Tag Archives: truth

Sit, See, Serve, and Save

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We now have fresh, cool, and crisp air, as if autumn is around the corner. Today in Japan people are observing the fifth-month memorial day of the deceased following the triple tragedy of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. … Continue reading →

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Awakening and Awakened Action

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After some showers we have a little milder weather. Especially after sittings we can enjoy a serene, still, steadfast, and satisfied state. Why do we sit? We all have problems and sufferings (duk-kha: lit. wrong-going, dissatisfaction). We cannot … Continue reading →

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Deep Dwelling in Dharma

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   After a long spell of heat wave, we had a small shower. So, all plants and animals felt a brief relief. I watered our garden and found some small plants (salvaged from garbage) withered. Big trees are … Continue reading →

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Mountains Make Me

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Dogen said, “When I love mountains, mountains love me.” When we enter a mountain, instantly we can enjoy all the beauty, all the merits of the mountain. Step by step we can enjoy beautiful flowers, trees, mist, breeze, … Continue reading →

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Limitless Life with Limitless Liberation

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit and settle in truth, peace, and freedom, we can enjoy the beauty of flowers and the goodness of fruits without radiation contamination. With the contamination and the misery caused by the nuclear disaster people in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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From Selfish Short-sight to Holy Harmony

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Here we still have the heat wave, and the heat warning further extended up to next Tuesday. In Japan they have flooding with heavy rainfall above 100mm per hour. The news from Japan reported that the Nuclear and … Continue reading →

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Cultivation, Culture, Civilization

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The temperature went up to 99 degrees during the heat wave, and some plants are in the critical state of life or death. If we give water to them, they can survive; if not, they cannot. When we … Continue reading →

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From Separated Selves to Wholesome Whole

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, stilling karma, all the merits of dharma beginning with truth and peace are there. No demerits of karma beginning with falsity and faults exist. We got the news of a man killing almost … Continue reading →

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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 →

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