Category Archives: Global problems

Advance Cure or After Care

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even though we are now in September, with autumn like insects singing, we have a very warm morning with the temperature going above 100 the coming few days. We still have the hurricane aftermath here and typhoon … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged aversion, civilization, conquer self, cultivate mind, culture of life, delusion, Disaster Prevention DAy, evacuation drills, freedom, hurricane, live on joy, materialism, militarism, nuclear disaster, nuclear power, peace, prevention cure, solving the source problem, state, symptom care, triple bliss (truth, triple fictitious system (self, triple maladies (me-ism, triple mind (great/mature/joyful minds), triple poisons (attachment, triple tragedy (earthquake, tsunami, typhoon | Leave a comment

Wakeful and Wholly wholesome

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We had 102-degree hot and dry weather today and are going to have similar weather tomorrow. The Sino-Japanese character for autumn depicts grass on fire (秋). Autumn is like fire burning for plants. Now our … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened, awakened one, building sangha (community), global life system, grass on fire), holy (wholly wholesome), holy one, religion (reunion with wholesome whole), triple treasure (buddha/dharma/sangha), wisdom and compassion/love, world on fire, 秋 (aki | Leave a comment

Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a good morning with the buddhas (awakened ones), buddha dharma, and sangha (community) in truth, freedom, and peace in our sitting. A news report from Japan stated that the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged ABC (atomic, aversion, biological, Buddha, chemical) materialism/militarism, dangha(community), delusion, Dharma, dharma (form/norm), freedom, Fukushima nuclear disaster, materialism, me-ism, peace, population decrease, radiation danger, Sangha, terrible refuge, triple malady (militarism, triple refuge (buddha, tripole poison (attachment, truth | Leave a comment

Totalianism

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit solid and serene, we stop our physical, verbal, and mental karmas, freed from them. So, we can enjoy peace and truth. In our ordinary life, we pursue comfort and pleasure, which comes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged aversion, buddhas (awakened ones), business as usual, comfort/pleasure totalitarianinsm, cut down energy and material use, delusion, enjoy peace and truth, exploitation, extermination, freed from karmas, global problematique (intertwined problems), global warming, karma (physical, mass extinction, materialism, me-ism, mental, nuclear disasters, self-survival instinct, shedding blood and tears, sit solid and serene, sitting good in the beginning/middle/end for all always without wrong actions, three damages (discrimination, three maladies (militalism, three poisons (attachment, verbal | Leave a comment

Separation or Seamlessness

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen opening all windows, we can enjoy calm, clear, and complete world with the beautiful sounds of insects’ singing, water flowing, and fresh breeze blowing. There was an article “A Heimlish Line,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged alienation from group, beyond self and otehr, calm/clear/complete world, conviviality, free-dom, friend-ship, friends make one's life, happiness, Heimish line (homely line), inexhaustible treasures, intricate interdependence, learning, liberation, light, limitless life, love, mamiliar domain, me-ism/materialism/militarism/de, opening closedness, se[aratopm=somfi;mess., seamless world, settle in truth/peace/harmony/holiness, specialists' stupidities, stop karma, three poisons (delusion/attachment/aversion, together-living, tptal community, wider world | Leave a comment

Samsara (Full Flow)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we hear incessant insects’ singing and water flowing. It is said that white hair is the messenger from the dark world. A zen master said that black hair is the messenger from the dark world. … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged constant change, entity, impermanent/insubstantial, messenger from the dark world, samsara (full flow), soul, substance, white/black hair | Leave a comment

Cultivation of Changing Karma

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We now have a nice bright Sunday morning with crisp autumn air, a clear sky, the beautiful sound of flowing water and singing insects, the brilliant colors of flowers and leaves, especially pure and peaceful after still, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged atoms for peace, awakened (buddha), blood/tear shedding, bondage, Buddha, Buiddha, change lifestyle, core/coeur, destruction, dictators, discriminating other people/species/generations, discrimination, discrimination/exploitation/extremination, Dogen, enslaving ourselves, equal, exploitation, extermination, fame and fortune, free, global warming, Hiroaki Koide, impermanence, intellectuals, interconnectedness, Jesus, kingdom of God, live on joy, making/holding hundredsof slaves, mass extinction, Master, mentality determines life/world, No Need for Nuclear Power Plants, nuclear power for power - not for people, penetrating prognosis, practice, presidents, prime ministers, pyramid, religion = cultivation, rich man, Ryokan, same compassion, same joy, sameness, samu (work), shed ocean of blood/tear, sit/still karma, sjprt=sogjtedmess. se;f=cemteredmess. de;isopm, small self, small/global pyramids, still karma, taste amrita (ambrosia/immortality), the rich, three minds/hearts (great/mature/joyful), total truth, tru joy/peace/goodness/truth/amrita, true, truthj/peace, ultimate truth/peace/goodness/harmony, unconditioned peace, universal/holy (wholly wholesome) truth/peace, whole heart/body, whole universe, wholly wholesome life, wholly wholesome life/world | Leave a comment

Limitless Luck in Limitless Life

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit opening the window, we can hear the sounds of water flowing and birds singing, see the color of trees and the sky, and feel the fresh morning air moving. When, however, we close … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), attachment and aversion: greed and hatred; exploitation and extermination, clear and calm open to all, closing window/mind = miss limitless things, Dogen, inexaustible truth/goodness/beauty/harmony/holiness, limited by money/matter = missing priceless treasures, limitless learning/life/light/liberation/love, see short life = find inexhaustible treasure, sense of self, sit still/serene = no killing/stealing/lying/attachment/aversion/delusion, Without limited minds = limitless luck (無窮の福：mugu no fuku) | Leave a comment

Impermanence and Interdependence

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We can sit in peace, harmony, and truth in the autumnal air with cicadas’ singing and the slender moon. On the east coast about thirty million people are in the path of the hurricane, Irene. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged business as usual, delusion/division/domination, disasters and catastrophes at any time, divided and ruled by the powers, earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, etc.), global warming, hurricane, impermanence and interdependence of all, impermanent world, mass extinction, night of nescience, nuclear plants, nuke tests, practice in living with all, responsible for all problems, safety of nuclear power, settling in truth/peace/harmony/holiness, sit in peace/harmony/truth, suffering (birth/sickness/aging/death/loss/parting | Leave a comment

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we become still, serene, and safe. When we move, drive, often we see rabbits or squirrels cross in front of our cars, or birds flying along our driving directions. Our sense and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged A-bomb, Buddha, collective), cultivation of two islands (self and dharma), Dharma, dharma body, Fukushima, Futashima (two islands), global warming, Hiroshima, karma (personal, karma machine, mass extinction, move outward and forward, night of nescience, nuclear bombs, nuclear power, nuclear power = nuclear bomb exploding gradually for a long time, ocean of tears and blood, origin of problems and sufferings, selfish samsara suffering, sit still/serene/safe, stop karma machine, truth, ultimate truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholly wolesome world, zazen | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Global problems

Advance Cure or After Care

Wakeful and Wholly wholesome

Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Totalianism

Separation or Seamlessness

Samsara (Full Flow)

Cultivation of Changing Karma

Limitless Luck in Limitless Life

Impermanence and Interdependence

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

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