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<\/a><\/p>\nThis week I\u2019ve been back at work for the schools, getting ready for the year, and yesterday Tetsugan and I looked at a house that might have worked for Wild Fox Zen and my kids. It had been on the market for a year and then sold the same day we looked at it. Dang.<\/span><\/p>\n Wrapping up the week, I just enjoyed some of a Katagiri Roshi talk about the Genjokoan<\/span><\/span> and found this sweet passage that I offer to you, dear reader. Under all circumstances, we want to live.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>That desire comes from where?<\/span> <\/span><\/span>From your own desire?<\/span> <\/span><\/span>No, not your own desire.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n For example, during WWII, when a bomb exploded I immediately ran and jumped into a fox hole and chanted the name of Amitabha.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Was that is my desire?<\/span> <\/span><\/span>No way! Completely no choice. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Under all circumstances, everyone has great energy to live completely beyond like or dislike. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n So please appreciate universal energy, this life, gifted to us from the beginningless past.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n We already have great capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n This week I\u2019ve been back at work for the schools, getting ready for the year, and yesterday Tetsugan and I looked at a house that might have worked for Wild Fox Zen and my kids. It had been on the market for a year and then sold the same day we looked at it. Dang. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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