D.T. Suzuki Quotation

Zen is a wafting cloud in the sky. No screw fastens it, no string holds it; it moves as it lists. No amount of meditation will keep Zen in one place. - D.T. Suzuki

南無觀世音菩薩 2小時 加長版 The Guan Yin Mantra 2hrs 靈修 打坐 冥想 靜坐 黃慧音- Imee Ooi

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Quotation from Venerable Tripitika Master Hsuan Hua, founder of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas located in Talmage, California. 🙏 "The affairs of the world are impermanent; don't be attached to them. In dreamlike samadhi, one is free and at ease. Roaming playfully with spiritual powers, One accords with changes and transformations, In stillness, contemplate all things; How their glory fades by itself."

Aditya Hridaya Stotra in Sanskrit

Devanagari IAST ॥ आदित्यहृदयम् ॥ .. ādityahṛdayam .. ततो युद्धपरिश्रान्तं समरे चिन्तया स्थितम् । tato yuddhapariśrāntaṃ samare cintayā sthitam . रावणं चाग्रतो दृष्ट्वा युद्धाय समुपस्थितम् ॥ १ ॥ rāvaṇaṃ cāgrato dṛṣṭvā yuddhāya samupasthitam .. 1 .. दैवतैश्च समागम्य द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो रणम् । daivataiśca samāgamya draṣṭumabhyāgato raṇam . उपागम्याब्रवीद्राममगस्त्यो भगवान् ऋषिः ॥ २ ॥ upāgamyābravīdrāmamagastyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ .. 2 .. राम राम महाबाहो शृणु गुह्यं सनातनम् । rāma rāma mahābāho śṛṇu guhyaṃ sanātanam . येन सर्वानरीन् वत्स समरे विजयिष्यसि ॥ ३ ॥ yena sarvānarīn vatsa samare vijayiṣyasi .. 3 .. आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम् । ādityahṛdayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaśatruvināśanam . जयावहं जपेन्नित्यम् अक्षय्यं परमं शिवम् ॥ ४ ॥ jayāvahaṃ japennityam akṣayyaṃ paramaṃ śivam .. 4 .. सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam . चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनम् आयुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम् ॥ ५ ॥ cintāśokapraśamanam āyurvardhanamuttamam .. 5 .. रश्मिमंतं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम् । raśmimaṃtaṃ samudyantaṃ devāsuranamaskṛtam . पूजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं भुवनेश्वरम् ॥ ६ ॥ pūjayasva vivasvantaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhuvaneśvaram .. 6 .. सर्वदेवात्मको ह्येष तेजस्वी रश्मिभावनः । sarvadevātmako hyeṣa tejasvī raśmibhāvanaḥ . एष देवासुरगणाँल्लोकान् पाति गभस्तिभिः ॥ ७ ॥ eṣa devāsuragaṇām̐llokān pāti gabhastibhiḥ .. 7 .. एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिवः स्कन्दः प्रजापतिः । eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śivaḥ skandaḥ prajāpatiḥ . महेन्द्रो धनदः कालो यमः सोमो ह्यपां पतिः ॥ ८ ॥ mahendro dhanadaḥ kālo yamaḥ somo hyapāṃ patiḥ .. 8 .. पितरो वसवः साध्या ह्यश्विनौ मरुतो मनुः । pitaro vasavaḥ sādhyā hyaśvinau maruto manuḥ . वायुर्वह्निः प्रजाप्राण ऋतुकर्ता प्रभाकरः ॥ ९ ॥ vāyurvahniḥ prajāprāṇa ṛtukartā prabhākaraḥ .. 9 .. आदित्यः सविता सूर्यः खगः पूषा गभस्तिमान् । ādityaḥ savitā sūryaḥ khagaḥ pūṣā gabhastimān . सुवर्णसदृशो भानुर्हिरण्यरेता दिवाकरः ॥ १० ॥ suvarṇasadṛśo bhānurhiraṇyaretā divākaraḥ .. 10 .. हरिदश्वः सहस्रार्चिः सप्तसप्तिर्मरीचिमान् । haridaśvaḥ sahasrārciḥ saptasaptirmarīcimān . तिमिरोन्मथनः शम्भुस्त्वष्टा मार्ताण्ड अंशुमान् ॥ ११ ॥ timironmathanaḥ śambhustvaṣṭā mārtāṇḍa aṃśumān .. 11 .. हिरण्यगर्भः शिशिरस्तपनो भास्करो रविः । hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śiśirastapano bhāskaro raviḥ . अग्निगर्भोऽदितेः पुत्रः शङ्खः शिशिरनाशनः ॥ १२ ॥ agnigarbho'diteḥ putraḥ śaṅkhaḥ śiśiranāśanaḥ .. 12 .. व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजुःसामपारगः । vyomanāthastamobhedī ṛgyajuḥsāmapāragaḥ . घनवृष्टिरपां मित्रो विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवङ्गमः ॥ १३ ॥ ghanavṛṣṭirapāṃ mitro vindhyavīthīplavaṅgamaḥ .. 13 .. आतपी मण्डली मृत्युः पिङ्गलः सर्वतापनः । ātapī maṇḍalī mṛtyuḥ piṅgalaḥ sarvatāpanaḥ . कविर्विश्वो महातेजाः रक्तः सर्वभवोद्भवः ॥ १४ ॥ kavirviśvo mahātejāḥ raktaḥ sarvabhavodbhavaḥ .. 14 .. नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावनः । nakṣatragrahatārāṇāmadhipo viśvabhāvanaḥ . तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मन् नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १५ ॥ tejasāmapi tejasvī dvādaśātman namo'stu te .. 15 .. नमः पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये नमः । namaḥ pūrvāya giraye paścimāyādraye namaḥ . ज्योतिर्गणानां पतये दिनाधिपतये नमः ॥ १६ ॥ jyotirgaṇānāṃ pataye dinādhipataye namaḥ .. 16 .. जयाय जयभद्राय हर्यश्वाय नमो नमः । jayāya jayabhadrāya haryaśvāya namo namaḥ . नमो नमः सहस्रांशो आदित्याय नमो नमः ॥ १७ ॥ namo namaḥ sahasrāṃśo ādityāya namo namaḥ .. 17 .. नम उग्राय वीराय सारङ्गाय नमो नमः । nama ugrāya vīrāya sāraṅgāya namo namaḥ . नमः पद्मप्रबोधाय मार्ताण्डाय नमो नमः ॥ १८ ॥ namaḥ padmaprabodhāya mārtāṇḍāya namo namaḥ .. 18 .. ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे । brahmeśānācyuteśāya sūryāyādityavarcase . भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः ॥ १९ ॥ bhāsvate sarvabhakṣāya raudrāya vapuṣe namaḥ .. 19 .. तमोघ्नाय हिमघ्नाय शत्रुघ्नायामितात्मने । tamoghnāya himaghnāya śatrughnāyāmitātmane . कृतघ्नघ्नाय देवाय ज्योतिषां पतये नमः ॥ २० ॥ kṛtaghnaghnāya devāya jyotiṣāṃ pataye namaḥ .. 20 .. तप्तचामीकराभाय वह्नये विश्वकर्मणे । taptacāmīkarābhāya vahnaye viśvakarmaṇe . नमस्तमोऽभिनिघ्नाय रुचये लोकसाक्षिणे ॥ २१ ॥ namastamo'bhinighnāya rucaye lokasākṣiṇe .. 21 .. नाशयत्येष वै भूतं तदेव सृजति प्रभुः । nāśayatyeṣa vai bhūtaṃ tadeva sṛjati prabhuḥ . पायत्येष तपत्येष वर्षत्येष गभस्तिभिः ॥ २२ ॥ pāyatyeṣa tapatyeṣa varṣatyeṣa gabhastibhiḥ .. 22 .. एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति भूतेषु परिनिष्ठितः । eṣa supteṣu jāgarti bhūteṣu pariniṣṭhitaḥ . एष एवाग्निहोत्रं च फलं चैवाग्निहोत्रिणाम् ॥ २३ ॥ eṣa evāgnihotraṃ ca phalaṃ caivāgnihotriṇām .. 23 .. वेदाश्च क्रतवश्चैव क्रतूनां फलमेव च । vedāśca kṛtavaścaiva kṛtūnāṃ phalameva ca . यानि कृत्यानि लोकेषु सर्व एष रविः प्रभुः ॥ २४ ॥ yāni kṛtyāni lokeṣu sarva eṣa raviḥ prabhuḥ .. 24 .. ॥ फलश्रुतिः ॥ .. phalaśrutiḥ .. एनमापत्सु कृच्छ्रेषु कान्तारेषु भयेषु च । enamāpatsu kṛcchreṣu kāntāreṣu bhayeṣu ca . कीर्तयन् पुरुषः कश्चिन्नावसीदति राघव ॥ २५ ॥ kīrtayan puruṣaḥ kaścinnāvasīdati rāghava .. 25 .. पूजयस्वैनमेकाग्रो देवदेवं जगत्पतिम् । pūjayasvainamekāgro devadevaṃ jagatpatim . एतत् त्रिगुणितं जप्त्वा युद्धेषु विजयिष्यसि ॥ २६ ॥ etat triguṇitaṃ japtvā yuddheṣu vijayiṣyasi .. 26 .. अस्मिन् क्षणे महाबाहो रावणं त्वं वधिष्यसि । asmin kṣaṇe mahābāho rāvaṇaṃ tvaṃ vadhiṣyasi . एवमुक्त्वा तदागस्त्यो जगाम च यथागतम् ॥ २७ ॥ evamuktvā tadāgastyo jagāma ca yathāgatam .. 27 .. एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा नष्टशोकोऽभवत्तदा । etacchrutvā mahātejā naṣṭaśoko'bhavattadā . धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघवः प्रयतात्मवान् ॥ २८ ॥ dhārayāmāsa suprīto rāghavaḥ prayatātmavān .. 28 .. आदित्यं प्रेक्ष्य जप्त्वा तु परं हर्षमवाप्तवान् । ādityaṃ prekṣya japtvā tu paraṃ harṣamavāptavān . त्रिराचम्य शुचिर्भूत्वा धनुरादाय वीर्यवान् ॥ २९ ॥ trirācamya śucirbhūtvā dhanurādāya vīryavān .. 29 .. रावणं प्रेक्ष्य हृष्टात्मा युद्धाय समुपागमत् । rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya hṛṣṭātmā yuddhāya samupāgamat . सर्वयत्नेन महता वधे तस्य धृतोऽभवत् ॥ ३० ॥ sarvayatnena mahatā vadhe tasya dhṛto'bhavat .. 30 .. अथ रविरवदन्निरीक्ष्य रामं atha raviravadannirīkṣya rāmaṃ मुदितमनाः परमं प्रहृष्यमाणः । muditamanāḥ paramaṃ prahṛṣyamāṇaḥ . निशिचरपतिसंक्षयं विदित्वा niśicarapatisaṃkṣayaṃ viditvā सुरगणमध्यगतो वचस्त्वरेति ॥ ३१ ॥ suragaṇamadhyagato vacastvareti .. 31 .. ॥ इति आदित्यहृदयम् मन्त्रस्य ॥ .. iti ādityahṛdayam mantrasya ..

Casella Waste calls Penobscot Nation "activist group". Says landfill's leachate treated before discharge into Penobscot River

As printed in the Bangor Daily News  11/22/2020

Landfill and leachate 

By Toni M. King, Casella Waste Systems

 An activist group is claiming that leachate from the state-owned landfill in Old Town is discharged — untreated — into the Penobscot River. This is absolutely false.

 “Leachate” is liquid that passes through solid waste in a landfill. Liquid in waste and rainwater that passes through waste is captured within the landfill, conveyed to a secure tank and transported offsite to a treatment plant. 

 The state-owned landfill is highly engineered with double liners, leak detection systems and a sophisticated liquid conveyance system. It contracts with the Old Town mill for treatment and disposal of its leachate, as required by law. 

 The Department of Environmental Protection carefully regulates every step in this process. It limits concentrations in discharges and requires monitoring for a range of parameters. The state-owned landfill and the Old Town Mill are fully compliant with these requirements. 

 The DEP recently reviewed the landfill’s operations relative to future leachate disposal. It concluded that all applicable licensing criteria for proposed waste discharge were met and the discharge won’t lower the quality of the Penobscot River. 

 There are five licensed wastewater treatment plants north of Old Town discharging to the Penobscot River. There are 11 more discharging further downstream. The amount attributable to the state-owned landfill – all of it treated – is 1/100,000th of the total. 

Wastewater and leachate are collected and treated to ensure the safety of our environment. Disposal from the state-owned landfill is compliant with state law, and a miniscule portion of the overall discharges permitted to the river. 

 Toni M. King 

 Region Engineer 

 Casella Waste Systems

The Daily Dao Reading for June 12th

Look, and it can't be seen.
Listen, and it can't be heard.
Reach, and it can't be grasped.

Above, it isn't bright.
Below, it isn't dark.
Seamless, unnamable,
it returns to the realm of nothing.
Form that includes all forms,
image without an image,
subtle, beyond all conception.

Approach it and there is no beginning;
follow it and there is no end.
You can't know it, but you can be it,
at ease in your own life.
Just realize where you come from:
this is the essence of wisdom.

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The Daily Dao Reading for June 8th

Can you coax your mind from its wandering
and keep to the original oneness?
Can you let your body become
supple as a newborn child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision
until you see nothing but the light?
Can you love people and lead them
without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters
by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind
and thus understand all things?

Giving birth and nourishing,
having without possessing,
acting with no expectations,
leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.

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Translation by Stephen Mitchell, used with permission.

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