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Awakening All

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! It is now almost cool for sitting, but the weather forecast said that the heat wave will continue until Thursday. The news from Japan described contaminated meat, saying that all cattle in the northern part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened way, engaged in society and ecology, every day a good day, global warming, just sitting, mass extinction, nuclear disaster, save all, wholly wholesome life | Leave a comment

Saving Sentient System

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The heat wave is settling here, somewhere even setting off fire alarms, and the heat indexis going up to 120 degrees. So we need fans and air conditioners. The Buddha said, “The world is on fire.” Why is … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened way, global problematique (intertwined problems), heat wave, practice, save all beings, save energy, save the globe | 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 →

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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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Saving All

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Dogen said, “To learn the Awakened Way is learn the self. To learn the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is be verified by all dharma. To be verified by all dharmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awakened way, Brahma, Buddha, Buddhist, Dependent Origination, destruction of the world, Dharma, Dogen, drop off body and mind, fame and fortune, global warming, karma, laya, mass extinction, self, substance, the world on fire, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, wholly wholesome world | Leave a comment

Wholly Wholesome Way

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have now very high temperatures and humidity, but after sweating and taking a shower, I feel very good. Zen life is not only sitting, but samu. We do samu whole-heartedly – wholly sweating, wholly breathing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Zen | Tagged awakened way, cutting arm, cutting tree, light on veggies and vita, sitting and samu, whole-heartedly, whollly wholesome perspective and priority, wholly breathing, wholly sweating, zen life | Leave a comment

Saving Suffering

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading →

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Megalomaniac Machines

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We’re having a spring rain, which nourishes nature, though for humans it’s rather inconvenient, shutting down our plans. We have a big shutdown of the damaged nuclear power plant, and now a government shutdown in this country seems … 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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Karma Kinetics, 2

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We say “a day with rain is a day of bad weather” (ame-no furu-hi-wa tenki-ga warui). An essayist, Tatsuno Yutaka, said, “I like rain so much. Perhaps my ancestors were frogs.” Not only frogs, but forests and flowers … Continue reading →

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Awakening All

Saving Sentient System

Impermanence Is Interdepencence

Praxis Perfection

Saving All

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Life Light

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