Category Archives: Global ethic

Ego, Envy, Enmity

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit in zazen, we are in peace, truth, harmony, and holiness. This is good for oneself and others, good all the time and in all places. When we act in the conventional … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even though it is unusually, unseasonably chilly, we have now a fine, quiet daybreak and a warm spring day. We have different ways of understanding and acting depending on individual judgments, social justifications, and natural … Continue reading →

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Saving Suffering

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading →

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Sunlight after Suffering

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! After the long spell of rain, now we have a sunny evening. If rainy days last too long the water of life can become the water of death, damaging and destroying flora and fauna. Today is the 25th … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Zen | Tagged ambrosia of immortality, amrita, birth and death, Chernobyl, flora and fauna, history, irradiation, Japan, nirvana, rainy days, same suffering, sit solid, stop karma, sunny days, unconditioned peace, vicissitudes, water of life/death, whole life system | Leave a comment

Nirvana (Unconditioned Peace)

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We are having a lot of rain, so we can enjoy abundant green and flowers. But excessive water can also damage plants and cause flooding, landslides, erosion, and other problems. Tornados last night hit and damaged … Continue reading →

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Amrita (Ambrosia of Immortality)

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We are having a lot of rain – trees, plants, and atmosphere are impregnated with water and wind, becoming greener and vivid together with heaven and earth. When we sit, we also become like trees, stopping … Continue reading →

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Mahâ Assâsa (Great Repose)

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Trees are in repose, resting from photosynthesis, etc., restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing. So, is our sitting in repose, resting from all activities, restoring smooth, sufficient, and deep breathing, that is, life. Thus, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged breathing, great exhalation, great repose, harmony, holiness, maha assasa, nirvana, peace, photosynthesis, sitting, truth | Leave a comment

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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Category Archives: Global ethic

Ego, Envy, Enmity

Saving Suffering

Sunlight after Suffering

Nirvana (Unconditioned Peace)

Amrita (Ambrosia of Immortality)

Mahâ Assâsa (Great Repose)

Sit Straight

Compassionate Community

Wholly Wholesome World

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