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Defiled and Undefiled Goodness

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have spring like sunlight and a silent peaceful world especially after sittings. Unfortunately, however, beside this peaceful world we have a lot of problems and sufferings all over the human world. Last night I … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, defiled/undefiled goodness, Fukushima, global warming, ignorance/ignominy, karma, Kenji Miyazawa, mass extinction, military men, money-military complex, Occupay movement, Okinawa, policemen, pollution, power-machin, problems/sufferings, pyramidal power, sinful/separation/selfish, Tetsu Nakamura, wars | Leave a comment

System or Self?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We had the half moon on New Year’s Day, and then the full moon, and this morning we saw the half moon again. Now we have bright sunlight brightening trees, snow, and the sky. After a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged become aware/acknowledge/awakened in holy (wholly wholesome) truh/goodness/beauty/justice/happiness, body/brain, bountiful beauty/goodness/truth/peace in nature, consuming beloved ones/onself (eating son's flesh), cultivation/practice=verification/witness/attainment/perfection, dependent origination/cessation, full moon: awakened mind, galaxies, global warming, home-centric pyramidal system, life, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, mass extinction, may all enjoy limitless truth/goodness/beauty/holiness here/now, Milky Way, mind-making to the source, nirvana: windless (of karma): unconditioned peace, nuclear/egotish/economic/ecological meltdown, return to source/origin/truth/peace/harmony/holiness/happiness, self(-centeredness): fundamental delusion, self/survival/system/sustainable/saving/safe/simple/science, sit/stop (karma)/see (dharma)/solve (problems)/save (all from suffering), solar system, stars, the earth, the moon, the sun, the sun and the north wind, winner-take-all? independent-eternal-self?, world on fire: body/brain/mind/perception/conception/emotion/volition on fire, yoniso manasi-kâra | Leave a comment

Individual Karma, Shared Karma, Non-karma

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We had a very warm day going up to seventy. We got the news that the economic damage related with the severe weather was the biggest ever. This is the shared karma. A few days ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism), Cultivation: culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Global warming, Nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Uncategorized, Voluntary simplicity, War, Zen | Tagged global warming, karma (indivisual/shared/three times: past/present/future, mass extinction, non-action (a-karma), practice (on cushion/off cushion: gezagyou:下座行：descending seat practice), three kinds: bodily/verbal/mental) | Leave a comment

Becoming Buddha

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have a clear and cool sky and beautiful stars. Starting today, zen practitioners all over the world are starting the Rohatsu sesshin, one week of intensive sitting, some without lying down, to commemorate the Buddha’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Buddha, buddhas, global warming, humans, karmas, mass extinction, meditation, nuclear weapons/plants, Rohatsu sesshin, triple poison/deed/karma (craving/anger/deslusion: desire/divisiveness/delusion) | Leave a comment

Chilly Climate or Collusion Complex

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have very chilly air at 26 degrees, with a wind chill index of 18. But, it is much better than having an irradiated atmosphere and earth. The news from Japan reported on the Fukushima … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged acute external radiation exposure, chronic internal radiation exposure, ECRR, Fukushima, global warming, ICRP, mass extinction, nuclear bombs/plants, nuclear industry complex, nuclear radiation problems, radiation, real/natural/sustainable/safe/simple/saving life, TEPCO | Leave a comment

From Deluded Way to Awakened Way

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now clouds threatening to snow, with temperatures going below the freezing point as forecast. But, after sitting we have a clear and calm world. Yesterday I visited St. Charles for the first time. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Nuclear bombs, Nuclear plants, Philosophy, Religion, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged “return to our homes and sit in safety (帰家安坐：kika-anza)”, awakened way, birth/death, broad/natural way, Buddha, Buddhism, Chrnobyl, Easter Island, ECRR (European Committee on Radiation Risk), Fukushima, global life system, global warming, immortality, Main Street, mass extinction, nuclear disaster, nuclear fallout: cancer, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Three Mile Island, Wall Street, Zen | Leave a comment

People against Power and for Planet

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have had a cloudless autumn sky (akibare: 秋晴れ) for many days now. When we sit we can enjoy a cloudless world. This is because of the clear calm air. But, when it gets colder, we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged against corporate/nuclear/state/money power, akibare (cloudless autumn sky), American Autumn, Arab spring, becoming buddha, culture/cultivation (truth/goodness/beauty/peace), discrimination/destruction of others, Dogen, European Summer, fictitious system, Flowers blooming, friends with all, global life system, global problematique, global warming, holiness (wholesome whole), kin (金), kinjitou (金), limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, live/die with joy/without suffering, losing job/home/money/food/life, mass extinction, master of all situations, mummy/money hunters becoimg mummies/monies, Nobel Peace Prizes, nuclear/new world, Occupy Freedom Square, Occupy NYC, Occupy Wall Street, original harmony, people against power and for planet (life system), possession is possessedness, pyramidal power: fight for power/matter, share life and light, share mind/life, shift without blood and tears, sit/stop karmas, slave of self/state/civilization, system/paradigm/life shift, the world arises, truth and peace: two sides of one reality, unsurpassed awakening in unconditioned peace, waging wars, World Winter, 金 | Leave a comment

Live Limitless Lucky Life

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Already the equinox has passed away, but we can live in equanimity (throwing away), nirvana, windless state of human karmas or samsara sufferings, whenever we sit in zazen. Dogen said, “Zazen has limitless merits.” He also … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia, Dogen, equinimity, equinox, global warming, gross happiness index instead of GDP, happiest society among buddhas (awakened ones) living on joy/happiness, ILO, immortality, jobless, karma, learning limitless liberation/light/love/luck, limitless luck without limited minds, limitless merits/least harm, make your day with practice in equanimity/joy/compassion/friendship, mass extinction, massproduction/consumption/wasting, mind without turbulence/turbidity, nirvana (windless of karma), purify the mind in truth/peace/beauty/goodness/holiness, samsara suffering, tasting amrita, tree: true/peace/harmony, undernourished, zazen, zazen has limitless merits | Leave a comment

Wholly Wholesome Way is Free Full Function

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Early this morning we had a very dim moon behind the clouds – a very slender crescent moon, almost new. It soon came out from behind the clouds and shined brightly. Just recently we saw the renowned … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), awaken to pure/truthful/peaceful/supramundane realm, Brahma-vihara (pure residence), Buddha's teaching (doing all good, comfort, concentration, death/decay of no dodging, equanimity, Four Embracing Matters (= Four Embracing Dharma: giving/loving words/beneficial actions/sameness), four meditation stages (investigation/contemplation, Fourfold Limitlessness (= Four Brahma-vihara: friendship/compassion/joy/equanimity), free full function, Friend (Mitra/Mithra/Maitreya/Mazda/Masiah/...: future savior: potential), global warming, good/bad:right/wrong, Gyoji (Praxis) by Dogen, house treasure (not coming in/going out through gate), joy, karma, knowledge and action, live on joy, mass extinction, money can't buy life/love/liberation/learning/light/..., no evil, nuclear bombs, nuclear disaster, Pai-lu-tien (White/Oyre Joy Heaven), purifying mind, Rev. Bird-nest, separated self: delusion (causing attachment/aversion: samsara/suffering, social service, taking refuges/becoming them, triple tragedy (earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster), Triple Treasure (Awakened/Truth/Community), universal religions, Xue-feng (Snow Peak) | Leave a comment

Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a beautiful day for our equinox sesshin. This morning it was chilly. So, when I drove, I found the car windows becoming foggy. When we move in a chilly atmosphere, our windows become foggy, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged /health/holiness/happiness, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), anxiety for tomorrow, awakened state/nature/mind, cold world with competition/conflict: clouded world with calamity/catastrophe, cultivating karma in concentration/continuity, cultivation: cutting/changing karma, cutting karma like water jets/water drops, dharma (truth) world in pure peace, Dogen, embracing all in compassion/wisdom, etc.), fear of death, global warming, harmony, holy/harmonious world, karma creation (self sense/survival instinct/fear/hatred/worry/desire, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, mass extinction, mundane within supramundane not vice versa, no parting from forest/monastery/sangha/supramundane, path cycle (aspiration/action/unsurpassed awakening/unconditioned peace), peace/prognosis here/now, sit still/serene : see no separation/suffering/attachment/aversion, truth world in peace | Leave a comment

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Defiled and Undefiled Goodness

System or Self?

Individual Karma, Shared Karma, Non-karma

Becoming Buddha

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Tasting Truth in Triple Treasure

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