Category Archives: Karma

Fiction and Reality: 仮想と現実

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  Yuval Noah Harari said, “Homo sapiens will disappear in a century or so.” He thinks the species rose due to creating society by fiction. He suggests its demise either by fiction – destroying the globe – or its genes. … Continue reading →

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Solving Serious Stigma Seachange：由々しい不名誉解決の潮目変化

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  The COVID-19 pandemic has made us conscious of the value of our life and the interrelatedness of all things. We have the global problematique of the pandemic, global warming, mass extinction, nukes, etc. We have actually the imminent gravest … Continue reading →

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Karma to Dharma: 業から法へ

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   We have a calm, clear world after our zazen. Before coming here, I watched a TV program on the Shimanto River, one of three “free-flowing rivers in Japan,” called “the last pure river.” It enjoys abundant … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift from Karma to Dharma

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   After our sittings we have a serene morning! The world, however, is full of miseries. A Ukrainian passenger plane with 176 people on board was mistaken for an American missile and shot down by Iranian military … Continue reading →

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Curing & Caring Karma：業の治癒と手当

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Rosan Daido

      Good morning!   We can enjoy birds’ singing surrounded by beautiful flowers in quiet sitting. I posted the people’s movement making the EU prohibit bee killing chemicals, and Rob Kall’s interview with David Swanson on his Curing … Continue reading →

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Karma or Cultivation

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   We have snow falling now, with the white world covering distinctions. Last night Ekan, one of the first seven ordainees here, sent me an email congratulation for Hanyu’s championship performance of stardom figure skating at the … Continue reading →

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Karma & Akarma 　業と止業

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   We have a very bright morning here, though on the east coast, East Asia, and East Europe people are having heavy snowstorms with damage. A month after the winter solstice we have the Great Chill officially … Continue reading →

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Samsara (Karma World) & Nirvana (No-karma State)

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Rosan Daido

  Due to the extreme cold, heating my car made its windows clouded. Without experience this can make one panicked and involved in an accident. If, however, one knows the causal relations involved, one has no problems. The karma world … Continue reading →

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From Karma to Nirvana

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Yesterday was the winter solstice. Since last night the rain changed to snow, and we saw the white world this morning. All things are covered by snow into white, without colors and forms. At the summer solstice … Continue reading →

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Awakening above Karma Clouds

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Rosan Daido

    Good morning!   Yesterday I received pictures of mountains from Mr. Otsuka taken by our friend, Mr. Hirasawa. Like the picture of mountain ranges above clouds, we can come above the clouds of karma or the karma world. … Continue reading →

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