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Freedom, priya-dhāman: 自由、親密領域

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  We are bound by the Four Sufferings, Eight Sufferings, and other multitudes of sufferings, which the Buddha said has resulted in an ocean of tears shed by all beings. Humans developed the Five Ss of Self, Society, State, Species, … Continue reading →

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System Shift

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   On the way here I saw the big bright red sun already higher than the one just rising from the horizon last Sunday. The full moon is now crescent. When we come here and sit, we can … Continue reading →

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Karma Causes Enslavement

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   At the very beginning of the Universal Recommendation for Right Zazen Dogen tells us that this sitting is to return to the original source in penetrating purity and freedom right here and now. We stop all karmas … Continue reading →

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Religion: Reunion with Wholesome Whole

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The Buddha said that religion is cultivation. He said that we are all karma heirs, relatives, and machines. Therefore we need to cultivate.   Religion (religare) means “reunion” of sundry asunder state: from sin (= separated self: … Continue reading →

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Express, Enact Equanimity, Equality

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have now a very warm morning, even in September. A warm morning expresses a very hot day coming.   The intense singing of insects expresses the insects’ winter coming. Nuclear bombs and power express the nuclear … Continue reading →

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Advance Cure or After Care

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Even though we are now in September, with autumn like insects singing, we have a very warm morning with the temperature going above 100 the coming few days. We still have the hurricane aftermath here and typhoon … Continue reading →

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Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have now a good morning with the buddhas (awakened ones), buddha dharma, and sangha (community) in truth, freedom, and peace in our sitting.   A news report from Japan stated that the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused … Continue reading →

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Phantom Power (State)

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have a cool and quiet atmosphere. So, we can sit in a calm and clear state in peace and freedom. I read an op-ed article in the New York Times on phantom states, states not approved … Continue reading →

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Seeing and Solving System Syndrome

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning ! We can still enjoy the full moon. Now we have very cool air. The season seems to turn from the hot summer to the cool autumn. Artifice must return to the natural way. At this time in … Continue reading →

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Sit, See, Serve, and Save

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We now have fresh, cool, and crisp air, as if autumn is around the corner. Today in Japan people are observing the fifth-month memorial day of the deceased following the triple tragedy of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. … Continue reading →

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