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Clear, Calm, Cool, and Content

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have the full moon high in the sky, clear, calm, cool, and content. The perfectly round moon expresses complete contentment, nothing deficient, nothing superfluous, and just shines forth brilliantly. At this time 758 years ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged cremation smoke, First Heaven, full moon (clear/calm/cool/content), good always for all, Great Thuisand Worlds, impermanence, one with dharma world, ultimate objective, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, whatfor ultimately, Yellow Spring (Nadir), zazen | Leave a comment

Penetrating pure peace and prognosis

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We had a very good autumn day with crisp cool air, without clouds. When we sit solid, stable, still, and serene, we become like the great clear, calm, and cool autumn sky without clouds of karmas – … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged beyond crippling karmas, Buddha, come and see, essential function, functional essence, karma, original/ultimate state, penetrating pure peace/prognosis, sitting, suffering, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, whole world, zazen | Leave a comment

Practice of Bodhisattva Mahasattva

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We had a very hot day today, and we worked together amidst heat and humidity, sweating good sweat. Now we breathe good breaths in zazen. Then we find our world in peace, harmony, and truth with … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakening, beneficial actions, bodhisattva (awakening being)/mahasattva (great being), compassion, four embracing matters/Brahma-vihara (holy residence: giving, good breaths, good friendship, good sweat, gratitude for grace, harmony, insight, loving words, peace, sameness, today's practice, zazen | Leave a comment

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we become still, serene, and safe. When we move, drive, often we see rabbits or squirrels cross in front of our cars, or birds flying along our driving directions. Our sense and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged A-bomb, Buddha, collective), cultivation of two islands (self and dharma), Dharma, dharma body, Fukushima, Futashima (two islands), global warming, Hiroshima, karma (personal, karma machine, mass extinction, move outward and forward, night of nescience, nuclear bombs, nuclear power, nuclear power = nuclear bomb exploding gradually for a long time, ocean of tears and blood, origin of problems and sufferings, selfish samsara suffering, sit still/serene/safe, stop karma machine, truth, ultimate truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholly wolesome world, zazen | 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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Mind = Mundus

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Now we have a cooler and calmer atmosphere. So, we can enjoy our sitting zazen in peace and truth. When we sit in zazen, our karma stills, projection retracts, turmoil subsides, and turbidity clears. So, our … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged blind action, clear /calm world like clear crystal, com-passion, delusion, dharma world, karma stills, mind=mundus, peace, prognosis, projection retracts, purifying mind, short-circuit, short-sight, sit solid/serene, truth, turbidity clears, turmoil subsides, zazen | Leave a comment

Seeding Spring: Fruiting Fall

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have cool air of autumn and beautiful singing of birds. Autumn is the season of harvesting. Since I traveled in early summer and could not take care of the vegetable garden at a critical time, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awakened way, blooming and bearing fruit, delight in awakening and action, dharma of cause and effect, fruit each time and ever onward, practice/possibility/perfection, seeding/watering/harvesting, zazen | 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

Deep Dwelling in Dharma

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! After a long spell of heat wave, we had a small shower. So, all plants and animals felt a brief relief. I watered our garden and found some small plants (salvaged from garbage) withered. Big trees are … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged (human) mishaps, atomic bomb disaster, birth and death, bubble, buble, death ash, dhri, global warming, great earth, Hiroshima, holy (wholly wholesome) harmony, humans quit truth/peace/harmony, mass extinction, natural disasters, nuclear disaster, nuclear warheads, ocan human problems/sufferings, peace, pumpkins connected/rooted, rooted in the ground/dharma, see short and small, sitting and stopping karma, the whole world, tree/true (<deru, truth, zazen | Leave a comment

Mountains Make Me

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Dogen said, “When I love mountains, mountains love me.” When we enter a mountain, instantly we can enjoy all the beauty, all the merits of the mountain. Step by step we can enjoy beautiful flowers, trees, mist, breeze, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged beauty, goodness, holiness, limitless merits, merits of mountains, mountains love me, mountains make me, Shakyamuni Buddha, truth, zazen | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: zazen

Clear, Calm, Cool, and Content

Penetrating pure peace and prognosis

Practice of Bodhisattva Mahasattva

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

Dream-walking Delusion-working

Mind = Mundus

Seeding Spring: Fruiting Fall

Practice Perfecting

Deep Dwelling in Dharma

Mountains Make Me

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