Author Archives: Rosan Daido

Cultivation：修行・修養

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  The Buddha said that we shed an ocean of tears. He said that sufferings (duk-kha, wrong-going) come from desire. Desire is one of the Triple Poisons of karma (action, habit, heredity). The solution to suffering lies in stilling desire, … Continue reading →

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Peace: 平和

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  All living beings want peace, because we have wars, worries, worlds, and wrongs. When we talk about peace, we usually think of the world without wars. We are not in peace even without war, because of our worries, world … Continue reading →

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Friendship：友情

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  Humans are characterised as homo socius, social men, and homo religiosus, religious men, since they survived by social ties, and eventually succeed by religion. Religion is reunion (from Latin, religare) with the holy universe (wholly wholesome way/world). Religion was … Continue reading →

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6/6 Vesak Day on Zoom

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Rosan Daido
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Equality: 平等

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  Human societies have discriminations due to race, religion, occupation, etc. – slavery, persecution, and even out-caste, beyond inner society classes, which have been abolished or ameliorated as society members became awakened and acted upon them. Artificial national and gender … Continue reading →

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Comment on Buddhism/Freedom from Japan: 仏教・自由への日本からのコメント

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Rosan Daido

Wonderful pics/comment on our yesterday blog from Japan:   Dear Rosan-san, The ultimate solution to it is in stilling karma, which is nirvana, practically still sitting, stilling the Triple Karmas of the body, mouth, and mind and the Two Karmas … Continue reading →

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Freedom, priya-dhāman: 自由、親密領域

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  We are bound by the Four Sufferings, Eight Sufferings, and other multitudes of sufferings, which the Buddha said has resulted in an ocean of tears shed by all beings. Humans developed the Five Ss of Self, Society, State, Species, … Continue reading →

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Right to Right Awakening: 正覚への権利

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  Right and law are originally the same (dharma in Sanskrit, jus in Latin), and rights can be reclaimed and restored, when hampered. Otherwise, rights can’t be reclaimed or restored. Dharma (form/norm) is law, truth/ethic, right/responsibility. The root of dharma … Continue reading →

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Root of Rights and Responsibilities：権利と責任の根源

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Rosan Daido

The corona pandemic has presented a choice between life or money, health or economy, social responsibility or individual rights. Problems like guns, nukes, war, global warming, mass extinction, etc., fundamentally have the same problem. The Declaration Toward a Global Ethic … Continue reading →

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Magical Piestewa Peak, Part 3, by Garyo

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  Climbing up Piestewa Peak became one of my most favorite things to do during the last couple of months. However, the area around the peak is also very interesting and fascinating and I love to hike the many trails. … Continue reading →

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