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Wholly Wholesome Way is Free Full Function

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Early this morning we had a very dim moon behind the clouds – a very slender crescent moon, almost new. It soon came out from behind the clouds and shined brightly. Just recently we saw the renowned … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), awaken to pure/truthful/peaceful/supramundane realm, Brahma-vihara (pure residence), Buddha's teaching (doing all good, comfort, concentration, death/decay of no dodging, equanimity, Four Embracing Matters (= Four Embracing Dharma: giving/loving words/beneficial actions/sameness), four meditation stages (investigation/contemplation, Fourfold Limitlessness (= Four Brahma-vihara: friendship/compassion/joy/equanimity), free full function, Friend (Mitra/Mithra/Maitreya/Mazda/Masiah/...: future savior: potential), global warming, good/bad:right/wrong, Gyoji (Praxis) by Dogen, house treasure (not coming in/going out through gate), joy, karma, knowledge and action, live on joy, mass extinction, money can't buy life/love/liberation/learning/light/..., no evil, nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, Pai-lu-tien (White/Oyre Joy Heaven), purifying mind, Rev. Bird-nest, separated self: delusion (causing attachment/aversion: samsara/suffering, social service, taking refuges/becoming them, triple tragedy (earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster), Triple Treasure (Awakened/Truth/Community), universal religions, Xue-feng (Snow Peak) | Leave a comment

Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a beautiful day for our equinox sesshin. This morning it was chilly. So, when I drove, I found the car windows becoming foggy. When we move in a chilly atmosphere, our windows become foggy, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged /health/holiness/happiness, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), anxiety for tomorrow, awakened state/nature/mind, cold world with competition/conflict: clouded world with calamity/catastrophe, cultivating karma in concentration/continuity, cultivation: cutting/changing karma, cutting karma like water jets/water drops, dharma (truth) world in pure peace, Dogen, embracing all in compassion/wisdom, etc.), fear of death, global warming, harmony, holy/harmonious world, karma creation (self sense/survival instinct/fear/hatred/worry/desire, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, mass extinction, mundane within supramundane not vice versa, no parting from forest/monastery/sangha/supramundane, path cycle (aspiration/action/unsurpassed awakening/unconditioned peace), peace/prognosis here/now, sit still/serene : see no separation/suffering/attachment/aversion, truth world in peace | Leave a comment

Constant, Continuous Cultivation in Cutting Karma

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We are at the equinox. The equinox is called higan in Japanese, the other shore, meaning nirvana, the windless state of karma. Only when we stop karma can we reach equanimity, or nirvana. That’s why the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), cultivating = witnessing/verifying, equinox (higan/other shore/nirvana), karma, sitting still/serene = stopping karmas, sitting: cutting karmas/plates/rock, unsurpassed awakening in unconditioned peace | Leave a comment

Limitless Luck in Limitless Life

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit opening the window, we can hear the sounds of water flowing and birds singing, see the color of trees and the sky, and feel the fresh morning air moving. When, however, we close … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), attachment and aversion: greed and hatred; exploitation and extermination, clear and calm open to all, closing window/mind = miss limitless things, Dogen, inexaustible truth/goodness/beauty/harmony/holiness, limited by money/matter = missing priceless treasures, limitless learning/life/light/liberation/love, see short life = find inexhaustible treasure, sense of self, sit still/serene = no killing/stealing/lying/attachment/aversion/delusion, Without limited minds = limitless luck (無窮の福：mugu no fuku) | Leave a comment

Attaining Amrita (Ambrosia/immortality)

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The hot summer has turned into cool autumn. We are expecting rain at any moment, so the singing birds and silent plants are enjoying moistened air and expecting the compassionate rain. The season of spring, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Buddha, come and see way, good in the beginning/middle/end, harvesting, living beings, Maitreyi, matter, money, path of purity, season, spring up and fall down, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, world filled with gold, Yajnavalkya | Leave a comment

Awakening and Awakened Action

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After some showers we have a little milder weather. Especially after sittings we can enjoy a serene, still, steadfast, and satisfied state. Why do we sit? We all have problems and sufferings (duk-kha: lit. wrong-going, dissatisfaction). We cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged 27 globes, age, aging, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), atman, attan, awakened way, awakening and action, awakening four holy truths, birth, birth and death, bondage, bubble, Buddha (Awakened One), death, delusion, desire, discrimination, diviciveness, exploitation, extermination, ferocious five aggregates, five blisses, five calamities, four concomitant sufferings, freedom, fundamental sufferings, gender, genes, good for all always, harmony, holy eightfold path, karma, karma (physical/verbal/mental actions/habits), liberation, life, light, love, mama, meeting with the hated, nirvana, no gain of the desired, ocean, parting with the loved, peace, possession, practice, race, religion, rooted in the ground/truth, samadhi (concentration/total transformation, sickness, true/tree, truth, unconditioned peace, windless state | Leave a comment

Limitless Life with Limitless Liberation

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit and settle in truth, peace, and freedom, we can enjoy the beauty of flowers and the goodness of fruits without radiation contamination. With the contamination and the misery caused by the nuclear disaster people in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 27 gloebes, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), beauty, everyone endowed limitlessly, freedom, goodness, limited mind, limitless liberation, limitless life, nuclear disaster, peace, radiation contamination, right here and now, saving energy, settle in truth, truth | Leave a comment

Holy Home-coming

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After a few solid, serene sittings, we can taste amrita, the ambrosia of immortality beyond samsara (vicissitudes in birth and death) and suffering here and now. Only by actual practice we can taste it. Only with actual practice … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: amrita (ambrosia/immortality)

Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

Constant, Continuous Cultivation in Cutting Karma

Limitless Luck in Limitless Life

Attaining Amrita (Ambrosia/immortality)

Awakening and Awakened Action

Limitless Life with Limitless Liberation

Holy Home-coming

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