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Mirror Moon Mind

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We can see the full moon tonight. The full moon Dogen appreciated just before his passing away was the one in this month. The great difference is expressed by “the moon and a small turtle (tsuki … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged "power pyramid" system: "small self" stones, aversion, blind men groping for elephant, blind turtle stuck into log, delusion, destruction of the world: selfishness, Detroit of the Orient, discrimination/exploitation/destruction, full moon, karma, king Mirror, mass production/consumption/wasting/pollution: mass extinction: global warming, nuclear power, nuke test: worldwide contamination, NYT, partial truth: fight, the sun of truth, the world of karma, three poisons (attachment, triple treasure (buddha/dharma/sangha), tsuki to suppon (moon and turtle), undei no sa (difference of cloud and mud), universal truth | Leave a comment

Normal or Norm

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have a chilly morning passing away from the equinox. When we sit, however, still and serene, we are in equanimity, in peace, truth, and harmonious state – in supramundane realm. When we are engaged in our business as usual, we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Buddhism, business as usual, civilization, culture, ecology, global ethic, global problems, karma, mountain of misfortune/ wall of wave (death), mundane/supramundane realm, normalcy, normalcy bias, Philosophy, religion, sangha (community) dharma (form/norm), standard, system, tsunami, voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakened refuge | Leave a comment

Speckless Space for Sentients Salvation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have another day of akibare (autumn clear sky), with beautiful stars this morning and the bright crescent moon last evening. The crisp clear air envelopes all and speckless space penetrates all throughout the universe. When we … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged akibare (autumn clear sky), Amitabha (Limitless Light): Amitayus (Limitless Life), amrita (ambrosia/immortality), Avalokiteshvara (Omnipotent in Looking Down with Compassion): Avalokitaswara (Looking Down with Compassion the Sounds of Weeping/Wailing), birth and death, bodhisattva, Buddha, Buddhism, compassion/awakening/nirvana, Dharma of Dependent Origination (interdepencence) holy (wholly wholesome) harmony/peace/prognosis, etc (Friend), Harmony is precious, karma, Lotus Sutra, me-ism/materialism/militarism, Mitra/Mithra/Mazda/Maitreya, nirvana, Pure Land, Seven Article Constitution, Shomangyo (Supreme Garland Scripture), Shotoku, Tenjukoku (Heavenly Life Land), triple treasure (buddha/dharma/sangha), Vimalakirti(Nirdesha) Sutra (Purity-famed's Teaching), zazen | Leave a comment

Pure Place in Peace and Prognosis

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Autumn morning is worth a thousands pieces of gold. Even though we have neither wind, nor flowers, nor full moon, nor singing birds (ka-cho-fu-getsu: 花鳥風月: flowers, birds, wind, and the moon:), we nonetheless have fresh air, beautiful stars, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Buddha, kachofugetsu (flowers/birds/wind/moon), karma, limitless life/light/liberation/love, nirvana (unconditioned peace), nukes at hair-trigger alert, Pahom, suffering, three poisons (greed/hatred/delusion), unsurpassed awakening | Leave a comment

Settling in Speckless Space – Samadhi

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We had aki-bare (秋晴れ: clear, cloudless autumn sky: aki-bare) at noon. Then the wind started. We now have clouds in the evening – lower clouds, dark, and higher clouds, white. Dark clouds bring rain, lightning, thunderclaps, typhoons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged akibare: clear, cessation of origination, cloudless autumn sky, karma, mental orientation from the source/origin (yoniso manasi-kara), nyudogumo: entering-the -way cloudcumulonimbus, perfect peace: pure prognosis, right dharma eye stored in the subtle nirvana mind, sit serence: speckless sky: nirvana | Leave a comment

Limitless Life in Spotless Space

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a cool and calm morning. I watched a news piece from Japan that reported on a sumo wrestler who was promoted to Ozeki, next to Yokozuna championship. Ozeki means great barrier. Ozeki has the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged greatest/hardest/final barrier = self, karma, limitless liberation/light/love/life/learning, lit.horizontal rope), million miles of one spotless space, Ozeki (lit. great barrier), striving concentrated/constant (like waterjets/drops), the second = craving, true conqueror = self conqueror, Yokozuna (Sumo champion | 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

Constant, Continuous Cultivation in Cutting Karma

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We are at the equinox. The equinox is called higan in Japanese, the other shore, meaning nirvana, the windless state of karma. Only when we stop karma can we reach equanimity, or nirvana. That’s why the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged amrita (ambrosia/immortality), cultivating = witnessing/verifying, equinox (higan/other shore/nirvana), karma, sitting still/serene = stopping karmas, sitting: cutting karmas/plates/rock, unsurpassed awakening in unconditioned peace | Leave a comment

Equanimity, Equality, Enjoyment

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we are at the equinox, the best time with clear, calm air and the bright moon illuminating the world. Now, on the other side of the globe, however, a typhoon with floods and storms is … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged four embracing matters/dharmas (giving/loving words/beneficial actions/sameness), fourfold limitlessness/four pure living (equanimity/compassion/friendship/joy), karma, nescience | Leave a comment

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Mirror Moon Mind

Normal or Norm

Speckless Space for Sentients Salvation

Pure Place in Peace and Prognosis

Settling in Speckless Space – Samadhi

Limitless Life in Spotless Space

Live Limitless Lucky Life

Constant, Continuous Cultivation in Cutting Karma

Equanimity, Equality, Enjoyment

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