes all and speckless space penetrates all throughout the universe. When we … Continue reading

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Pure Place in Peace and Prognosis

Good morning!   Autumn morning is worth a thousands pieces of gold. Even though we have neither wind, nor flowers, nor full moon, nor singing birds (ka-cho-fu-getsu: 花鳥風月: flowers, birds, wind, and the moon:), we nonetheless have fresh air, beautiful stars, … Continue reading

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Limitless Learning Is Limitless Light, Liberation, Love, and Life

Good morning!   Today we have the new moon. In the darkness we already have many cars driving on the highway. If we are in a rush, we must race, cut in, or compete, maybe causing accidents, and then a … Continue reading

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Equinox, Equanimity, Eternity

Good evening!   Today is the autumnal equinox, with equal day and night, neither hot nor chilly. Here we have just perfect climate, with cool atmosphere and clear, calm sky, without clouds or winds, with the beautiful, bright moon.   … Continue reading

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