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Triple Pillars

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a short respite from the long spell of dry hot weather. It became cool at night and early in the morning. Especially when we sit in zazen, we can enjoy rest and renewal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aging, and anger), and awakened community), and carnage in and among city states and living beings and the life system), and extermination in civilization: class, and happiness, and mental actions/functions), and prognosis, and sangha (awakened, and unparalleled prognosis), and voluntary simplicity, anuttara samyak sambodhi (unsurpassed right awakening), Ârya), awakened truth, beauty, chan, complete paradigm shift from civilization (strife for and slavery in matter and power) to culture (striving for and sharing mind and life) in cultivation in holy (ariya, concentration, conflict, craving, death; social: parting with beloved ones, Dharma, dhyâna, equal partnership between men and women), etc.), exploitation, global ethic, global ethic (no killing/stealing/lying, goodness, hagia: wholly wholesome) truth, harmony, living beings: karma-machines, meeting with hateful ones; inability to attain desired things and avoid detested things; and ecological: disasters, nirvana (unconditioned peace), safe, saving all (5Ss), sickness, simple life, sustainable, system/paradigm shift from civilization (craving for matter/comfort and convenience/power) to culture (cultivation for holy truth/goodness/beauty/harmony/happiness), The Buddha saw the triple sufferings (individual: birth, triple karmas (physical, triple learning of morality, triple learning of morality (sîla)/concentration (samâdhi)/prognosis (prajñâ), triple pillars for systemic, triple pillars of the awakened way, triple poisons (delusion, triple tragedies (discrimination, triple transcendence (unsurpassed awakening, triple treasures of buddha, unconditioned peace, verbal, zazen, Zazen is the practical way to achieve the triple treasures and the triple pillars, zen (from jhâna | Leave a comment

Dharma Marks

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! As today is the first day of fall, the bright sun is still high with bright daylight, like midday. The sky is cloudless, even though it was all covered by ball-shaped clouds this morning. The bright … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism) | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Buddha, Dharma, dukkha (suffering), lit. complete flow/incessant change), lit. windless), lit. wrong going: going against one's wish), nirvana, nirvana (uncreated/unconditioned, samsara (transmigration in six worlds/realms/ways, Six Ways/Worlds: hell beings/hungry ghosts/beastly beings/fighting devils/human beings/celestial beings, three/four dharma (form/phenomena) marks (impermanence/suffering/selfless//nirvana), three/four dharma marks | Leave a comment

Return to Restart

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The full moon has quickly changed into the half moon. Now we have a nice bright Sunday. In a few days we will have the winter solstice, when the night is the longest and our distance to … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, War, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), awakened way, awakening, culltivation/verfication, Dharma, drop off body/mind, ecological/economic/egoistic problems/sufferings, global life system, karma problem, Occupy movement, paradigm shift, pyramidal power system, self, three maladies (militarism/materialism/me-ism) vs. triple learning (morality/concentration/prognosis), three poisons (delusion/attachment/aversion | Leave a comment

Practice in Gratitude

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! This evening is Thanksgiving evening. We must give thanks not only for food and drinks, but for all beings, which give us life. We must know that we can live only on other lives. Today I forwarded … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened way, Buddha, cultivation = verification, Dharma, gratitude for grace, hannya (prajñâ, live on other lives, prognosis, Shakyamuni Buddha, Shobogenzo, Shushogi, sokushinzebutsu: the mind being Buddha | Leave a comment

Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a good morning with the buddhas (awakened ones), buddha dharma, and sangha (community) in truth, freedom, and peace in our sitting. A news report from Japan stated that the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged ABC (atomic, aversion, biological, Buddha, chemical) materialism/militarism, dangha(community), delusion, Dharma, dharma (form/norm), freedom, Fukushima nuclear disaster, materialism, me-ism, peace, population decrease, radiation danger, Sangha, terrible refuge, triple malady (militarism, triple refuge (buddha, tripole poison (attachment, truth | Leave a comment

Hiroshima, Fukushima, Futashima

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we become still, serene, and safe. When we move, drive, often we see rabbits or squirrels cross in front of our cars, or birds flying along our driving directions. Our sense and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged A-bomb, Buddha, collective), cultivation of two islands (self and dharma), Dharma, dharma body, Fukushima, Futashima (two islands), global warming, Hiroshima, karma (personal, karma machine, mass extinction, move outward and forward, night of nescience, nuclear bombs, nuclear power, nuclear power = nuclear bomb exploding gradually for a long time, ocean of tears and blood, origin of problems and sufferings, selfish samsara suffering, sit still/serene/safe, stop karma machine, truth, ultimate truth, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholly wolesome world, zazen | Leave a comment

Awakening and Action

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We had a small shower last evening after the long, severe heat wave. So, our plants have enjoyed a brief moment of shower – life water and cool air. We can now enjoy the sound of falling water … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged action, Americans, awakened way, awakening, crying over spilt milk, cultivation, Dharma, dharma (form/norm), Dogen, Emory Robins, energy, equality, fear, fearless, flowers, free, fruits, Fukushima, full function, genuine joy and happiness, karma, Koide, limitless life/light/liberation/love, military-industrial-political complex, mountain-river-great-earth m;ind, nuclear power, peace, problems, prognosis, radiation contamination, safe, saving all beings, self, selfish interest, simple, slave, sufferings, sustainable, systemic, truth, wholly wholesome happiness, wholly wholesome system | Leave a comment

Making Mind from Mother Nature

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The temperature is now 80 degrees and going up to 99, with a heat index of 106. Of course, every one feels the heat wave, but few deal with global warming. The Buddha spoke of “making … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged change view and value, Dharma, dharma world, four applications, Four Dedications, global warming, karma, karma to dharma, making the mind from mother nature, original natural system, perishing, prosperity, self to dharma, sit still and serene, stop karma, truth world, wakefully act, yoniso manasikara | Leave a comment

From Karma/Civilization to Dharma/Cultivation

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The temperature went beyond one hundred degrees (108) today. Kaisen Osho said, “The heart-head (fountainhead) being extinct, even fire is cool.” Zazen is to go beyond heat and chill, beyond all phenomena, to go back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged ambrosia/immortality (amrita), beyond heat and chill, beyond phenomena, civilization, cultivation, culture, Dharma, fushi, global system, heart-head extinct, Kaisen, kanro, karma, limitless beauty, limitless goodness, limitless truth, matter power, nirvana, origin, problems, reorineting life, solution, suffering, truth, zazen | Leave a comment

Impermanence Is Interdepencence

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even though we have hot weather in the day time, we can have fresh, cool air in the early morning. Even though it is said that “flowers fall in lamentation and weeds flourish in detestation,” this comes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged action, ambrosia, amrita, aspiration, awakened way, awakening, death, delusion, Dharma, disaster, immortality, impermanence, interdependence, karma, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening | Leave a comment

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Dharma Marks

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