Monthly Archives: December 2012

Taking Truly Reliable Refuge

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We are going to have the longest night of the year tonight. If we do not have refuge, we stray around in the dark sea, encountering hardships and even shipwrecks.   We may be totally destroyed unless … Continue reading →

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Finding Final Resort

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have the winter solstice – the shortest day of the year – today. We also had chilly weather and a strong storm, which changed many things.   Global warming is causing more earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. … Continue reading →

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Shikantaza Is Sincere Straight Sitting

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have now a strong, chilly wind blowing. Shikantaza is not just simple sitting, but total sitting, settling in the dharma, resting in unconditioned peace, recognizing the ultimate truth, unmoved by the wind of karma.   12/20/12 … Continue reading →

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True Treasure without Withering

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The weatherman said that we may have snowfall with accumulation. We will have the snow’s melting, too. Anything falling, accumulating, and melting is unreliable. The dharma, the dharma world, and the peace of the dharma do not melt … Continue reading →

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True Treasure

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! This sitting is the true treasure – in taking refuge in the triple treasures, and in the true practice of the awakened way in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening. 12/19/12  

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Primordial Purity, Peace, and Prognosis

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we sit, we do not disturb the candle flame. Even when we move, if we move calmly and clearly, we do not disturb it. We can keep harmony here now. We must keep the primordial purity, … Continue reading →

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Limitless Learning Leads to Limitless Light, Liberation, Love, and Life

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! There is the light of incense, a candle, the moon, the sun, and the limitless light. Limitless light lightens up limitless life, liberation, love, and learning. Limitless learning leads to limitless light, life, liberation, and love. 12/18/12  

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World Exhausted by Awakening

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The Buddha said, “We cannot reach the end of the world by walking.” We can reach only by awaking to the world. Only practice makes possible and perfect. 12/17/12  

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Breathing Best and Becoming Buddha

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we sit upright in the best posture, the best breathing, and the best mental state, we become buddhas, awakened, in the great repose with holy harmony, health, and happiness. So, let’s keep our tallest posture, deepest … Continue reading →

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Stopping Karma Is Stopping Suffering

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have a calm, warm, bright morning after the last night rain. We say, “After rain earth solidifies.” (Ame-futte chi-katamaru, 雨降って地固まる) Without dust bowls or extreme chill, nature seems to return to life.   Sometimes rain causes … Continue reading →

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