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35 Day Practice Day 21
35 Day Practice Day 21 Read Lotus Sutra M p. 190 “Good men! Think this over clearly!…(continue to end of chapter)” R p. 243 “All my good sons….(continue to the end of the chapter)” Nine Difficult and Six Easy Things After you finish reading today’s selection divide your time between chanting Namu Myoho Renge Kyo…
Contemplando la Enfermedad – Parte 6c – Bodhisattva Rey Medicina – 15 de septiembre del 2018
“Podré obtener el cuerpo dorado del Buda porque renuncié a mis brazos”. Pienso en los muchos Budas de cuerpo dorado que presencié a lo largo de los años y que a través de su pasión no solo abandonaron sus brazos, sus piernas, sus mentes , sus vidas haciendo los actos compasivos de cuidar a los…
Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13j – January 21, 2019
Next is the instruction to straighten one’s body. This can be problematic for many who are sick, especially with some internal injuries and with skeletal challenges. Here is my thinking on this, and I insert my thinking here because Chih-I doesn’t talk about this in his writing, the challenges of not being able to straighten…
On the ground
Cinabon
What are we doing?
Tonight I was chatting with a young man at a gas station convenience store. It turns out that he works there from 5PM – 11PM then goes home for a short while before heading to his next job working at FedEx from 3AM – 8AM. I know he is not that unusual, in the amount of effort he has to put into piecing together several jobs in order to create a “full-time job”. Probably,…
Getting Stsrted
Tonight I created a blog using WordPress. The main reason for doing so was because of compatability with the iPhone. I had resurected my blog on my .me account hosted through Mac, but there is no way to make entries using an iPhone, which is how this entry is being made.