Category Archives: Zazen

Supreme Supramundane State

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Zazen brings us to a completely different world than the ordinary one. Of course we have a different world from moment to moment. So, we can enjoy spring after winter. We must withstand a chilly winter after … Continue reading →

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Sitting in Stillness, Silence, and Serenity

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Dogen said, “When we walk through mist, we become unwittingly wet.” I got up without my alarm clock.   When we make it a rule to wake up or work out something at a certain time, our body clocks ring.   I have been trying to make our safety light, detecting motion, not turn on, but it is difficult to do so. Just a slight movement brings it on.   That is why silence is golden. Sitting is golden. It brings on the triple treasures for anyone in stillness, silence, and serenity.   1/18/13  

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True Treasure

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! This sitting is the true treasure – in taking refuge in the triple treasures, and in the true practice of the awakened way in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening. 12/19/12  

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Breathing Best and Becoming Buddha

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we sit upright in the best posture, the best breathing, and the best mental state, we become buddhas, awakened, in the great repose with holy harmony, health, and happiness. So, let’s keep our tallest posture, deepest … Continue reading →

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Perfection = prognosis x power x practice

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We are at the time of Rohatsu sesshin (臘八摂心/接心), embracing and touching the mind, approaching the eighth day of the last month, when the Buddha was awakened. We practice the way cycle of aspiration, practice, peace, and … Continue reading →

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Stopping Self Samsara Suffaring

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Zazen is stopping all self samsara, transmigration, and suffering, and settling into nirvana, unconditioned peace, and unsurpassed awakening, going back to the original state with all in holy, wholly wholesome, harmony and happiness.   11/11/12  

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Entirety Exposed to Eternity

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We had a very warm day yesterday, going up to 77 degrees, and the forecast said that it would go down to 31 degrees overnight. Now we still have a nice warm, moist atmosphere. We can see … Continue reading →

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Seeing the Original Face

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   The full moon has quickly changed into the crescent moon.   To go back to the full moon we must go beyond movement in space.   To polish a potsherd into the old mirror we must go … Continue reading →

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Coming Home, Comfortably Sitting

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Zazen is “coming home, comfortably sitting” (帰家穏座: kike-onza), settling in the true self, seeing the original nature in ultimate truth and unconditioned peace.   As we practice, we penetrate through our minds, bodies, and the world further, … Continue reading →

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Sit and Stay with All

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Just sitting, doing nothing, is staying with all beings in holy, wholly wholesome, harmonious, healthy, happiness, stopping separated, small, selfish business. This is the way to share the universal, limitless life, light, liberation, love, and learning. This … Continue reading →

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