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- Minister Looks for 'Courage' in the Wrong Places - AllAfrica.com - May 18, 2012 at 2:10 pm
- COLUMN-Rising costs argue against new nuclear: Gerard Wynn - Reuters - May 18, 2012 at 1:01 pm
- Renewables far less risky than nuclear; Letters - Waste Management World - May 18, 2012 at 10:48 am
- What's in the new environment minister's inbox? - Deutsche Welle - May 18, 2012 at 5:29 am
- The Green Bad Idea Japan Needs - Wall Street Journal - May 16, 2012 at 4:19 pm
- Nuclear's Once Bright and Shiny Future Blinks Out - Huffington Post - May 12, 2012 at 7:45 pm
- Why green energy might not solve the power crunch - GlobalPost - May 10, 2012 at 10:02 am
- As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - May 8, 2012 at 1:52 pm
- Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Efforts Eroded By Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - Huffington Post - May 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm
- As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise - Seattle Post Intelligencer - May 4, 2012 at 6:52 am
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The latest meditation from Hozouji on Uradera Dori:
苦も楽も
心
ひとつの
おきどころku mo raku mo
kokoro
hitotsu no
okidokoro苦 is suffering or anxiety and 楽 is relief or ease. It is a part of buddhist teaching that whether we are happy or unhappy, anxious or at ease is in large part up to us as individuals. How we choose to react to the world around us and “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” it throws at us, pretty much determines how content or dissatisfied we are with our lives. That decision takes place in the human heart (心), and we must accept responsibilty for whatever emotion we choose to put in that place (おきどころ）. With that in mind, here’s my attempt at translation:
Both suffering and relief
are stored
in one same heart