Monthly Archives: May 2011

Practice Perfection

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We can enjoy penetrating, pure peace – nirvana – windless state of karma.   Only by practice and perfection, cultivation and verification, can we realize this – hearing the sound of racing cars and honoring the sound … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome Whole

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we come here and sit in zazen, we can enjoy peace, truth, beauty, and goodness with the fresh air and the birds’ singing. Thus, we realize the wholly wholesome state.   This is possible only by … Continue reading →

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Body and Brain

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It is a bright, beautiful Sunday morning with the abundant green after a long spell of rain. Now we have fresh air with a beautiful flower, truthful light, and fragrant incense. We sit together and enjoy this … Continue reading →

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Practiced Path

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   This morning I took different route to come here. I usually use Lindberg, but because Ladue is under construction for new pavement, its top being stripped and grooved, I turned on Shrewsbury to avoid difficult driving.   … Continue reading →

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Saving All

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Dogen said,   “To learn the Awakened Way is learn the self. To learn the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is be verified by all dharma. To be verified by all dharmas … Continue reading →

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Karma Control

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We now have a very quiet, calm evening especially, with our sitting in zazen, stilling karma.   The Buddha way, the awakened way, is to attain unconditioned peace (nirvana) and unsurpassed awakening (anuttara smbodhi).   Usually we … Continue reading →

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Light of Life

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   There are the scattered sounds of water drops dripping on leaves, and the scenes of leaves on branches lightly swaying in silence.   There are the momentary manifestations of mind mirrors reflecting sounds in silence and forms … Continue reading →

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Mist Mystery

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We now have a quiet evening with rather bright dusk light, with the subtle sounds of bird’s singing beyond the windows.   Just before I came here I saw lightening and even mist. I wondered if it … Continue reading →

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Threatening Thunder

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We can hear raindrops dripping on tree leaves in the quiet, calm sitting with open windows. When we came here we had strong wind and sever rain, still with tornado watch and dark clouds hanging over us. … Continue reading →

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Direct Disaster Devastation

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   In zazen now we have a quiet and calm morning. But on the way here, we saw many trees, boughs, and branches fell by the last evening storm.   In my yard a big willow tree fell, … Continue reading →

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