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Still, Serene, Solid Sitting

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The cool, clear, and calm wind penetrates through the whole world in the still, serene, and solid sitting. Here is no division, domination, and devastation among genders, genuses, and generations. There is no dividing and ruling or being … Continue reading →

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Triyune Tyrants

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We now have a nice cool evening and clear, calm, cool sitting in truth, peace and freedom. When we lack these things, we fall into karmic mammonism, materialism, and militarism. According to declassified documents, the U.S. government wanted … Continue reading →

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Pseudo-system Syndrome

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! This morning I received news of the anniversary of the Nagasaki nuclear bombing from Japan. The New York Times had an article about the nuclear disaster in Japan: the government’s mishandling of the radiation plume prediction caused radiation … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Awakening and Awakened Action

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After some showers we have a little milder weather. Especially after sittings we can enjoy a serene, still, steadfast, and satisfied state. Why do we sit? We all have problems and sufferings (duk-kha: lit. wrong-going, dissatisfaction). We cannot … Continue reading →

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Perpetual Practice

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We had a squall-like shower early this morning. So now we can see fresh green leaves and colorful flowers, as if summer has returned to spring. We can breathe cool breezes. Al Gore said that we … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Imminent Impermanence

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After a long spell of heat wave, we may have rain and a little milder weather with a little lower temperature today. We are lucky to get up, come here, and sit in zazen in the early morning. … Continue reading →

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Militarism, Materialism, Me-ism Myths

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! A news item from Japan reported that Japan’s prime minister will announce his country’s abolishing of nuclear power tomorrow, on the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Sixty-six years ago, mankind dropped the first A-bomb on Hiroshima, instantly … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Category Archives: Buddhism

Still, Serene, Solid Sitting

Triyune Tyrants

Pseudo-system Syndrome

Practice Perfecting

Awakening and Awakened Action

Perpetual Practice

Deep Dwelling in Dharma

Imminent Impermanence

Militarism, Materialism, Me-ism Myths

Mountains Make Me

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