Monthly Archives: December 2012

Life Is like Mountainineering

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We don’t know when the impermanence takes over us. We may get involved in a traffic accident. One of our members went to meet her bosom friend who unexpectedly passed away in a traffic accident.   Our … Continue reading →

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Zero-sum or Wholesome

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We could see the thin moon beside the morning star in the clear sky. The temperature is 24 degrees here, and somewhere else with heavy snow. The zero-sum games are from the small short-sight style and section. … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 17, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It is below the freezing point. When we come here, we come home, sitting warm and calm, with the candle flame burning straight, illuminating the rooms clear and calm.   Ordination is ordering all by coming home, … Continue reading →

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Ordination for Ordering

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Today is our last day of Rohatsu sesshin and we are going to have Jukai – receiving precepts. Earlier this morning we had denser fog and cloud with rain. It is troublesome to travel under such conditions … Continue reading →

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Awakened One’s Awakening Day

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Today, the eighth of December, is the day of the Buddha’s awakening. So, all over the world Zen practitioners, after seven day intensive sitting, celebrate his awakening – an unprecedented feast that solves all problems of all … Continue reading →

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Attaining Unconditioned Peace and Unsurpassed Awakening

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   The eighth of December is the day when Siddhattha Gotama became buddha, awakened, to the ultimate truth, solving all problems and putting an end to suffering.   He attained unconditioned peace, nirvana, and unsurpassed awakening, and he … Continue reading →

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Holy Harmony, Health, and Happiness

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   When we sit, we stop our karmas – thus becoming freed from karmic bondages – and we function fully, becoming wholly wholesome. So, this is the way to become wholly wholesome in free full function. Otherwise, we … Continue reading →

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Penetrating Peace and Primordial Peace

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The moon is shining, brightening our world. The Buddha is said to have been awakened by seeing the morning star.   The morning star shows that the bright dawning is coming. We are all in the universal … Continue reading →

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Sin = Separation, Holiness = Whollyness

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   I forwarded “A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Between 1945-1998,” showing 2053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998, to our e-list. The explosions caused radiation disasters and resource damage. These and other problems come from the … Continue reading →

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Stopping Separation and Suffering

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Now we see that the half moon has quickly changed from the full moon. But, there is always a full moon behind the apparent changes and shifting phases of it. It enlightens and embraces the whole world … Continue reading →

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