Author Archives: Rosan Daido

  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 →

  Solving Suffering   We have the four inevitable sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and also eight, adding to these the four common ones of parting with the beloved, meeting with the hated, not attaining the desired, and, … Continue reading →

Four strivings, services, supremes While cleaning our center, I found someone had cleaned the floors, shelf/stove tops, sink, etc., well and unnoticed by others. Some people mow, sweep, contribute, donate (even from afar), etc., all unseen. This is called intoku, … Continue reading →

  Ego Is Evil!   Suffering (duk-kha: dis-satisfaction, lit. wrong-going) are the inevitable four (birth, aging, sickness, death) and common eight (not having the desired, parting from the beloved, meeting with the hated, in short, the rampant five aggregates). The … Continue reading →

Karma Is Key!   Suffering comes from karma. Karma comes from self-survival strife since life started four billion years ago, driven by the triple poisons of desire, divisiveness, and delusion (of ego). Egoism (Self-centeredness, individual, national, etc.) is the source … Continue reading →

  Wake up and walk up!   All living beings have the inevitable sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death. Why is birth suffering (duk-kha: wrong-going)? Because it is karma imbued with self-survival strife – sinful (separated) sickness. This is … Continue reading →

There is no sovereignty!   The Buddha was awakened to the Dharma (norm/law) of all dharmas (forms/phenomena), Dependent Co-origination, that all are interdependently co-originated. This means no sovereignty (of Self, State, Sovereign) due to no self-sameness (impermanence), no self-sovereignty (suffering, … Continue reading →

  Good friends are the whole of the holy way.   I had what might be my last trip to Japan to attend the 19th academic meeting of the Japan Global System Ethic Association and to meet friends from a … Continue reading →

  Categorical Command: Kill Not!   “Kill Not” Is the Categorical Command for Salvation! All living beings want to live in holy harmony, health, and happiness. Categorical Commands of religions start with this and other fundamental prohibitions to preserve life … Continue reading →

No Nescience/Nefariousness: Karma to Dharma Hamas’ attack on Israel killed 1,400 people, and more than 200 were kidnapped. In response Israel has killed over 7,000 Palestinians, including over 3,000 children with air, land, and sea raids and blockades; ordered more … Continue reading →