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Witness with Work

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we get up early and come here to sit in zazen, we can enjoy the fresh morning air, the cool morning dew, and the bright morning sunlight. When we cultivate the soil, sow seeds, and transplant, they … 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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Right Form Is Right Norm

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Even though we’ve had a long, long spell of rain, still it seems to continue. We have a quiet clear world when we sit. Now we encounter heavenly turmoil and earthly turbulences. To see and solve human-created nuclear … Continue reading →

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Fathoming Fathomless

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! After long lasting rainy days and some stormy days, we are now having a very fine, bright evening, and we can enjoy peace, harmony in zazen. Dogen said, “Zazen is the essential function of buddhas, and the functional … Continue reading →

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Nuisance or Nicety

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We’re having a lot of rain these days, so going from the world of colorful flowers to that of abundant green. Dogen said, “Flowers fall in lamentation. Weeds flourish in detestation.” I think you have been working in … Continue reading →

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Wholesome Whole

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we sit in zazen, our mind eyes go to the unprecedented disaster in Japan. When people become quiet, their eyes go to the scenes of their struggles and sufferings. The earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster caused 220,000 … Continue reading →

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Two Truths

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! With the change in time we still have a rather bright evening and see the sunset, the beautiful amaryllis, and many flowers. As we heard the beautiful bell sound rising and falling, appearing and disappearing, I saw a … Continue reading →

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Dharma Dwelling

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! In front of us we can see a great gorgeous amaryllis, blooming in beauty, peace, and truth. We can also see, with our minds’ eyes, the disaster in Japan taking place. The enormous danger of a nuclear disaster, … Continue reading →

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Witness Work

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We have a nice evening together here, in quiet sitting. But when we look into our lives, we find all kinds of problems and sufferings. We call these the four sufferings and the eight sufferings. The four sufferings … Continue reading →

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Awakened Action

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! As we sit in zazen, we know that the spring rain is drizzling and giving life to all plants, and that plants are giving life to all beings. And we know that blood streams are flowing … Continue reading →

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