Category Archives: Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade)

Buddha beyond Karma Clouds

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   When we look up, we could see the full moon high in the sky.   Beyond the clouds is always the full moon, bright, calm and clear.   Beyond karmas is the Buddha mind, full, bright in … Continue reading →

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Disaster from Delusion

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The moon is brighter the darker the night. The mind moon is brighter at devastating disasters.   Disasters come from the triple poisons. Eventually the determining deal comes from delusion.   So, the solution to suffering comes … Continue reading →

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Trifold Treasure

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We can still see the clear, calm, cool full moon in the spacious sky. It presents penetrating purity, peace, and prognosis. The triple poisons of desire, divisiveness, and delusion are turbidities in the transparent terrain. Even laughter, … Continue reading →

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Delusion, Desire, and Divisiveness Destroy Dharma Dhatu

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Today is the first day of the autumnal equinox with equal day and night, neither hot nor cold.   We cannot make the whole year like an equinox day, but we can live in equanimity beyond heat … Continue reading →

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Living in Calmness and Clarity

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Today is the first day of higan (彼岸: the yonder shore), the autumn equinox, with equal day and night and heat and chill, which expresses equanimity or nirvana.   Can we make the whole year neither hot … Continue reading →

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Enter into Penetrating Purity, Peace, and Prognosis

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We will have very a very cool night after very hot dry days. So, enjoy the cool, clear, and calm evening, especially with your sitting.   The Buddha found the best, unconditioned peace, called nirvana, stopping all … Continue reading →

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Even Fire Is Cool

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We had a temperature of 104 degrees today. “When the heart-head is destroyed and extinct, even fire is cool” are reportedly Kaisen’s (快川) words, as he and many people were set on fire and burnt in his … Continue reading →

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Healthy Mind/World

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen, we are in good health without stresses and sickness – the triple poison of delusion, craving, and anger, the source of all sufferings.   When our minds are in nirvana, all become … Continue reading →

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Becoming Truth, Peace, Beatitude

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   When we sit and settle in the dharma dhâtu, domain, we become the dharma body, without sinfulness, samsâra (transmigration, lit. full flow), and suffering, enjoying wholly wholesome truth, peace, and beatitude, witnessing unsurpassed awakening, unconditioned peace, and … Continue reading →

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Full Function Mirror Moon

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   On the way here we could see the full moon in the west and the brilliant morning sun just rising in the east.   Hibiscus are now blooming here and the Buddha and candlelight are at the … Continue reading →

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