Monthly Archives: March 2012

Settle in True Nature

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The spring sun and the spring storms brought us abundant flowers – all kinds of flowers blossoming and now soft green buds sprouting, green grass, rabbits, birds springing up.   Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The … Continue reading →

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Familiar, Free, Full Purity, Peace, Prognosis

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have very thick mist this morning. When we drove through the mist, we enjoy all successive scenes as free familiar truth, beauty, goodness – even traffic light and traps.   But, if we drive through mist … Continue reading →

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Priceless Evening without Wind of Karma

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have a very warm day today going up to 86 degrees and so all of a sudden all kinds of flowers started blooming including cherry blossoms.   It is said that a moment of a spring … Continue reading →

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Possessing Karma Is Karma Possessed

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have nice rain with thunderbolts and thunderclaps. Spring storm is good for plants and animals to spring up.   The news from Japan reported that New Yorkers were now enjoying one month earlier blooming of flowers, … Continue reading →

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Spring Storms Summer Storms

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Last night we had spring storm with hale. So, we saw flower petals falling and the roads washed clean – the half moon being bright high in the sky.   We with plants have been and going … Continue reading →

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Nature

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in autumn, Snow in winter cool and clear.   Haru-wa hana Natsu hototogisu Aki-wa tsuki Fuyu yuki saete suzushikarikeri   春は花 夏ほととぎす 秋は月 冬雪さえてすずしかりけり     This is the … Continue reading →

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Mokuren – Magnolia

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Because of the high temperature going up to 80s all at once we have beautiful blossoms of pears, plums, magnolias, etc. Magnolia in Japanese is mokuren (木蓮), tree lotus, because the shape of the flower buds and … Continue reading →

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Great Sky and Star Sesshin

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Come and See Great Sky and Star, Life and Death! Great Sky Sesshin, 2012 flyer-EnglishAugust 11-18, 2012 at Hokyoji

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Memento Mori

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have now the half moon quickly changing from the full moon. We have candle light quickly burning to its end. The moon seems to repeat its changing phases, but has its end.   Before I came … Continue reading →

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From Triple Tragedy to Total Truth

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Today, March 11, one year ago in Japan we had the triple tragedy of the record earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster claiming almost 20,000 lives, about 400,000 people still evacuated, almost half of them from nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

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