Monthly Archives: September 2020

Four Limitlessnesses: 四無量（心）

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  The Four Brahma (Purity) Abodes or Limitlessnesses are friendship (mettā), compassion (karuṇā), joy (mudita), and equipoise (upekkhā). Equipoise is a neutral state (majjhatta-bhāva) standing for emptiness (suńńatā), nirvana (nibbāṇa: no-wind of karma), a discarding or disregarding (of karma: neither … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome Way World:　全体健全な方途世界

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  I received a picture of the red sky of San Francisco, taken from my son’s home window. Also we saw a video of the wildfire burning just a block away from a Zen teacher in Oregon. I posted it … Continue reading →

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The World Is Ablaze!　世界は燃える！

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Rosan Daido

The following is a report by a Zen teacher on fire in Talent, Oregon, who visited her son’s family there next to the wild fire. The fire is so close to them, us, and the people of the world. It … Continue reading →

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Triple Learnings：三学

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Rosan Daido

Religion developed from tribal, to regional, to world, to universal religions, reuniting to holiness (wholeness) a tribe, a region, the world, and all beings. The Awakened Way embraces all dharmas (truths/ethics: living beings, sciences, technologies, etc.). Its standard prognosis and … Continue reading →

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Garyo’s Hike at High Alps Last Weekend

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Rosan Daido

Dösner Lake in the Hohe Tauern in Carinthia Arthur von Schmid Haus Looking back into the valley Walking up a field of boulders A waterfall we had to cross Water rushing down from everywhere Moss saturated by rain water Two … Continue reading →

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Global Problematique & Its Solution：地球問題群とその解決

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The weather advisory in Japan declares the unprecedented emergency of a super typhoon due to ocean warming, while the pandemic continues. The pandemic reduced air pollution with warming, but it’s too late and little yet. We continue … Continue reading →

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Vox Populi Vox Dei：民の声は神の声

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  Good morning!   We have a still, serene Saturday morning, while the pandemic, wild fires, heat strokes, etc. are going on and hurricanes and typhoons are coming. As you may know, the Japanese PM Abe quit his position two … Continue reading →

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