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San-do (Three Steps)

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! A moment of a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold, it is said. Now we are surrounded by bountiful, beautiful flowers. Why do humans have suffering? The Buddha told us about the three steps (san-do, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Uncategorized, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged action, animals, Buddha, catastrophe, delusion, global life system, humans, plants, sando, sit, stop karma, suffering, the sixth mass extinction, three steps, zz NO AD. COMMENTS PLEASEflowers | Leave a comment

Self Suffering

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We’re having a nice moment on a spring evening, which is said to be worth a thousand pieces of gold – priceless. I visited Ed, who recently had a stroke, in the hospital. When I visited him, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged attachment, aversion, bubble, Buddha, conception, craving, cultivation, delusion, ego, emotion, euphoria, five aggregates, immortality, insight, mind, ocean, practice, salt, sesshin, sitting, stroke, suffering, three poisons, threefold suffering, truth, twelvefold dependent origination, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, volition, zz NO AD. COMMENT ALLOWEDtwo roots | Leave a comment

Moon & Mundus

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We can still see the clear full moon through the window. We cannot but see complications on earth. The disaster could claim over 20,000 lives, and the nuclear crises could reach even this country. I watched … Continue reading →

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Life Light

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We saw the beautiful full moon and the morning star this morning. Now we have the bright daylight after sittings and the service. We have a very peaceful, beautiful morning. Before I came here I watched TV news … Continue reading →

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Clear Crystal

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a nice, quiet Saturday morning with bright sunshine. This is the first day of ohigan ?????in Japan, the spring equinox. Ohigan means yonder shore, which stands for nirvana, unconditioned peace beyond billows and torrents. Like the … Continue reading →

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Sitting Still

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have now the beautiful bright moon in the sky. When we see this planet from the moon, it looks like the moon hanging in the air. Our life is hanging in the air like the sword of … Continue reading →

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Dharma Dhatu (Truth Root/Realm)

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After sittings and the service, we have a very quiet Sunday with spring sunlight brightening the world and this big beautiful amaryllis, peaceful and truthful. But on the other side of the globe there is a lot of … Continue reading →

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Death Disaster

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The morning star is shining in the pale blue, gradually dawning, sky. And now we can sit still and serene. But in Japan at about 3 p.m. they had an 8.9 earthquake, only 80 miles off shore from … Continue reading →

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Witness Work

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have a nice evening together here, in quiet sitting. But when we look into our lives, we find all kinds of problems and sufferings. We call these the four sufferings and the eight sufferings. The four sufferings … Continue reading →

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Beauty Baunty

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Just before I left home, I watched the beginning part of the TV program “Today’s Close-up,” featuring natural farming. The produce, grown without chemicals or fertilizer, is now exported to other countries and sells well even at three … Continue reading →

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