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Remain Resolute Resilient

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We sit calm and cool in the heat wave warning, with the heat index due to go up to 110 degrees. “In extinction of the heart-head, even fire is cool.” So saying, Kaisen Osho at Erinji sat in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Unconditioned Peace (nirvana) = Ultimate Pleasure (gokuraku)

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we get up early and get into a garden or a field, we can enjoy a lot of flowers, grass, and trees glittering in the morning sun. As we cultivate the land and plant seeds and seedlings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Religion, Uncategorized, Zen | Tagged ambrosia, amrita, beyond birth and death, cultivation, dew-like life, fruition, gain and loss, gokuraku, immortality, nirvana, pain and pleasure, planting, sukhavati, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakeningultimate comfort/pleasure | Leave a comment

Wholly Wholesome Way

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! In our quiet sitting, we can hear the sounds of racing cars and an ambulance siren; but we also hear flowing water and singing birds. There are two ways, artificial and natural, and further mundane and supramundane. … Continue reading →

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Constant Care

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we come here and sit in zazen, we can enjoy the fresh air, the singing of birds, and the sound of the waterfall. If we walk into the garden, we can enjoy flowers and find … Continue reading →

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Praxis Perfection

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! By the truth or law of dependent origination, all things change. Humans increase and experience this flow as ups and downs, gains and losses, and births and deaths. Thus they must suffer more in samsara, constant flow, … Continue reading →

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Samadhi or Suffering

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! As we get up early and come here, we can enjoy beautiful flowers, bright candlelight, fragrant incense, a beautiful bell sound, and the beautiful singing of birds, flowers, abundant green. If we don’t follow this way, we cannot … Continue reading →

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Samadhi Stages

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, we can enjoy penetrating peace, purity, and freedom right here and now. If, however, there is a radioactive leak, then the whole world becomes contaminated, confused, and condemned. When there are the four … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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Tag Archives: immortality

Remain Resolute Resilient

Impermanence Is Interdepencence

Unconditioned Peace (nirvana) = Ultimate Pleasure (gokuraku)

Wholly Wholesome Way

Constant Care

Praxis Perfection

Samadhi or Suffering

Samadhi Stages

Self Suffering

Clear Crystal

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