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Continue reading →…ga); and (7) wisdom (prajna). The term can also refer to the seven prerequisites for awakening wisdom:– (1) mindfulness; (2) investigating the Dharma; (3) vigor, exertion; (4) joy, bliss; (5) calmness; (6) meditation (samadhi), and (7) equanimity. SHAKU (J). A unit of measure; one shaku is a little over one foot in length. SHAKYA (S). The caste into which Shakyamuni Buddha was born. SHAKYAMUNI (J), sage of the Shakyas. Refers to the historical Bud…
Continue reading →…. I am also very grateful to Rev. Leon, who has been willing to follow Rev. Master Meiko in the line of priors which stretches back some 40 years. My best wishes to him and the congregation as they get to know one another.”…
Continue reading →…ften passes the house where her parents lived at one time. “Life in Latvia – that is a gift”. Everything here gives her joy – so that the decision to move from the USA at age 70 was right. Entering the Zen Buddhist world of Elga’s apartment starts with a strong smell of incense. Elga shows me Buddhism’s Soto Zen “ancestral” tree, photographs of teachers and the compassionate goddess Avalokiteshwara’s statue, which she once found in a parking lot i…
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