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Meditation Merits

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Practicing zazen is practicing the original openness, wholesome whole, joyful journey, full freedom, pure peace. 7/6/11 Zazen is stopping all karmas, human hindrances, and thus leads to limitless merits and benefits. So, its characteristics are not limited by … Continue reading →

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Self-clinging to Self-cleaning

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have had very thick fog all over this morning. It is nice to look at, but not so nice to look and drive through. Sometimes our windshield becomes foggy, so we must defog it. We have radiation … Continue reading →

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Independence Day Everyday

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Today is Independence Day. What is independence? It is non-enslavement, neither enslaved nor enslaving. We are enslaved monetarily, militarily, materially, and mentally. How can we be not enslaved? In zazen we can be freed from enslavement in true … Continue reading →

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Holy Home-coming

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After a few solid, serene sittings, we can taste amrita, the ambrosia of immortality beyond samsara (vicissitudes in birth and death) and suffering here and now. Only by actual practice we can taste it. Only with actual practice … Continue reading →

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Practice Perfects

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Aspiration and action witness unsurpassed awakening and unconditioned peace. Unsurpassed awakening attests the dharma (norm) of dependent origination that all phenomena originate depending on causes and conditions. It verifies that samsara and sufferings originate depending on delusions and … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome Way

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Sitting in zen is stilling all karmas (physical/psychological: volitional/emotional/conceptual actions and action results). It is to stop ego-centeredness and become holy (wholly wholesome). It is the holy (hagia, ariya, ârya, omni: wholly) way to know and act. The … Continue reading →

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Practicing Peace

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! As we sit in zazen, we can enjoy the fresh morning wind and beautiful water sound. We breathe fresh air full and free with penetrating purity and peace here and now. Only practice makes perfect in the witnessing … Continue reading →

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A Day Without Working: A Day Without Eating

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Day by day we are given life and light. Second by second we are endowed with air and water. Bai-zhang said, “A day without work is a day without eating.” We must appreciate the truth, goodness, beauty, and … Continue reading →

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Day by Day a New Day

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! It seems we had a lot of rain here, thus weeds and wild plants are thriving and rampant; flowers fell and new flowers are blooming. We need, then, to refresh our perspective and priority and to recreate our … Continue reading →

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Triple Treasure

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After sittings we have a peaceful, calm, and clear world with fresh air. Sitting makes us true. True and tree share the root, deru, enduring, or dhri, holding (root of dharma: form, norm). Trees stay solid, still, and … Continue reading →

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