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Perfection = prognosis x power x practice

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We are at the time of Rohatsu sesshin (臘八摂心/接心), embracing and touching the mind, approaching the eighth day of the last month, when the Buddha was awakened. We practice the way cycle of aspiration, practice, peace, and … Continue reading →

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Penetrating Pure Crystal Clear World

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a very quiet, beautiful Sunday morning wet with rain, giving life to all plants and animals. The beginning of Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for True Zazen reads: In exhaustive pursuit, the root of the Way … Continue reading →

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Let’s Live Limitless Life, Liberation, Light, and Love

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now chilly air at 41 degrees. On the way here I listened to NPR, which reported on a nuclear plant near New York City. Its licenses are going to expire in 2013 and 2015. Voices … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Brahma-vihara, Buddha saving all: sacrificing none, castle in the air/ on the sand, conquer one-self/not others, limitless liberation/light/love/life, nuclear disaster, personal/public/planetary peace, practice, true conqueror | Leave a comment

Cultivation of Changing Karma

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We now have a nice bright Sunday morning with crisp autumn air, a clear sky, the beautiful sound of flowing water and singing insects, the brilliant colors of flowers and leaves, especially pure and peaceful after still, … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome Wakefulness

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit in zazen perfectly, we become pure and peaceful, wholly wholesome, without killing, stealing, lying, etc. – just in harmony with all. This morning I went into my back yard and found the peaches … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened way, countries stolen, globe destroyed, harmony with all, peaceful, practice, pure, wakeful/watchful, wholly wholesome, wholly wholesome truth/goodness/beauty/holiness/harmony, without killing/stealing/lying | Leave a comment

Dream-walking Delusion-working

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We’ve had quiet sittings hearing the waterfall sounds, and incessant intensive insects’ singing. We now see brilliant sunlight alighting on green leaves. This morning I saw yellowing and browning leaves already, and fall frost hovering over the … Continue reading →

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Pseudo-system Syndrome

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! This morning I received news of the anniversary of the Nagasaki nuclear bombing from Japan. The New York Times had an article about the nuclear disaster in Japan: the government’s mishandling of the radiation plume prediction caused radiation … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged civilization, deep-rooted causes, deep-seated belief, ecological/economic/egoistic problems/sufferings, here/now, ignorance, inability, inaction, institutions, karma (habits, materialism, me-ism, militarism, mythologies, nuclear bombing, nuclear disaster, other generations, other species, practice, pseudo-systems, reexamination, renewal, reorientation, responsibility, self, state, system flaw of "falsity", systems) | Leave a comment

Practice Perfecting

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Zazen is the essential practice of the awakened way. The awakened way is to be awakened to the holy (wholly wholesome) truth and to act wakefully in the holy way. So, we cannot say, “Oh, I didn’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened way, here and now, holy (wholly wholesome) truth, holy way, practice, sufferings of the world, together with all, zazen | 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 →

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Cultivation, Culture, Civilization

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The temperature went up to 99 degrees during the heat wave, and some plants are in the critical state of life or death. If we give water to them, they can survive; if not, they cannot. When we … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Uncategorized, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged beauty, Buddha, goodness, here and now, holy (wholesome whole), liberation and love, life and mind, limit of the world, matter and power, practice, religion, transcend birth and death, truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wisdom and compassion | Leave a comment

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Perfection = prognosis x power x practice

Penetrating Pure Crystal Clear World

Let’s Live Limitless Life, Liberation, Light, and Love

Cultivation of Changing Karma

Wholly Wholesome Wakefulness

Dream-walking Delusion-working

Pseudo-system Syndrome

Practice Perfecting

Awakening and Awakened Action

Cultivation, Culture, Civilization

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