Category Archives: Zen

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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Still Serene Satisfaction

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   After a while of sitting, we witness the clear, calm state of the mind and the world; and then we are able to see the merit of sitting and stopping karma. Otherwise, we just go on according … Continue reading →

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Cultivation=Verification

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we come here and sit in zazen, we can hear the sounds of water falling and birds singing in penetrating pure peace.   The Buddha said, “As one must go through the sole gate to enter … Continue reading →

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Penetrating Pure Peace

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have a nice evening with the sound of singing birds and racing cars. Our life is like racing cars driven by desires through ups and downs, births and deaths incessantly.   Only when we sit down … Continue reading →

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Practice Perfection

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We can enjoy penetrating, pure peace – nirvana – windless state of karma.   Only by practice and perfection, cultivation and verification, can we realize this – hearing the sound of racing cars and honoring the sound … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome Whole

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we come here and sit in zazen, we can enjoy peace, truth, beauty, and goodness with the fresh air and the birds’ singing. Thus, we realize the wholly wholesome state.   This is possible only by … Continue reading →

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Light of Life

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   There are the scattered sounds of water drops dripping on leaves, and the scenes of leaves on branches lightly swaying in silence.   There are the momentary manifestations of mind mirrors reflecting sounds in silence and forms … Continue reading →

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Direct Disaster Devastation

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   In zazen now we have a quiet and calm morning. But on the way here, we saw many trees, boughs, and branches fell by the last evening storm.   In my yard a big willow tree fell, … Continue reading →

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Samsara Suffering and Samadhi Satisfaction

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Through the open windows we can hear the sound of busily racing cars, birds’ singing, and the water falling.   Our life is like the constant flow of cars and currents, constantly flowing with ups and downs, … Continue reading →

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Sitting and Samu (Work)

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   After a long spell of rain, according to the weather forecast, we are still continuing rainy days. But, fortunately, we have a very bright Sunday morning today.   After the beautiful, stable, soft, and serene bell sounds … Continue reading →

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