Author Archives: mugaisangha

“…you call it rain, but the human name doesn’t mean shit to a tree.” -Jefferson Airplane, Eskimo Blue Day Walking up the canyon today on the La Luz trail I was thinking about how a hike, bike ride, kayak trip, can create an alternate chemistry in my mind. The experience of nature is transformative. (“NatureContinue reading “Confirmation”

Book of Equanimity Case 67 Attention! In the Avatamsaka Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha says: “As I now see all sentient beings everywhere, they’re endowed with the Tathagata’s wisdom and virtue. But because of deluded thoughts and attachments, they do not realize it.”  Dream the other night: I am in conversation with a Being of great wisdom andContinue reading “PRACTICE”

The Ten Grave Precepts conclude with (10) I take up the way of not slandering the Three Treasures. (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) I ask you, “Why is this the culminating precept?” _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Case 33 of The Book of Equanimty Sansheng said to Xuefebg “The golden carp is out of the net! Tell me, what will it feedContinue reading “BETTER TO DRINK TO OBLIVION”

The Perfection of Wisdom Mother of All Buddhas Happy Mother’s Day! Prajnaparamita means the (paramita) perfection of (prajna) wisdom. The manifestation of parajnaparamita is the Goddess known as the Mother Of All Buddhas. In Mahayana Buddhism, wisdom is considered the supreme paramita. The ancient and volumonous Prajnaparamita Sutra dates back to 100BCE. The Diamond SutraContinue reading “PRAJNAPARAMITA”

Tuesday May 9, 2023, is the third anniversary of Jitsudo Roshi’s death. I can’t possibly express my gratitude and love for my dear friend and guide in a Blog post. So I won’t try. There will be a memorial service on Tuesday morning at 6:30. Two periods of sitting, followed by Identity of Relative andContinue reading “REMEMBERING JITSUDO ROSHI”

When I came out of my hotel on Monday morning at 4:30 AM at the Wyndham Garden Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio to drive back to Albuquerque I went out to the parking lot to my car and there it was, gone. It’s the first time my car had ever been stolen. I even gotContinue reading “Workable”

Earth day earth Day Earth I went for a hike today with the Sandias at the ski area. No one but me and Dobby (my house elf doggie) and trees and sky and grasses and rocks and sparrow and Sun and hawk and a deer that Dobby caught scent of before me and chased intoContinue reading “EARTH DAY”

Out on the river the past two Sundays. Feeling the roll and flow beneath me in the boat, breathing in the pristine blue sky. The heat -driven scent of water and mud. Burbling and tickling sounds of the flowing water’s riffles and eddies. Feeling the silky water, cool and soothing. Staring in awe at theContinue reading “Actually.”

Blue Cliff Record, Case 52 A monastic said to Zhaozhou, “The stone bridge of Zhaozhou is widely renowned, but coming here I find only a set of steppingstones.”Zhaozhou said, “You see only the steppingstones and do not see the stone bridge.”The monastic said, “What is the stone bridge?”Zhaozhou said, “It lets horses cross over andContinue reading “EASTER BRIDGE”

Emptiness<– –>  Potency “He’s back on that!” There is something going on here within this blog space. I’ve written. You’re reading. Some spark of energy is flashing. I’m with a guy. The guy goes into a room; he may be being bound or is binding himself. The guy apparently has difficulty with intimacy, especially being touched.Continue reading “BATHING DUSTING”