Category Archives: Philosophy

Freedom is Fearlessness

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Today we had the temperature beyond 100, and got the news that five people died here because of the heat. We will have more casualties due to the heat wave. Where is the place of neither heat … Continue reading →

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Freedom is Familiarity and Friendship-domain

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The temperature is now 86 degrees, which is going up to 102 degrees with a heat index of 111 degrees. The heat warning has been extended until tomorrow. The news from Japan reported that the Nagasaki Peace Proclamation … Continue reading →

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Cultivation, Culture, Civilization

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The temperature went up to 99 degrees during the heat wave, and some plants are in the critical state of life or death. If we give water to them, they can survive; if not, they cannot. When we … Continue reading →

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Awakening All

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It is now almost cool for sitting, but the weather forecast said that the heat wave will continue until Thursday. The news from Japan described contaminated meat, saying that all cattle in the northern part of the … Continue reading →

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Correcting Karma Consciousness

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   In our solid sitting we feel like we’re “sitting alone on the Great Courageous Peak.” The Great Courageous refers to the Awakened One. I remember sitting in the thick mist on Vulture’s Peak, where the Awakened One … Continue reading →

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From Karma/Civilization to Dharma/Cultivation

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   The temperature went beyond one hundred degrees (108) today. Kaisen Osho said, “The heart-head (fountainhead) being extinct, even fire is cool.” Zazen is to go beyond heat and chill, beyond all phenomena, to go back to the … Continue reading →

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Saving Sentient System

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The heat wave is settling here, somewhere even setting off fire alarms, and the heat indexis going up to 120 degrees. So we need fans and air conditioners. The Buddha said, “The world is on fire.” Why is … Continue reading →

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Sewa, Seva, Serve

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We can hear the sound of singing birds and flowing water and wind, and see the beautiful sunlight. An old poem says, “When I hear a bird singing, I wonder if it is my father or mother.” It … Continue reading →

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Awakening with All Always

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit solid and still, we stop all human karmas, reach nirvana, and awaken to the truth of dependent origination and dependent cessation. All buddhas have awakened in this truth and practiced it with all beings always. … Continue reading →

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Way to Wholly Wholesome World

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   After a few solid, still sittings – stopping karmas – we have pure, peaceful perception and prognosis beyond personal perversions, delusions, desires.   This is described in many ways: nirvana (windless, unconditioned peace, a-sankhata, un-made), sukha-vatî (joy-ful, … Continue reading →

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