Category Archives: cultivation: verification (修：証）

Enjoy Limitless Learning, Light, Liberation, Love, and Life

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Nice compassionate rain came yesterday after dry hot days. So, mist was seen hovering over green grass and among green plants. The bright sun was merging into moist air in the east. The mist was due to … Continue reading →

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Good Day Every Day

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It is good to breathe fresh, early morning air with flowers blooming and birds’ singing.   It is good to greet with the Buddha, with all buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout space and time.   It is good … Continue reading →

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Dwell in Dharma Dhatu, Domain

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we get up early, we can enjoy the fresh crisp clear morning air, the dawn, and singing birds – nature’s truth, goodness, and beauty.   When we sit upright and unconditioned, we can enjoy the wholly … Continue reading →

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Plant Practice

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We had nice rain after hot dry days. So, plants and animals have been enjoying the cool moistened air and earth, and working and benefiting each other.   This morning when I transplanted morning glories, I found … Continue reading →

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Triple Treasure/Learning

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Zazen, still serene sitting, is the practice of the triple learning of sîla, samâdhi, and prajñâ and the appreciation of the triple treasure of buddha, dharma, and sańgha .   It is the essential function and the … Continue reading →

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Cultivation Is Verification

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we get up early, come here, and sit in zazen, we can enjoy the fresh morning air with the sound of flowing water and singing birds.   When we step in the garden, we can touch … Continue reading →

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Conguering One-self, Not Others

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   I’ve seen already morning glories, hibiscus, mums, potatoes blooming, and humming birds, dragonflies flying, according to the law of dependent origination.   Sitting in zazen is stopping the self-centric, self-survival karmas, leading to conquering one’s own self, … Continue reading →

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Dharma of Dependent Origination

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen, we enter into the dharma world, become awakened to the dharma of dependent origination, and see the open, integral, intertwined sańgha.   We find the symbolism of closed, piecemeal, separate self, society, … Continue reading →

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Cultivation-verification Unity Is Free-full Function

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Zazen is the wholly wholesome way in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening, good in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end for all always.   Samu, (作務: making or doing duty), in total concentration and … Continue reading →

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