2021年3月

３月２７日（土）午後８時からのYoutube “A Zen breeze”のテーマは、「絶対他力の世界：スーパー宇宙温泉にようこそ！」です。
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZsXuXz7BiNxtFphd0JUP1w

本堂前の山桜（大島桜）の老木が
朝日に照り輝いています。
”If I am asked about the meaning of yamato-gokoro, I will answer it is the blossoms of yamazakura (mountain cherry trees) shining in the rising sun” (Norinaga MOTOORI).

True KENSYO (enlightenment)

「Virtue,　be mindful about the smallest things」
The lower calligraphy was written by Roshi Matsuyama Manmitsu, in Tokugen Zendojo in Nagoya.
At that time, I served the role of Inji, who took care of the surroundings of the old master. When I was preparing lunch in the kitchen, it was cloudy and dim that day, so I turned on the lights.
Then the old master came over and said
“Bun-san (named during the monastery era), if you turn on the light from daytime, you will reduce your virtue,” he gently warned.
Later, when I asked, “I can not understand what virtue means clearly. please tell me,” he told me as follows.
“Virtue is to cherish the life of things so as not to waste a drop of water, and to be kind to people. Buddhism is preaching selflessness. you should not be attached to everything, like seats, positions, honors, things, and try to give it to others. Then, the virtue will be cultivated in the depths of your invisible heart, and eventually, it will overflow, not only you but also to your children, grandchildren, and others. That is called virtues. “
Forty years since then, when I asked myself if I have been practicing the virtue in my daily life, I couldn’t do it very much.
Roshi worked as a Buddhist chant in the morning without taking a day off and practiced with Unsui every day, but he was always cheerful and light. I now remember that his brightness was coming from his virtue.

From 8:00 pm on Saturday, March 13th, on YouTube “A Zen breeze”
I talked about the theme of “Overall Structure of Cosmic Life -Consciousness and hypothesis of modern science”.
Before entering Shinran Saint’s “Tannisho”, I would like to clarify the universal truth of spirituality in a framework that is valid in the modern global horizon.

３月６日（土）午後8時からYoutube”A Zen breeze”で、
「心（命）の構造ー唯識と現代科学の仮説」の２回目、
「限りない愛に包まれて生きる」というお話をしました。