Author Archives: Rosan Daido

  Awakening for All: Zazen Now: Dwell in Dharma   We are now facing the urgent problems of dictatorship, war, and nuclear holocaust, leading to social disorder, environmental devastation, and global doom among the global problematique of individual suffering, social … Continue reading →

                                              My days in Ecuador, 4   . The parents of my daughter in law invited me to spend my last two days on a hacienda called PapaGayo. They had rented a small house. It had enough rooms for … Continue reading →

My days in Ecuador, 3     “I want to go with you to an indigenous community. It’s only two hours away from Quito,” Lorenz said to me one morning. “It is a place which was highly recommended to me … Continue reading →

      My days in Ecuador, 2   About one hour drive from Puembo lies the picturesque thermal bath Papallacta. Since there was no convenient public transportation, I decided to use Uber to take me there. On the way … Continue reading →

    My days in Ecuador   Nothing was planned for my stay in Ecuador. It was a fast decision to visit my son and his family in Puembo near Quito. I wanted to see them, especially my grandson Rio … Continue reading →

    Awakening for All: Zazen Necessity: Awakening & Action   We have grave global problems and sufferings as the doomsday clock clicks, adding to the individual and social ones. They are more dangerous due to ignorance and inaction of … Continue reading →

Online Zazen Mornings: Mon. – Fri. 6:30 – 7:10 am CT plus Dharma talk                        Sat. 8 – 8:40 am CT plus Dharma talk Evenings:   Mon. – Fri. 7 – … Continue reading →

  Awakening for All：Zazen Way: Happiness （Happiness is in holiness / Suffering is in sin）   Anyone will like happiness (su-kha: right-going) and dislike suffering (du-kkha: wrong-going). Happiness is derived from hap, happening, luck, fortune. Happiness in other languages suggests … Continue reading →

  Awakening for All: Zazen Shift: Sin to Holy   “All phenomena are impermanent and suffering” due to the Dharma of Dependent Co-origination, essentially to the triple poisons of desire, divisiveness, and delusion, fundamentally of ego. Humans are heading to … Continue reading →

  Awakening for All: Zazen Path: Purification/ Participation/ Peace   The triple characteristics of the world are impermanence, suffering, and selflessness because of the Dharma of Dependent Co-origination, i.e., all phenomena are dependently originated on limitless causes and conditions. Our … Continue reading →