Category Archives: Global problems

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

Equanimity, Equality, Enjoyment

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we are at the equinox, the best time with clear, calm air and the bright moon illuminating the world. Now, on the other side of the globe, however, a typhoon with floods and storms is … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged four embracing matters/dharmas (giving/loving words/beneficial actions/sameness), fourfold limitlessness/four pure living (equanimity/compassion/friendship/joy), karma, nescience | Leave a comment

Equinox, Equanimity, Eternity

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Today is the autumnal equinox, with equal day and night, neither hot nor chilly. Here we have just perfect climate, with cool atmosphere and clear, calm sky, without clouds or winds, with the beautiful, bright moon. … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged "come and see" (ehi-passika) way, Buddha, constant/concentrated practice, cultivation = witnessing = verification, equanimity, equanimity/insight, equinox, eternity, four applications (decreasing bad karmas, good always for all, higan (other shore: nirvana: nivata: windlessness: uncreated: asankhata: unconditioned peace), increasing them), layer (laya/alaya) of karma, religion = cultivation = practice, saving/serving the world, sitting/stilling karma/seeing dharma, starting good karmas, stopping them, taste eternity/immortality, two islands (self: attan/atman and dharma) | Leave a comment

Unrecognized Unusual Uprising and Upcoming

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Here we have now a nice autumn morning with moistened air and a mild equinox climate with the sense of harvesting. On the opposite side of the globe, however, a million people have been told to … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged demonstration to bid adieu to nuclear disasters/social disasters: Wall Streeet (poverty), global ecological system, global life system, impermanence (in individual/global life system), live in peace/truth, mass media unreporting/underreporting, mirror mind, typhoon | Leave a comment

Serene Selfless Space

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Here we have now crisp, cool air breathed in and out with the world penetrated and pervaded throughout by the clear, cool, calm atmosphere. When we stepped out of our houses, we felt almost chilly air. … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged defog views, get out of cars/cages, limitless learning/light/liberation/love/life, limitless world in truth/peace/holiness, serence selfless space, sit in limitless space, the moon illuminating the whole world | Leave a comment

Practice Is Perfection

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! In and after our sittings we have been enjoying a beautiful autumn morning, penetrated by the pure sound of rain falling on leaves, permeated by fresh moistened air, and pervaded by abundant green plants. We are … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Amitabha, Amitayus, Avalokiteshvara (Avalokitasvara) Bodhisattva, bodhisattva, Buddha, buddha function/fruition, Dogen, equinox, four view of water (water/palace/bloodbath/celestial necklace), free/full function, golden wind, good in the beginning/middle/end, Gotama Buddha, highest dharma, human life like fish life life in drying pool, immortality, in/beyond birth/death, karma (action/action result/habit), limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, limitless luck/liberation/light/life/love/learning, normal is not necessarily good, path cycle (aspiration/action=cultivation/awakening/unconditioned peace, peace/prognosis: compassion/wisdom, practice/cultivation/action (sit/stop karma/see dharma), Prince Shotoku, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Sawaki Rosahi, Shakyamuni Buddha, Shotoku School, three minds/worlds (great/mature/joyful), ultimate peace/prognosis, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening | Leave a comment

Step by Step Free and Full

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit still and serene in the morning, we have a clear and calm world. But soon our karma world starts with hassle and bustle, dust and dirt. So, we must climb the high mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged beautiful natural world, birds (flying free/full, karma world with hassle/bustle/dust/dirt, limitless ight/liberation, no trace/trap), pure peace:penetrating prognosis, step by step free and full, step forward atop of 100-foot pole, still/serene sitting: clear/calm world, unconditioned peace/unsurpassed awakening | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Global problems

Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

Sesshin Sees Still Serene State

Dharma Domain or Self Space

Equanimity, Equality, Enjoyment

Equinox, Equanimity, Eternity

Unrecognized Unusual Uprising and Upcoming

Serene Selfless Space

Practice Is Perfection

Step by Step Free and Full

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