Category Archives: Culture

Sit Straight

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Spring is the time when all things spring up – all plants spring up from the earth, straight and stable, leaning neither forward nor backward, neither right nor left.   Our sitting also must be straightened up, … Continue reading →

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Compassionate Community

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We are now having thunder and rain.   Ryokan made a poem:   A lone pine tree – If it were human, How I’d like to loan it A straw rain hat! How I’d like to loan … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome World

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have a beautiful Sunday morning with bright sunlight and fresh green after the spring rain. The dust has settled and water permeates throughout earth, plants, air, and everything – a very clean, cool, and clear world. … Continue reading →

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Shin-ippo (進一歩: Advancing A Step)

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Now we have spring in full swing with all kinds of flowers blooming together. Flowers are truthful, peaceful, beautiful, good, and holy – nothing wrong – using natural energy and everything all together.   Today we received … Continue reading →

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Merits of Morality

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We saw the beautiful morning star high in the sky. We saw the flower at the altar and smelled the fragrance of the incense.   A couple of millennia ago the Buddha said that the fragrance of … Continue reading →

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Delusion Disaster

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have now spring in full swing with green air and bird’s singing.   Meanwhile, we are told that the nuclear disaster in Japan was raised to the worst level, 7, the worst paralleled by only that … Continue reading →

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Bupposo (仏法僧：Buddha-Dharma-Sangha )

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After the strong spring storm we now have spring in full swing, with a bird singing. Don’t you hear it singing, “kite mite, ????, come an’ see!” and “chûi, ??, beware!” One month ago we had a record … Continue reading →

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Full of Flowers

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The spring rain brought us moist, mild air; fresh, green plants; and birds’ singing. We had the Flower Festival, celebrating the Buddha’s birthday full of flowers. Year after year blessed in praise, Flowers full in blossoms. Day by … Continue reading →

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Flower Festival

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! April 8 is the Buddha’s birthday celebrated as the “Flower Festival.” Year after year, Flowers bloom full. Day by day, Buddha-way is bright. 4/8/11

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Sustainable System

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have all kinds of flowers blooming. We call this “haru ranman: ???” spring at its best, full of flower, brimful of spring atmosphere, with warm sun and compassionate rain. All plants and animals spring up. Ryokan made … Continue reading →

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