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Video: Buddhism

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Rosan Daido
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Comment on Buddhism/Freedom from Japan: 仏教・自由への日本からのコメント

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Rosan Daido

Wonderful pics/comment on our yesterday blog from Japan:   Dear Rosan-san, The ultimate solution to it is in stilling karma, which is nirvana, practically still sitting, stilling the Triple Karmas of the body, mouth, and mind and the Two Karmas … Continue reading →

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Buddha’s Awakening Day: 仏成道（覚醒）日

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  December 8 has been celebrated throughout northern Buddhist countries as the Buddha’s awakening day for twenty-five centuries. The awakening was said to be to the Dharma of Dependent Co-origination, the Four Holy Truths, etc. The first truth is the … Continue reading →

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New Zen Buddhism Wiki

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Rosan Daido

Please visit the following site for a new systematic understanding of Zen Buddhism (New interpretation of Dependent Co-origination, nirvana, etc.): https://zenbuddhism.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Socially Engaged Buddhism Event (on Water)

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Rosan Daido

  Please participate: Socially_engaged_Buddhism_3_22_15_Water_Waves_Flyer (1)

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Buddha’s Birthday: Flower Festival

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Rosan Daido

      The northern Buddhist tradition celebrates the Buddha’s Birthday, also called “Flower Festival” (hana-matsuri: 花祭り) on April 8, when flowers are in full bloom.   The Buddha entered into nirvana (no wind of karma blowing up and down) … Continue reading →

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Zen Buddhism Classes

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Rosan Daido

        Class  Plan   1st Class:  On Buddha (Awakened One): What is Buddhism?  Awakening in truth/peace, Delusion > problem, desire > suffering Why Zen is needed? To stop karma > witness nirvâna (no-wind: unconditioned peace) How to do Zazen?   Bodily, breathing, mental forms & functions in order, free full functioning   2nd Class:  On Dharma (Form/Norm, phenomena/law operating in them): What is the Triple Treasure?  Buddha: Dharma: Sangha, not fiction, fortune and fame What is the Dharma, Karma?  12 Dependent Origination (see attached illustration) Dharma world: Indra-net: limitlessly interdependent, 3 x 2 karmas > karma- machine   3rd Class:  On Sangha (Community): Limitless life, light, liberation and love: selfless: holy ~ ocean, selfish: sinful ~ bubble Three Dharma Marks: impermanence: suffering (duk-kha: wrong-going), selflessness Mahayana ideal: Bodhisattva (awakening being) vow: saving others first and self … Continue reading →

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Serene Satisfaction

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have a nice, sunny spring Sunday with a serene atmosphere, especially after sittings. Now we can open the windows and hear the singing of birds, and even see them and flowers. In Japan they are going to have the Flower Festival, … Continue reading →

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Buddha Path: Buddha-Mind Seal

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Dogen in his Genjōkōan, Realizing Universal Truth, describes the Buddha’s Path thus:   To learn the Buddha Way is to learn the self. To learn the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to drop off the bodies and minds of the self and others. To drop off the bodies and minds of the self and others is to be verified by all dharmas. The trace of awakening is at rest and extinct. The traceless awakening at rest and extinction is furthered on and on.   Just groping for an elephant has not started even the first step. But this sitting with the Buddha-mind Seal is the beginning, the middle, and the end of unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening. So, let us strive concentratedly, constantly, and indomitably without indolence.   2/19/13  

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Supreme Supramundane State

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Zazen brings us to a completely different world than the ordinary one. Of course we have a different world from moment to moment. So, we can enjoy spring after winter. We must withstand a chilly winter after … Continue reading →

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