.How to understand a book if not by reading it? How to understand the universe but by living it? Reading realizes the book. Living realizes the universe. _________________________ So we can conclude that water is life and the sky is life; at the same time, birds are life, and fish are life; it may be…

We have some guest teachers today, gracing our altar via the garden … .Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Please ‘sit-a-long’ with our April “Zazenkai” (running time: approx. 4 hours). The sitting schedule is as follows: 00:00 – 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA English & Japanese / SANDOKAI) & ZAZEN00:50 – 01:00 KINHIN01:00 – 01:40 ZAZEN01:40 – 01:50 KINHIN01:50 – 02:30 ZAZEN & DHARMA TALK02:30 – 02:40 KINHIN02:40 – 03:20 ZAZEN03:20 – 03:30 KINHIN03:30 –…

Mono no aware (lit. “the pathos of things”), a Japanese term used to describe the awareness of “mujo” … the transcience of things and a bittersweet sadness at their passing. The hue of the cherry fades too quickly from sight all for nothing this body of mine grows old — spring rain ceaselessly falling. Ono…

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