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... flower blooms . This is natural . We want to control nature too much . For exam- ple , we want to have Easter lilies bloom at Easter so we put the lilies in a hot house to force them to bloom earlier . In warm climates , the lilies must ...
... flower blooms . This is natural . We want to control nature too much . For exam- ple , we want to have Easter lilies bloom at Easter so we put the lilies in a hot house to force them to bloom earlier . In warm climates , the lilies must ...
Page 47
... flower blooms , a bird sings , a child plays . A biologist might claim that a flower blooms to attract insects which then spread the pollen . But the flower 47 Purposeless Purpose.
... flower blooms , a bird sings , a child plays . A biologist might claim that a flower blooms to attract insects which then spread the pollen . But the flower 47 Purposeless Purpose.
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... flower blooms for only a short period , one's life -is only once . A flower is beautiful because it blooms and dies . We must appreciate the flower here and now . Plastic flowers lack this beauty and we can have only a shallow ...
... flower blooms for only a short period , one's life -is only once . A flower is beautiful because it blooms and dies . We must appreciate the flower here and now . Plastic flowers lack this beauty and we can have only a shallow ...
Common terms and phrases
able Akegarasu Ananda anger asked attain enlightenment aware basic consciousness beard beautiful become attached bell Bodhidharma Buddha nature Buddha taught Buddhism teaches conceptualize continuous create creative death Dharma dynamic empty empty-handed essence everything external things February 15 feel FIVE EVILS flow flower blooms forget oneself fresh gassho gateless gate Gautama Buddha haiku happiness Higashi Honganji idea Impermanence important thing individual inside Japanese language Japanese poetry Japanese tea ceremony Kasyapa kind Kubose laugh look maple leaf middle point mind monk nazuna never Nirvana noble non-attachment non-self one's ourselves peace person PURPOSELESS PURPOSE quiet reality realize relative world Ryokan Ryutan sala trees selflessness sense serenity shining Siddartha soundless sound source of trouble staff sunyata sutra teacher teaching in Buddhism temple terrible mistake thought tion Tokusan transcend true truth understand unique upset Wakuan waves whole world wife words Zenji Basho