Monthly Archives: December 2011

Sit and Savor Amrita (Ambrosia, Immortality)

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have now a nice warm, wet atmosphere, which gives life to plants and animals. Trees survive thousands of years, even ten thousand years. Tree and true have the same root of dhrî (the root form of … Continue reading →

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Daily Living Determines Life

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have a nice, warm winter morning. We are fortunate to wake up early and sit in peace and truth. We may fall asleep and not be able to wake up, much less live in peace and … Continue reading →

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Return to Restart

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The full moon has quickly changed into the half moon. Now we have a nice bright Sunday. In a few days we will have the winter solstice, when the night is the longest and our distance to … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Low grass and plants have been covered and frozen by frost since last evening. Tall trees are brightened and beautified by the brilliant sun light this morning.   The Buddha compared the fourfold food to the son’s … Continue reading →

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Stop Seeking Cinema

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   The Buddha told about the fourfold food for bodies and minds. He said eating food is like the parents lost in the desert eating the beloved son’s flesh. Eating sacrifices other species as well as our own, … Continue reading →

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Fourfold Food

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have a nice warm morning with drizzling at 60 degrees. Obama declared the end of Iraq war lasting 9 years with 1.5 million military men going out, but 4,500 never returning. The Lancet at an early … Continue reading →

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Sitting, Stilling, Seeing, and Settling

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have a nice evening with warm life-giving rain. When we sit solid and serene, we settle in nirvana, windless state of karma – physical, verbal, and mental. We are in the most stable, completely controlled state, … Continue reading →

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Third War and Eternal War

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We are now close to the year end. Time flies and life flees! The awakened way is to become awakened in the dharma (form/norm) of dependent origination, which means impermanence and interrelatedness of all phenomena.   We … Continue reading →

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Pine and Person

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have now winter drizzling. With such chilly rain Ryokan made a poem:   Pitiable is the lone pine tree, Standing in the paddies of Iwamuro, Standing drenched in the chilly rain. If human, I’d drape you … Continue reading →

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Walk Like Rhino Horn

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We can still see the beautiful, bright, full moon in the clear, cool, winter sky – illuminating the whole world.   The Today’s Close-up this morning reported “Urban Radiation Condensation” describing hot spots like ten mile evacuation … Continue reading →

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