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Delight in Dharma

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After a long spell of rain and storms, tornados, we have a very fine, peaceful Sunday morning. We are now having a very bright and beautiful world, especially after our silent, serene sittings. Last night I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, body and brain, bubble to ocean, Buddha, conceptions and emotions, death, decay, delight in dharma, dharma life, disaster, disease, eternal truth, evolution, forms and formations, giving joy, goodness, gratitude for grace, happiness, harmony, here and now, holiness, individualization, karma, karma life, live in suffering, live on joy, peace, Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awakened from delusion, religion, shortsight, solution, truth, tsunami, unconditioned peace, wholesome whole | Leave a comment

Harmony – Holiness – Happiness

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have a beautiful spring morning with abundant greens, beautiful flowers, and birds’ singing. After fifteen billion years of evolution, we experience this kind of beautiful, truthful, and peaceful world with our bodies and brains. But, if … Continue reading →

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Free Full Function

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Spring is the season when everything springs up – irises, trees, plants – all growing upright in balance, functioning free and full. Dr. Suzuki of the Suzuki Method tested himself and taught others the best forms to use … Continue reading →

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Change at Chance

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have threatening clouds, but do not know whether they are clearing up or raining down. The prime minister of Japan announced his request to stop all nuclear reactors at Hamaoka plant, which is close to Tokyo and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged change at chance, civilization, global warming, grounded thinking, leak, mass extinction, mental orientation from the source, nuke, pollution, population explosion, resource depletion, rinki ouhen (臨機応変), self, society, state, ultimate truth | Leave a comment

Right Form Is Right Norm

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Even though we’ve had a long, long spell of rain, still it seems to continue. We have a quiet clear world when we sit. Now we encounter heavenly turmoil and earthly turbulences. To see and solve human-created nuclear … Continue reading →

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Unconditioned Peace: Unsurpassed Awakening

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We now have unseasonably cold weather with frost here, and a lot of turmoil in this world. We can, however, sit in a calm and clear state anywhere and any time. When we are worn out or … Continue reading →

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Saving Suffering

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading →

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Profound Peaceful Place

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! It is very fortunate that we can sit together surrounded by the Buddha statues and by the abundant, beautiful green of trees, grass, flowers, and atmosphere impregnated with the water of life, having been living for billions of … Continue reading →

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Flying Fish

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After the long spell of rain and terrible tornados, we can see abundant, beautiful fresh green in the bright sunlight, and hear the singing of birds carried by the green breeze through our windows. While casualties and calamities … Continue reading →

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Fathoming Fathomless

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! After long lasting rainy days and some stormy days, we are now having a very fine, bright evening, and we can enjoy peace, harmony in zazen. Dogen said, “Zazen is the essential function of buddhas, and the functional … Continue reading →

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Delight in Dharma

Harmony – Holiness – Happiness

Free Full Function

Change at Chance

Right Form Is Right Norm

Unconditioned Peace: Unsurpassed Awakening

Saving Suffering

Profound Peaceful Place

Flying Fish

Fathoming Fathomless

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