Seventy circuits round the sun,
although it seems she circuits me,
each day with nothing still to lack,
her face arises... I bow low.
From this illusion springs our woe,
so natural the illusion is
to think one does not budge one jot
as all revolve
Read more…TEXT: Thus we know in experience that we are foolish beings of wayward passion.
COMMENTARY:
The expression “foolish beings of wayward passion” refers to our bombu nature. As human beings dwelling in samsara we are prone to many errors, both practical a
QUESTION: From the three poisons, I understand the concepts of greed and hate very well, but find delusion or ignorance more difficult to make sense of. Could you say something about it?
SHORT ANSWER: Delusion is pride.
LONGER ANSWER: Delusion is the
Read more…WINTER MORNING
the blinding silver eastern sun,
dawn metal in the frost,
pull back the curtain, day has begun,
the tattered dreams of night are lost
the empty day begins to fill,
the frost to fade in hours ahead,
the cat upon the window sill,
the old man tur
Summary of Faith & Practice Part 30
TEXT: we would be as the vow-body of Buddha
The term ‘vow’ here is a translation of the Japanese term ‘gan’. It could also be rendered as ‘prayer’ or ‘deep intention’. ‘Vow’ is perhaps too strong and ‘prayer’ too
TEXT: without which we would already perceive the land of love and bliss
Perception of the land is a foundational religious experience. Religious form is substantially grounded in it and much of it can be considered to be a kind of theatrical re-
TEXT: By our daily difficulty in the preceptual life, we awaken to the presence of the myriad karmic obstacles
The preceptual life refers to the attempt to live according to the moral precepts and karmic obstacles refers to the complications and mess
QUESTION: Here is a quotation from Cesare Pavese. "We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds; we can all do good deeds, but few of us can think good thoughts." Is this true? If so, what are the implications for the relat
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