Category Archives: Philosophy

Separation or Seamlessness

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen opening all windows, we can enjoy calm, clear, and complete world with the beautiful sounds of insects’ singing, water flowing, and fresh breeze blowing. There was an article “A Heimlish Line,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged alienation from group, beyond self and otehr, calm/clear/complete world, conviviality, free-dom, friend-ship, friends make one's life, happiness, Heimish line (homely line), inexhaustible treasures, intricate interdependence, learning, liberation, light, limitless life, love, mamiliar domain, me-ism/materialism/militarism/de, opening closedness, se[aratopm=somfi;mess., seamless world, settle in truth/peace/harmony/holiness, specialists' stupidities, stop karma, three poisons (delusion/attachment/aversion, together-living, tptal community, wider world | Leave a comment

Samsara (Full Flow)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we hear incessant insects’ singing and water flowing. It is said that white hair is the messenger from the dark world. A zen master said that black hair is the messenger from the dark world. … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged constant change, entity, impermanent/insubstantial, messenger from the dark world, samsara (full flow), soul, substance, white/black hair | Leave a comment

Cultivation of Changing Karma

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We now have a nice bright Sunday morning with crisp autumn air, a clear sky, the beautiful sound of flowing water and singing insects, the brilliant colors of flowers and leaves, especially pure and peaceful after still, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged atoms for peace, awakened (buddha), blood/tear shedding, bondage, Buddha, Buiddha, change lifestyle, core/coeur, destruction, dictators, discriminating other people/species/generations, discrimination, discrimination/exploitation/extremination, Dogen, enslaving ourselves, equal, exploitation, extermination, fame and fortune, free, global warming, Hiroaki Koide, impermanence, intellectuals, interconnectedness, Jesus, kingdom of God, live on joy, making/holding hundredsof slaves, mass extinction, Master, mentality determines life/world, No Need for Nuclear Power Plants, nuclear power for power - not for people, penetrating prognosis, practice, presidents, prime ministers, pyramid, religion = cultivation, rich man, Ryokan, same compassion, same joy, sameness, samu (work), shed ocean of blood/tear, sit/still karma, sjprt=sogjtedmess. se;f=cemteredmess. de;isopm, small self, small/global pyramids, still karma, taste amrita (ambrosia/immortality), the rich, three minds/hearts (great/mature/joyful), total truth, tru joy/peace/goodness/truth/amrita, true, truthj/peace, ultimate truth/peace/goodness/harmony, unconditioned peace, universal/holy (wholly wholesome) truth/peace, whole heart/body, whole universe, wholly wholesome life, wholly wholesome life/world | Leave a comment

Limitless Luck in Limitless Life

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit opening the window, we can hear the sounds of water flowing and birds singing, see the color of trees and the sky, and feel the fresh morning air moving. When, however, we close … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), attachment and aversion: greed and hatred; exploitation and extermination, clear and calm open to all, closing window/mind = miss limitless things, Dogen, inexaustible truth/goodness/beauty/harmony/holiness, limited by money/matter = missing priceless treasures, limitless learning/life/light/liberation/love, see short life = find inexhaustible treasure, sense of self, sit still/serene = no killing/stealing/lying/attachment/aversion/delusion, Without limited minds = limitless luck (無窮の福：mugu no fuku) | Leave a comment

Impermanence and Interdependence

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We can sit in peace, harmony, and truth in the autumnal air with cicadas’ singing and the slender moon. On the east coast about thirty million people are in the path of the hurricane, Irene. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged business as usual, delusion/division/domination, disasters and catastrophes at any time, divided and ruled by the powers, earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, etc.), global warming, hurricane, impermanence and interdependence of all, impermanent world, mass extinction, night of nescience, nuclear plants, nuke tests, practice in living with all, responsible for all problems, safety of nuclear power, settling in truth/peace/harmony/holiness, sit in peace/harmony/truth, suffering (birth/sickness/aging/death/loss/parting | Leave a comment

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we become still, serene, and safe. When we move, drive, often we see rabbits or squirrels cross in front of our cars, or birds flying along our driving directions. Our sense and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged A-bomb, Buddha, collective), cultivation of two islands (self and dharma), Dharma, dharma body, Fukushima, Futashima (two islands), global warming, Hiroshima, karma (personal, karma machine, mass extinction, move outward and forward, night of nescience, nuclear bombs, nuclear power, nuclear power = nuclear bomb exploding gradually for a long time, ocean of tears and blood, origin of problems and sufferings, selfish samsara suffering, sit still/serene/safe, stop karma machine, truth, ultimate truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholly wolesome world, zazen | Leave a comment

Karma Crucial to Catastrophe or Contentment

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit and stop the three (physical, verbal, and mental) karmas, we can settle in truth, peace, and holiness. But when we are living in our karma world, all the news from north, east, west, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged aversion, buddhas (awakened), civilization (institutions/instruments) = pyramidal system, concentration, delusion, emotional, form, formless), fundamental sufferings, humans are humans because of human karmas, intellectual), karma world, materialism, me-ism, mental, only solution = wake-up and wakeful action, problems and sufferings, prognosis: physical/volitional, root karma problems, settle in truth/peace/holiness, three cultivations/learnings = (morality, three karmas (physical, three maladies (militarism, three poisons (attachment, three worlds/realms (desire, verbal | Leave a comment

Holy Harmonious Happy Humans

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now very crisp, cool air, beautiful intense insects’ singing, and the crescent moon in the beautiful clear sky. We can sit in peace and harmony with all these things safely. This is the life we … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged all species, fail-safe/holy/harmonious/happy life, five blisses (awakening/freedom/equality/love/peace), five calamities (delusion/bondage/discrimination/exploitation/extermination), five Ss (systemic/sustainable/safe/simple/saving), fugure generations, life system, limitless life/light/liberation/love, live on joy, natural or artificial system, nuclear bombs, nuclear power, piramidal power system | Leave a comment

Becoming Buddhas

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We had a 100 degree high temperature today in autumn. We received articles, posted on our e-list, on how this country is run and how our global catastrophe is imminent. One of these catastrophes is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged /possession/job/community/tradition/culture/trust, all being, American possesses 300 slaves, amrita(ambrosia/immortality), Buddha, doomed to demise, earthquake, global catastrophe, global life system, global problematique, glopbal warming, human species, loss of life, mammonism, mass extinction, materialism, me-ism, militarism, nuclear disaster, safety myth of nuclear power, wholly wholesome truth/peace/goodness/beauty/harmony | Leave a comment

Not yours (Na tumhakam)

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! In our sitting in the early morning, we have beautiful sounds of insects, birds, waterfall, abundant plants, and cool air, even though we are going to have a high temperature of 101, with a heat index of … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened/wakeful always all places, critical rays/compassionate rain, here now, holy (wholly wholesome) truth/peace/goodness/beauty/harmony, natural/human disasters, not yours (na tumhakam), possession/power/pollution, pure prognosis/comprehensive compassion, triple tragedy (earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster), truthful system, ultimate truth | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Philosophy

Separation or Seamlessness

Samsara (Full Flow)

Cultivation of Changing Karma

Limitless Luck in Limitless Life

Impermanence and Interdependence

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

Karma Crucial to Catastrophe or Contentment

Holy Harmonious Happy Humans

Becoming Buddhas

Not yours (Na tumhakam)

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