Tag Archives: vicissitude

Holy Truth, Holy Path

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we get up early, we can feel the fresh, cool morning air. When we step out from our houses, we can see beautiful nature. When we sit down calm and clear, we can discover how our perceptions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged appropriation/identification, bodhi (awakening), clear, Dependent Origination, dukkha (suffering), emotion, four noble truths/realities, holy eightfold way/path, nature, niroda (cessation), perception, prajna (prognosis), samadhi (concentration), samsara (flow, sila (morality), sitting calm, suffering, three learnings, unconditioned peace, vicissitude, volition | Leave a comment

Samsara Suffering and Samadhi Satisfaction

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Through the open windows we can hear the sound of busily racing cars, birds’ singing, and the water falling. Our life is like the constant flow of cars and currents, constantly flowing with ups and downs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Zen | Tagged awakened life, birth and death, cultivation, dissatisfaction, gain and loss, life, limitless life, limitless light, limitless lover, nirvana, practice, provisional phenomena, samadhi, samsara, satisfaction, suffering, ultimate peace, ultimate refuge, unconditioned peace, unmoved, unsurpassed awakening, up and down, verification, vicissitude, witness | Leave a comment

Morning Rain, Morning Sitting

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The morning rain has refreshed the beautiful green, the surrounding atmosphere, the singing birds, the sound of the waterfall. The morning sitting renews all of them and us in purity, penetration, and freedom, right here and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, cultivate, ecology, freedom, goodness, great mind, here now, humans, joyful mind, mature mind, nuclear disaster, penetration, Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awakened way, purity, refreshment, samsara, shortcircuit, shortsight, society, suffering, system, truth, verify, vicissitude, wholly wholesome | Leave a comment

Day by Day a Delightful Day

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Every day we can see new flowers starting to bloom and the new day breaking. Dogen said, Flowers fall in lamentation; weeds flourish in detestation.” But if we weed in our garden, we find flowers blooming there. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buddha, craving, cultivation, delightful day, delusion, Dogen, good day, live non joy, mind, peace, samsara, solid sitting, suffering, vicissitude | Leave a comment

Surreal Suffering

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! After hundreds of tornados spread devastation across this country, we now have a quiet world and calm atmosphere, especially when we sit in zazen. We know that the destruction was so devastating – this episode being the worst … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awakening, birth and death, conventional truth, devastation, karma storm, nuclear disaster, phenomena, physical and mental, samsara suffering, surreal scene, surreal substance, surreal superstructure, temporary peace, ultimate truth, unconditioned peace, vicissitude | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: vicissitude

Holy Truth, Holy Path

Samsara Suffering and Samadhi Satisfaction

Morning Rain, Morning Sitting

Day by Day a Delightful Day

Surreal Suffering

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