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Fall Fruit from Spring Sowing and Summer Sun

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have nice equinox weather neither hot nor cold. We have clear, cool air and high, holy speckless sky because of the dry, hot summer weather, with a lot of harvest thanks to spring sowing. This … Continue reading →

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Live Limitless Lucky Life

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Already the equinox has passed away, but we can live in equanimity (throwing away), nirvana, windless state of human karmas or samsara sufferings, whenever we sit in zazen. Dogen said, “Zazen has limitless merits.” He also … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia, Dogen, equinimity, equinox, global warming, gross happiness index instead of GDP, happiest society among buddhas (awakened ones) living on joy/happiness, ILO, immortality, jobless, karma, learning limitless liberation/light/love/luck, limitless luck without limited minds, limitless merits/least harm, make your day with practice in equanimity/joy/compassion/friendship, mass extinction, massproduction/consumption/wasting, mind without turbulence/turbidity, nirvana (windless of karma), purify the mind in truth/peace/beauty/goodness/holiness, samsara suffering, tasting amrita, tree: true/peace/harmony, undernourished, zazen, zazen has limitless merits | Leave a comment

Equinox, Equanimity, Eternity

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Today is the autumnal equinox, with equal day and night, neither hot nor chilly. Here we have just perfect climate, with cool atmosphere and clear, calm sky, without clouds or winds, with the beautiful, bright moon. … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged "come and see" (ehi-passika) way, Buddha, constant/concentrated practice, cultivation = witnessing = verification, equanimity, equanimity/insight, equinox, eternity, four applications (decreasing bad karmas, good always for all, higan (other shore: nirvana: nivata: windlessness: uncreated: asankhata: unconditioned peace), increasing them), layer (laya/alaya) of karma, religion = cultivation = practice, saving/serving the world, sitting/stilling karma/seeing dharma, starting good karmas, stopping them, taste eternity/immortality, two islands (self: attan/atman and dharma) | Leave a comment

Practice Is Perfection

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! In and after our sittings we have been enjoying a beautiful autumn morning, penetrated by the pure sound of rain falling on leaves, permeated by fresh moistened air, and pervaded by abundant green plants. We are … Continue reading →

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Resort to Refuge

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even after the spring equinox, we now have snow. It’s beautiful viewing it from indoors, but very dangerous driving outdoors, visiting anywhere. On the way here, I heard news of multiple traffic accidents. Before that I watched a … Continue reading →

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Beyond Billows

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Suddenly many flowers have started blooming. Magnolias, pears, plums, hyacinths, forsythia… just after ohigan, ???, the spring equinox. Magnolia in Japanese is mokuren, ??, wooden lotus. We say “atusa samusa-mo higan-made” (Heat and chill until the equinox. … Continue reading →

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Clear Crystal

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a nice, quiet Saturday morning with bright sunshine. This is the first day of ohigan ?????in Japan, the spring equinox. Ohigan means yonder shore, which stands for nirvana, unconditioned peace beyond billows and torrents. Like the … Continue reading →

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Crystal Clear

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We just heard the beautiful bell sound appearing and disappearing, and we know that all growth decays, and birth ends in death. All phenomena and formations are impermanent. We heard that Ed has been hospitalized due to a … Continue reading →

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Karma World & Dharma World

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a warm atmosphere impregnated with moisture, so we may have rain. We cannot see the moon now, with the clouds. Last night we could see the beautiful, bright, full moon. When we see the moon with … Continue reading →

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Clear Crystal

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! On the way here I heard that the temperature was 80 degrees. It must, then, have gone higher in the daytime. We have a very warm, fine day with moistened air. The moon is going to be beautiful, … Continue reading →

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Fall Fruit from Spring Sowing and Summer Sun

Live Limitless Lucky Life

Equinox, Equanimity, Eternity

Practice Is Perfection

Resort to Refuge

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