sunflower
This time, words of a bulletin board is
”Everything is divine will."
According to Wikipedia
"Divine will" is used in two main ways.
One is "mission given by heaven," which means "the command of heaven or the heavenly emperor."
The other is "fate" or "destiny" that is beyond the power of humans, meaning a destiny or lifespan given by heaven.
Hollyhock
This time, words of a bulletin board is
”Even if people don't see or know what you do, be sincere."
German iris
This time, words of a bulletin board is
”You shouldn't suffer from delusionals.
Listen, arrange, communicate.”
In Zen, "baku mouso" is pronounced as ``maku mozo".
It means ``Don't be delusional'' or ``Don't think about unnecessary things.''
"Delusion'' refers to fantasizing, erroneous opinions, and thinking that something that is not true is true.
"Maku mozo"means "Don't get caught up in thoughts, feelings, or delusions of the heart.''
It means that in order to attain enlightenment, one must abandon the mind of thinking and discriminating.
I am far from enlightened and am being swayed by "delusions" every day.
Christmas rose
This time, words of a bulletin board is
“In a heart of gratitude
Flowers bloom
in a heart of discontent
Flowers fall.''
A heart of gratitude is important.
Gorgeous chrysanthemums grown with great care by Danka ”believers at the temple” are displayed in front of the main hall this year too.
This time, words of a bulletin board is
"Extreme way of thinking is not good
Please cherish unbiased thinking."
entrance
part of a lock garden
main gate
Sunday, November 26th
I went to Daituji, an ancient temple of Soto sect in Yakage, to see a giant ginko.
It is also famous for being a ``Prefecturally Designated Scenic Garden'' on the north side of the Shoin.
On that day, we only admired the ginkgo tree in front of the main hall.
The yellow carpet (which looks like it would be difficult to clean) and the large ginkgo tree against the blue sky were very beautiful.
Japanese anemone
This time, words of a bulletin board is
“Bigin with ’ABC’ and end with 'ABC'.
We shoudn't forget that."
rice and spider lily
This time, words of a bulletin board is
" Devotion (diligence), from now, from here
from what we can do"
cotton rosemallow
This time, words of a bulletin board is
”be generous or big hearted”
Another words "be laid back"
This time, words of a bulletin board is
”You are just right
as you are.”
I uploaded the original poem of the words on this blog on July 10, so I thought Iwould skip these words this time.
But I uploaded these words as the eighty-second words of a bulletin board.
This poem was on a leaflet I recieved from a monk on the other day.
"You are all right as you are.
Your face, body ,name and surname are perfect for you.
Poverty and richness, your parents and your children, your son's wife and your grandchildren,
they are all perfect for you.
Happiness, misfortune, joy and even sadness are just right.
The life you led is neither nad nor good.
It's good for you.
If you go to hell or go to paradice, the place you go is just right.
You don't need to be conceited, no need to be condescending.
There is neither above nor below.
Even the date of your death is just right.
Your life with Buddha can't be exactly bad.
It seemed that this poem is the work of Ryokan, but in fact Mitsuji Fujiba, a monk of Otani denomination in Ishikaw Prefecture wrote it about 30 years
ago.
I was moved to read this poem, so I uploaded it.
This time, words of a bulletin board is
”Doctors look for bad place in a body
I want to be a person who tries to find a person's good point"
2023 Hanamatsuri(Kanbutsu-e)
This time, words of a bulletin board is
"If you forgive everything,
you will feel at ease."
Wintersweet
This time, words of a bulletin board is
"Don't work too much, don't bring to naught, don't be lazy.
Walk step by step with dignity"
flowering kale
This time, words of a bulletin board is
"calm or gentle"
New year is coming soon, and I'm thinking deeply about these words.
I hope you will have a "calm" year both in public and private.
