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- ブラックストーンシリーズ２？ 以前UPしたブラックダイヤのロングネックレスを気に入ってくださる方が嬉しい事に何人かいらっしゃって、 EL先生からもブラックｘゴールドの組み合わせの物を何点かネットショップの方にどう？と言って頂けたので 先日思い切って小さいボタンカットの物一連とトップのストーンを何粒か購入しました。 写真では大きく見えますが実際はめちゃくちゃちびっこです（笑） ボタンカットの方はネックレス状態になった物を購入したのですが、 粒の大きさはグラデーションになっていて一番小さい物は直径１．１ｍｍぐらい＠＠ この粒を一粒ずつばらしてネックレス等に使っていきます。 今回は以前もネットを通じてご注文いただいた方から ショートタイプのネックレスをこの組み合わせで作って欲しいとリクエストを頂き、 デザインはお任せとの事でしたので、ご予算をお聞 […]
Black Tokyo
- President Obama’s Speech and Bow in Tokyo, JapanWhat do you think of the speech? Part I Part II Part III Part IV Additionally, what do you think of POTUS bowing to the Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko? Some Americans are angry that he bowed. I’m more upset that he wasn’t informed to either bow or shake hands, not both. I wonder how the Japanese feel to see the Emperor shaking hands […]zurui
- Fort Hood Shooting – The Rest of the StoryThis is not Japan-related but I felt the need to post the story. Media, you must do better! “Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities, attracted the attention of newspapers, the networ […]zurui
- Leaving the President behindThe agenda for the summit will include discussion on: Japan-U.S. relations. Japan-U.S. cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Japan-U.S. cooperation on global issues. The article excerpt below is via Aya Igarashi and Hideki Kawasaki for the Yomiuri Shimbun. I wonder how the summit meeting will turn out? “U.S. President Barack Obama will make his first […]zurui
Kuma
- 体験その２あれはアメリカに来て間もない頃。 引越しして、近くの銀行の口座を開こうと出向きました。普段使いにアメリカではメジャーなチェッキング・アカウント（当座預金）を開き、ついでに銀行のカード（デビットカード）の申し込みもしま [...]
- オイル漏れのおかげ？１１月２日にサンフランシスコ湾でオイル漏れがあってから、こちらアラメダ市のビーチ沿いもいろいろな対策がとられています。 まずはオイルを吸収するためのロープが張られ、沿岸警備隊によるクリーンアップ、市民によるクリーンア [...]
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ShaolinChan (heartzen)
- The Finger pointing to the moonOne of the things we learn in Chan is not to place so much value on labels, names, not to get lost in them. eg: God, Allah, Jehovah, Buddha. Names are just a way of putting something in a box, in a sense of limiting something. The Tao Te Ching says, that “The Tao that [...]
- Chan on the waterSome of the Berkeley Heart Chan family celebrate the 4th of July Holiday sailing the Alameda Estuary in CA on a boat named Zen. To sail one needs to be fully mindful and in the present, sailing is a very Chan activity. We were very in the moment balancing with the wind and water riding the [...]
- Berkeley Chan Retreat 09Our Heart Chan Berkeley group had our second 1 day retreat on Sunday. There were some 25 people in attendance. Our senior brother from LA came up. He is 1 of 3 the senior students directed by our Shifu in Taiwan to represent the group here in the states. He was my first contact with the [...]
Right and Ron…about zen, and Life
- On the Vision of WLEFOn the Vision of WLEF (World Leadership Education Foundation) By Chan Master Wu Jue Miao Tian / Translated by Ronald / 2004 The World Leadership Education Foundation, or WLEF, was founded four years ago. In the early years since inception, frankly speaking, the financial and human resources were very limited. In such difficult situations, WLEF still managed […]
- Zen Leadership by WLEFSource: Taiwan Panorama News Archives Zen leadership In the Judo room at National Tsing Hua University, a group of youths sit cross-legged, with their eyes closed and their backs erect. The very picture of peace and calm, they sit in this manner, carefully regulating their breathing, for about 40 minutes. Then they stand up with their knees [...]
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