Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sesshin: Containing Confused Minds and Contacting Calm Clear Minds

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We start our autumnal equinox sesshin. Equinox is equal day and night, heat and chill. So, it is called higan (彼岸: yonder shore), meaning nirvâna {unconditioned peace, lit. no-wind (of karmas blowing flame)}.   Sesshin is containing … Continue reading →

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Penetrating Peace Prognosis Perfected

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   On the second day of the autumnal equinox we have a beautiful morning with cool air, and a calm clear world with all the windows opened.   When we climb a mountain and reach its summit, we … Continue reading →

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Delusion, Desire, and Divisiveness Destroy Dharma Dhatu

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Today is the first day of the autumnal equinox with equal day and night, neither hot nor cold.   We cannot make the whole year like an equinox day, but we can live in equanimity beyond heat … Continue reading →

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Living in Calmness and Clarity

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Today is the first day of higan (彼岸: the yonder shore), the autumn equinox, with equal day and night and heat and chill, which expresses equanimity or nirvana.   Can we make the whole year neither hot … Continue reading →

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Equanimity in Dharma

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We are at the beginning of the equinox, called higan (彼岸: the yonder shore), which means nirvana, unconditioned peace, beyond all vicissitude and ups and downs, topsy-turvy turmoil and turbidity.   Like the equinox with equal day … Continue reading →

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Settle in the Dharma

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We are almost at the autumnal equinox. The northern hemisphere is entering the winter season, and the southern one the summer season.   The four seasons depend on the sun. The four steps of aspiration, action, awakening, … Continue reading →

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Actual Awakening and Unconditioned Peace

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   There is a famous scripture titled “Blind Turtle and Floating Log” (盲亀浮木) wherein the Buddha gave a comparison of a person being born as a human being and encountering the awakened way.   To be born as … Continue reading →

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Transmigration or Transcendence

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   After a long flight of seventeen hours (the same as the time difference between here and there) I came back from New Zealand late last night.   After rain we see many fallen leaves here, but many … Continue reading →

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Cool Clear World

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we get up early and come out of our houses, we can enjoy the bright moon, the beautiful morning star, the beaming Orion, and other stars with cool air and abundant insects singing.   On the … Continue reading →

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Practice Perfects

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we get up early and come here to sit in zazen, we can enjoy the beautiful moon, morning star, and other stars, with abundant singing of insects, dense dew, and hovering mist at some places.   … Continue reading →

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