Author Archives: Rosan Daido

After embarking on the shore of the Kumano-gawa river, it was just a short walk to the entrance of the Hayatama Taisha. I was surprised that not only the Torii was colored in bright red, but all the other buildings … Continue reading →

  Kumano Hongu Taisha   When approaching the Grand shrine in the evening, I felt a change of energy – as if I could breathe freer. There was a lightness in the air I could not really explain. I immediately … Continue reading →

  The next two days of hiking     My friend Yuko had planned the pilgrimage in a very detailed way. We only had to carry what we needed for the day. Also, there was always a car available – … Continue reading →

  Awakening Utmost Agenda!   Our problems and sufferings come from delusions of self and desires and divisiveness based on it. There is no self-same (permanent), self-sovereign (willful), self-entity in the Dharma (Law) of all dharmas (phenomena), Dependent Co-origination, i.e., … Continue reading →

  Nakahechi route   Yuko and Shigeo drove seven hours from Eihei-ji to Tanabe, a town on the western coast of the Kii peninsular. It is the starting point of the most popular pilgrimage route of the Komano Kodo, the … Continue reading →

. After a day of rest, where I enjoyed planting flowers in Yuko’s garden and other things, we left Tokyo by car and drove about 5 hours west to the town Hikone. I am always amazed how much the population … Continue reading →

  When I walked the Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan about eight years ago, I heard about another pilgrimage route in Japan – the Kumano Kodo, located on the Kii peninsular at the most southern tip of the main island Honshu. … Continue reading →

Live Limitless Light, Liberation, Love, and Life! We were born and live in limitless causes and conditions in time and space. No one can live without human societies and ecological, universal systems. So, we must repay and reform them for … Continue reading →

  Still Sitting Stills Karma, Settling in Nirvana, Seeing Dharma❣   We have all kinds of problems and sufferings, summed up in four or eight sufferings (4: birth, aging, sickness, death + parting with the beloved, meeting with the hated, … Continue reading →

  Time in the Soto Zen temple Eihei-ji When planning the pilgrimage Kumano Kodo, Ancient Path, Yuko asked me: “What do you want to see and experience in addition to Kumano Kodo?” Immediately, Eihei-ji came into my mind. Eihei-ji, (temple … Continue reading →