Monthly Archives: October 2012

Unconditioned Peace and Unsurpassed Awakening Always

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The fall equinox has passed and the full moon has become the half moon. But, when we sit, we enter equanimity, like the equinox, with a clear and calm way and world, like the full moon, with … Continue reading →

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Narnia and Nirvana

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It’s become pretty chilly after the equinox, hasn’t it? We say, “Heat and chill up until the equinox.” Before and after the equinox the weather and the length of the day change, but at the equinox day … Continue reading →

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Global Problems and Solutions

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Now we have chilly rain, the temperature not even reaching 50 degrees. So, we have the problems of driving on dangerous highways and catching cold.   When we sit, we witness the Buddha nature, awakening in unconditioned … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 5, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Now we have chilly weather going up only to 52 degrees, and tree leaves have started falling. We can see the almost half moon through the clouds.   When we sit, we shake off extraneous things like … Continue reading →

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Seeking Self or Other

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   The moon is now approaching almost the half moon phase from the full moon one, and thus the world is illuminated by half.   The Buddha said to youths who were chasing after an improvised girlfriend, running … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 4, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Now the moon is almost a half moon, changing from the fall full moon. Life is like morning dew on grass, swiftly disappearing.   Ten students and two teachers from the Webster Works Worldwide program came and … Continue reading →

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Rain or Fine

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   In different areas, there is different weather, rain or fine.   Dogen said, “Walking in mist, one unwittingly becomes damp.”   There are four views of one body of water – or, so many minds, with so … Continue reading →

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So Many Minds, So Many Merits

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   As the moon becomes bigger and brighter, so the world reveals itself bigger and brighter.   As the mind is smaller and more shadowy, so the world is smaller and more shadowy.   As the idiom “four … Continue reading →

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Journey in Cosmos

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have the beautiful bright full moon high in the sky and now we start seeing fallen leaves on the ground from the season of spring flowers.   The moon has been observing our births and deaths, … Continue reading →

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Pratyekabuddha: Pseudo-buddha

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Now we have dark clouds and can not see the bright beautiful full moon, morning star, and other stars.   But, when we come out and sit, we train our skin, flesh, muscle, and back bones (sîla … Continue reading →

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