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President's Corner
16
Dec 2011
Posted Fri, 12/16/2011 - 11:28am
by nakatanir
Can you wrap your mind around the most recent (2011) accepted age of the Earth, 4.567 billion years? That‟s a very long time. How many seconds is that? If this geologic time span was represented by the distance from the top of your arm to your longest fingertip, the entire time of human existence could be removed by a trim of your fingernail...
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03
Nov 2011
Posted Thu, 11/03/2011 - 3:21pm
by nakatanir
No one really likes going to funerals. It is a sad occasion, whether you know the deceased or not. In the past two years as president of OCBC, I attended many funerals. At first, I went as one of my responsibilities, to represent the church at funerals of members who wanted an oshoko representative. Somewhere along the way, my outlook on funerals...
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27
Oct 2011
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 8:02pm
by nakatanir
In last month‟s poem, “Song of Zazen”, you read Shodo Harada‟s explanation of one aspect of Buddha Nature ….. having a “mirror mind”, and being mindful. Because we are all essentially Buddhas, we can all awaken to this true mind. This is why we must remind ourselves to be mindful ….. be aware of every thing we think, and do, each and every moment...
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31
Aug 2011
Posted Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:10pm
by nakatanir
If you start with a cage containing five monkeys and inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top, and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana.
As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water. After a while another monkey...
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05
Apr 2011
Posted Tue, 04/05/2011 - 7:26pm
by nakatanir
Transparency. Are you transparent? Am I transparent? What does that mean?
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