Category Archives: System

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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Limited Life and Limitless Life

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Our life is in the holy (wholly wholesome) truth, not the other way around. So our joyful journey is with holy truth, goodness, and beauty, in limitless life, learning, light, liberation, and love.   7/8/11

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Beyond Pleasure and Pain

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Zazen is stopping all karmas, beyond birth and death, pleasure and pain, samsara and suffering.   Ryokan said, “Eventless is the noble person (無事是貴人).” 7/5/11 * 無 means nothingness and 無事 (buji) usually means ”safety, peace,” originally meaning “no event” or … Continue reading →

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Day by Day a New Day

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! It seems we had a lot of rain here, thus weeds and wild plants are thriving and rampant; flowers fell and new flowers are blooming. We need, then, to refresh our perspective and priority and to recreate our … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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