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Posted on October 4, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now the moon is almost a half moon, changing from the fall full moon. Life is like morning dew on grass, swiftly disappearing. Ten students and two teachers from the Webster Works Worldwide program came and … Continue reading →

Triple Pillars

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a short respite from the long spell of dry hot weather. It became cool at night and early in the morning. Especially when we sit in zazen, we can enjoy rest and renewal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aging, and anger), and awakened community), and carnage in and among city states and living beings and the life system), and extermination in civilization: class, and happiness, and mental actions/functions), and prognosis, and sangha (awakened, and unparalleled prognosis), and voluntary simplicity, anuttara samyak sambodhi (unsurpassed right awakening), Ârya), awakened truth, beauty, chan, complete paradigm shift from civilization (strife for and slavery in matter and power) to culture (striving for and sharing mind and life) in cultivation in holy (ariya, concentration, conflict, craving, death; social: parting with beloved ones, Dharma, dhyâna, equal partnership between men and women), etc.), exploitation, global ethic, global ethic (no killing/stealing/lying, goodness, hagia: wholly wholesome) truth, harmony, living beings: karma-machines, meeting with hateful ones; inability to attain desired things and avoid detested things; and ecological: disasters, nirvana (unconditioned peace), safe, saving all (5Ss), sickness, simple life, sustainable, system/paradigm shift from civilization (craving for matter/comfort and convenience/power) to culture (cultivation for holy truth/goodness/beauty/harmony/happiness), The Buddha saw the triple sufferings (individual: birth, triple karmas (physical, triple learning of morality, triple learning of morality (sîla)/concentration (samâdhi)/prognosis (prajñâ), triple pillars for systemic, triple pillars of the awakened way, triple poisons (delusion, triple tragedies (discrimination, triple transcendence (unsurpassed awakening, triple treasures of buddha, unconditioned peace, verbal, zazen, Zazen is the practical way to achieve the triple treasures and the triple pillars, zen (from jhâna | Leave a comment

Triple Treasure/Learning

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Zazen, still serene sitting, is the practice of the triple learning of sîla, samâdhi, and prajñâ and the appreciation of the triple treasure of buddha, dharma, and sańgha . It is the essential function and the … Continue reading →

Posted in cultivation: verification (修：証）, Zen | Tagged and all)., awakening beings, corresponding to volitional-physical/emotional/intellectual-intuitional. triple treasure: Buddha (awakened one)/dharma (truth/law, essential function/functional essence: core of awakened way/triple learning, lit. form/norm)/sańgha (community of awakened ones, lit. pillar)/samâdhi (concentration)/prajñâ (prognosis), living beings, unity of cultivation/verification (修証一等: shushouittou): practice/attainment, Za-zen (坐禅): sitting meditation. Chinese chan/Pali jhâna/Sanskrit dhyânatriple learning:sîla (morality, zazen | Leave a comment

Samadhi, Spaceless, Timeless, Limitless

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! I had been working in the garden and, when I entered my house, found the time to leave for zazen had passed. When we are absorbed in what we like, we forget time. A million miles … Continue reading →

Posted in Samadhi (concentration) | Tagged deep concentration – samâdhi, zazen | Leave a comment

Wholly Wholesome Way with the Whole

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! It’s now getting cloudier and darker, but in the early morning we had the nice bright sun and some mist, with moistened greens along with abundant singing of birds. The spring sun brought us beautiful spring scenes … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism) | Tagged awakened one (buddha), awakening being (bodhisattva), dharma world, discrepancy between self and system, Dogen, Earth Day, interdependent/intertwined/integrated life/world, normalcy/normality bias/syndrome, penetrating peace/purity: free/full function, prostration, safety myth/mythology (nuke power plant), State of Flux, tornadoes/typhoons/deforestation/desertification/flooding, triple learning (morality/concentration/prognosis), triple malady (meism/materialism/militarism), triple poison (delusion/craving/anger), triple treasure, unconditioned peace/unsurpassed awakening, zazen | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Karma | Tagged beyond birth/death:gain/loss, Dogen, freedom, Fukanzazengi: Universal Recommendation for Right Zazen, here/now, karma (physical/verbal/mental actions/habits), original source, penetrating purity/peace, triple malady (me-ism/materialism/militarism): three poisons (delusion/greed/hatred: delusion/attachment/aversion), unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, zazen | Leave a comment

Zazen Is Essential Function and Functional Essence

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Dogen said that zazen is the essential function and the functional essence of the awakened ones and awakened ancestors. It is the essential function and the functional essence with unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening in holy … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Religion, System, Zen | Tagged Dogen, essential function, full function, functional essence, holy harmony, limitless learning/liberation/light/love/life, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, zazen | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Buddhism, Religion, Zen | Tagged cultivation, Dogen, four hallmarks (penetration, freedom, from bhava (becoming, full freedom: full function: holy harmony, here now, karma heir/relative/machine, karma) to bhavana (cause to become, penetrating pure peace/prognosis, purity, religion (religare): reunion with holy (wholesome whole), religion = cultivation = practice, zazen | Leave a comment

Speckless Space for Sentients Salvation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have another day of akibare (autumn clear sky), with beautiful stars this morning and the bright crescent moon last evening. The crisp clear air envelopes all and speckless space penetrates all throughout the universe. When we … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged akibare (autumn clear sky), Amitabha (Limitless Light): Amitayus (Limitless Life), amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Avalokiteshvara (Omnipotent in Looking Down with Compassion): Avalokitaswara (Looking Down with Compassion the Sounds of Weeping/Wailing), birth and death, bodhisattva, Buddha, Buddhism, compassion/awakening/nirvana, Dharma of Dependent Origination (interdepencence) holy (wholly wholesome) harmony/peace/prognosis, etc (Friend), Harmony is precious, karma, Lotus Sutra, me-ism/materialism/militarism, Mitra/Mithra/Mazda/Maitreya, nirvana, Pure Land, Seven Article Constitution, Shomangyo (Supreme Garland Scripture), Shotoku, Tenjukoku (Heavenly Life Land), triple treasure (buddha/dharma/sangha), Vimalakirti(Nirdesha) Sutra (Purity-famed's Teaching), zazen | Leave a comment

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

Tag Archives: zazen

Triple Treasure/Learning

Samadhi, Spaceless, Timeless, Limitless

Wholly Wholesome Way with the Whole

Karma Causes Enslavement

Zazen Is Essential Function and Functional Essence

Religion: Reunion with Wholesome Whole

Speckless Space for Sentients Salvation

Live Limitless Lucky Life

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