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Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13d – January 16, 2019
Cultivating a strong mind focused on proper meditation and mindfulness is fundamental and should be a constant endeavor whether in good or poor health. These are the ways in which disease become a cause for producing the conditions for the three evil realms of Hell, Animality, and Hunger. This is why we should not fall…
Humility; Spiritual Progress – September 4, 2012 Meditation
Humility; Spiritual Progress There are many things we can engage in which will either hinder or help our spiritual progress. One thing that can impede our progress is to have a mind that we already know all there is to know, that there is no further progress to be made. “There were also two thousand…
Someplace Better – August 7, 2012 Meditation
Someplace Better Summer is the time for vacations and getting away. Weekends can also be such a time. We long for those breaks in our busy lives and work routines, even family routines. Escape, that’s what some are looking for.
Spending Some Time With Long Time Friends – May 20, 2019
Here are some photos from my last day in Seattle. Leah and her boyfriend Pete drove up from Portland to spend some time together. Leah was my Japanese language tutor when I was studying at Portland State University 11 years ago. She also came to Japan when I graduated from Shingyo Dojo. Some of these photos were taken while we did a couple Geocaching hunts.
Morning Walk Around Seattle – May 20, 2019
Enkyo-ji Retreat – May 18, 2019
During the retreat there have not been many opportunities to take photos. Here are a few I was able take.Here are some additional photos I took before the retreat began.
