Category Archives: Voluntary simplicity

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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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 →

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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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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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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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San-do (Three Steps)

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! A moment of a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold, it is said. Now we are surrounded by bountiful, beautiful flowers. Why do humans have suffering? The Buddha told us about the three steps (san-do, … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Voluntary simplicity

Saving Suffering

Amrita (Ambrosia of Immortality)

Mahâ Assâsa (Great Repose)

Sit Straight

Compassionate Community

Merits of Morality

Delusion Disaster

Bupposo (仏法僧：Buddha-Dharma-Sangha )

Sustainable System

San-do (Three Steps)

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