Category Archives: Awakened Way (Buddhism)

Good Day Every Day

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It is good to breathe fresh, early morning air with flowers blooming and birds’ singing.   It is good to greet with the Buddha, with all buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout space and time.   It is good … Continue reading →

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Civilization Calamities Are Karma Kinetics

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we sit solid and serene, unconditioned and upright, stop karmas (actions and acquired habits) and see the dharma dhâtu (truth domain), we return to and remain in great, grounded, old, original, wholly wholesome purity, peace, and … Continue reading →

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Critical Moment Critical Mind

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Day by day the sun and the moon are higher and flowers bloom more. All things change.   This is the truth of life. To see this truth we need to sit down, to see far enough … Continue reading →

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Expending the Unexpendable

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   After the compassionate rain we are now at 55 degrees, going up to 69. So, it will be very good cool workable weather with the soil in good conditionfor weeding and planting.   Just before I came … Continue reading →

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Awakening and Amrita, Ambrosia of Immortality

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The fresh morning wind is good even though it is going to be a hot day. The flowing water is good even though it is going to be the stagnate and stale world.   Awakening is amazing … Continue reading →

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Disasterless Life

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we get up early and sit, we have cool morning air with birds’ singing and flowers blooming, even if the temperature is going up to the nineties or a hundred.   I forwarded an article about … Continue reading →

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System Shift

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   On the way here I saw the big bright red sun already higher than the one just rising from the horizon last Sunday. The full moon is now crescent. When we come here and sit, we can … Continue reading →

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Nature and Humans

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Nature evolves with the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind through the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter, showing the four characteristics of systemic, sustainable, safe, simple structures, manifesting the four norms of … Continue reading →

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Rev. Daigaku Rumme Sharing His Aspiration and Action

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Rosan Daido

The Buddhist Council of Greater St. Louis invited Rev. Rumme, Director of Soto Zen Buddhism North America, to share his thought about Awakening of America and other practice related matters as in the poster below. He recently met with other … Continue reading →

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Wholly Wholesome Way with the Whole

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It’s now getting cloudier and darker, but in the early morning we had the nice bright sun and some mist, with moistened greens along with abundant singing of birds. The spring sun brought us beautiful spring scenes … Continue reading →

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