Category Archives: Philosophy

Perpetual Peace and Pure Prognosis

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! This is the season of harvesting. This morning a news piece from Japan reported the return of a stork to Fukui (Well of Luck) Prefecture, where Eiheiji (Perpetual Peace Temple) is located. Storks, symbols of life and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Chernobyl, devouring human flesh (sons' flesh: Ugoline), Fukushima (Luck Island), holy (wholly wholesome) life link vs. sinful (separated selfish)deadly dead-end, nuclear raditation, Perpetual Peace, pure prognosis: perpetual peace, stori (symbol of life/luck), top-soil = life source, tragedy of Easter Island, uninhabitable island | Leave a comment

Fall Fruit from Spring Sowing and Summer Sun

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have nice equinox weather neither hot nor cold. We have clear, cool air and high, holy speckless sky because of the dry, hot summer weather, with a lot of harvest thanks to spring sowing. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged changeless state, cultivation (concentrated/continuous claming/cooling/clearing), equinox, limitless learning is limitess liberation/light/love/life, nirvana (speckless space), pure prognosis: perfect peace (nirvana, sit/stop karma/see truth, unsurpassed awakening and nirvana, windless/karmaless state) | Leave a comment

Limitless Life in Spotless Space

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a cool and calm morning. I watched a news piece from Japan that reported on a sumo wrestler who was promoted to Ozeki, next to Yokozuna championship. Ozeki means great barrier. Ozeki has the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged greatest/hardest/final barrier = self, karma, limitless liberation/light/love/life/learning, lit.horizontal rope), million miles of one spotless space, Ozeki (lit. great barrier), striving concentrated/constant (like waterjets/drops), the second = craving, true conqueror = self conqueror, Yokozuna (Sumo champion | Leave a comment

Live Limitless Lucky Life

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Already the equinox has passed away, but we can live in equanimity (throwing away), nirvana, windless state of human karmas or samsara sufferings, whenever we sit in zazen. Dogen said, “Zazen has limitless merits.” He also … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia, Dogen, equinimity, equinox, global warming, gross happiness index instead of GDP, happiest society among buddhas (awakened ones) living on joy/happiness, ILO, immortality, jobless, karma, learning limitless liberation/light/love/luck, limitless luck without limited minds, limitless merits/least harm, make your day with practice in equanimity/joy/compassion/friendship, mass extinction, massproduction/consumption/wasting, mind without turbulence/turbidity, nirvana (windless of karma), purify the mind in truth/peace/beauty/goodness/holiness, samsara suffering, tasting amrita, tree: true/peace/harmony, undernourished, zazen, zazen has limitless merits | Leave a comment

Limitless Learning Is Limitless Light, Liberation, Love, and Life

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Today we have the new moon. In the darkness we already have many cars driving on the highway. If we are in a rush, we must race, cut in, or compete, maybe causing accidents, and then a … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Buddha, crystal clear inside and out, friends make all our lives, full moon, limitless learning/light/liberation/love/life, limitless truth/goodness/beauty/holiness, Mitra/Mithra/Mazda/Maitreya/Masiah, moutains love us, reflect without turbulence and turbidity (outside and inside), sitting or rush, stillness/serenity or competition/conflict, unconditioned peace/prognosis, universal religions | Leave a comment

Loving Mountains Is Mountains Loving

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have chilly morning air, below 50 degrees. We had the news that Wangari Maathai passed away. She received a Nobel Peace Prize, planting trees not only in Africa, but all over the globe, not only … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged all interrelated and interacting, Dogen, energy resources, energy the sun gives, expend everything?, flowers blooming: butterflies coming, Hiroaki Koide, limitless life/light/liberation/love, mottainai (too precious to waste), mountains love me, Nobel Peace Prize, Ryokan, unconditioned peace: unsurpassed awakening, Wangari Maathai | Leave a comment

Wholly Wholesome Way is Free Full Function

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Early this morning we had a very dim moon behind the clouds – a very slender crescent moon, almost new. It soon came out from behind the clouds and shined brightly. Just recently we saw the renowned … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), awaken to pure/truthful/peaceful/supramundane realm, Brahma-vihara (pure residence), Buddha's teaching (doing all good, comfort, concentration, death/decay of no dodging, equanimity, Four Embracing Matters (= Four Embracing Dharma: giving/loving words/beneficial actions/sameness), four meditation stages (investigation/contemplation, Fourfold Limitlessness (= Four Brahma-vihara: friendship/compassion/joy/equanimity), free full function, Friend (Mitra/Mithra/Maitreya/Mazda/Masiah/...: future savior: potential), global warming, good/bad:right/wrong, Gyoji (Praxis) by Dogen, house treasure (not coming in/going out through gate), joy, karma, knowledge and action, live on joy, mass extinction, money can't buy life/love/liberation/learning/light/..., no evil, nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, Pai-lu-tien (White/Oyre Joy Heaven), purifying mind, Rev. Bird-nest, separated self: delusion (causing attachment/aversion: samsara/suffering, social service, taking refuges/becoming them, triple tragedy (earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster), Triple Treasure (Awakened/Truth/Community), universal religions, Xue-feng (Snow Peak) | Leave a comment

Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a beautiful day for our equinox sesshin. This morning it was chilly. So, when I drove, I found the car windows becoming foggy. When we move in a chilly atmosphere, our windows become foggy, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged /health/holiness/happiness, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), anxiety for tomorrow, awakened state/nature/mind, cold world with competition/conflict: clouded world with calamity/catastrophe, cultivating karma in concentration/continuity, cultivation: cutting/changing karma, cutting karma like water jets/water drops, dharma (truth) world in pure peace, Dogen, embracing all in compassion/wisdom, etc.), fear of death, global warming, harmony, holy/harmonious world, karma creation (self sense/survival instinct/fear/hatred/worry/desire, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, mass extinction, mundane within supramundane not vice versa, no parting from forest/monastery/sangha/supramundane, path cycle (aspiration/action/unsurpassed awakening/unconditioned peace), peace/prognosis here/now, sit still/serene : see no separation/suffering/attachment/aversion, truth world in peace | Leave a comment

Sesshin Sees Still Serene State

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We start the equinox sesshin now. The equinox is called higan, the other shore (:彼岸), nirvana, equanimity, the last state of the four meditations. The original word for equanimity is upekhâ, “throwing away” all karmas, especially the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged beyond birth/death, equinox (higan, four meditations, karma (action/habit), nirvana (unconditioned peace), pure truth world, sesshin (touching/embracing the mind), supramundane, the other shore, three poisons (attachment/aversion/delusion), unsurpassed awakening, upekha (throwing away: equanimity) | Leave a comment

Dharma Domain or Self Space

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now the temperature is half that of a hot summer day; the moon is now almost new after that renowned full moon of mid-autumn. We’ve just heard the news that an experiment showed that the speed of … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged highest dharma/nirvana/immortality, nirvana (unconditioned peace), one hundred years of no practice or one day of practice, practice/cultivation, small space of self/nescience, vast realm of dharma/awakening | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Philosophy

Perpetual Peace and Pure Prognosis

Fall Fruit from Spring Sowing and Summer Sun

Limitless Life in Spotless Space

Live Limitless Lucky Life

Limitless Learning Is Limitless Light, Liberation, Love, and Life

Loving Mountains Is Mountains Loving

Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

Sesshin Sees Still Serene State

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