Tag Archives: Dogen

Karma Cultivation

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Spring is the season for sowing seeds. Without sowing seeds we cannot harvest good crops that, over time, become organic building blocks from present to future. Awakening starts with aspiration and cultivation, which is different from … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultivation: culture | Tagged awakened way's praxis/practice cycle: aspiration-action-awakening-unconditioned peace (gyoji-doukan: 行持道環：cycle of practicing the way), Dogen, unsurpassed awakening: unconditioned peace (nirvana: windless): uncreated (a-sankhata/a-samskrita): a-karma, zazen (sitting meditation) | Leave a comment

Prosper or Perish

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! When we get up early, come here and sit, we can enjoy the abundant beauty of the natural world, and we can create beautiful abundance with it in harmony with all. In prostration the world prospers; … Continue reading →

Posted in asamskrita, Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade) | Tagged beauty, Dogen, natural world, original nature, privatization, prosper or perish, prostration | Leave a comment

Wholly Wholesome Way with the Whole

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! It’s now getting cloudier and darker, but in the early morning we had the nice bright sun and some mist, with moistened greens along with abundant singing of birds. The spring sun brought us beautiful spring scenes … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism) | Tagged awakened one (buddha), awakening being (bodhisattva), dharma world, discrepancy between self and system, Dogen, Earth Day, interdependent/intertwined/integrated life/world, normalcy/normality bias/syndrome, penetrating peace/purity: free/full function, prostration, safety myth/mythology (nuke power plant), State of Flux, tornadoes/typhoons/deforestation/desertification/flooding, triple learning (morality/concentration/prognosis), triple malady (meism/materialism/militarism), triple poison (delusion/craving/anger), triple treasure, unconditioned peace/unsurpassed awakening, zazen | Leave a comment

Obtaining Own Origin

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! No winter grass being seen, A white heron in a snowfield Hides itself in Its own form. This is the poem made by Dogen titled “prostration.” Like in a perfect prostration, in zazen we become … Continue reading →

Posted in asamskrita, Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade) | Tagged dharma body/world, Dogen, heron in snowfield, original form (face/nature) | Leave a comment

Four Dharma Marks

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a beautiful Sunday morning with fresh green and beautiful flowers. It is like March, April, and May coming all at once with unseasonable flowers blossoming – azaleas, peonies, wisteria, lilies of the valley, irises… … Continue reading →

Posted in Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade), Awakened Way (Buddhism) | Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, dharma of all dharmas: law of dependent origination: interdependent/interrelated/impermanent/selfless, Dogen, four dharma marks (impermanence/suffering/selflessness/nirvana), global system/ethic/problematique, karmas, nirvana, primary practice, three poisons (delusion/attachment/aversion | Leave a comment

Equinox, Equanimity, Nirvana, Higan

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Today is spring equinox. It is called higan (彼岸), the other shore, beyond chill and heat, nirvana beyond all karma winds, self and other, and birth and death. Only when we practice and reach nirvana, we … Continue reading →

Posted in asamskrita, Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade) | Tagged /the other shore/nirvana, cultivation = verification, Dogen, higan (彼岸), practice cycle (gyojidoukan: 行持道環：aspiration/action/awakening/unconditioned peace) | Leave a comment

Settle in True Nature

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! The spring sun and the spring storms brought us abundant flowers – all kinds of flowers blossoming and now soft green buds sprouting, green grass, rabbits, birds springing up. Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade) | Tagged Dogen, original face/natue, samsara in the Six Ways (六道輪廻：rokurou-rinne)), stop karmas (three poisons/samsara suffering) | Leave a comment

From Triple Tragedy to Total Truth

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Today, March 11, one year ago in Japan we had the triple tragedy of the record earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster claiming almost 20,000 lives, about 400,000 people still evacuated, almost half of them from nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

Posted in Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade) | Tagged Buddha, Dharma Dhatu, Dogen, eating son's flesh, elephant's footprint, four appliations, four noble/holy truths, global life system: 5Ss (systemic/sustainable/saving/safe/simple), Gyoju (Praxis), holy eightfold path (right view/thinking/speech/action/livelihood/mindfulness/striving/concentration), karma machine, matter/power:fortune/fame, original/ultimate resort/refuge, right livelihood, Ryokan, shortcircuit, shortsight, the world on fire, three poisons (delusion/attachment/aversion, threefold suffering: individual/social/environmental, true self | Leave a comment

Like Elephant’s Footprint

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have beautiful bright spring sun and fresh air. Suddenly we have so many kinds of flowers blooming – daffodils, forsythias, magnolias, vincas, quinces and so forth. Flowers in spring, Cuckoo in summer, The moon in … Continue reading →

Posted in Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade) | Tagged Buddha mind: nirvana: karmaless: original/ultimate resort/refuge, Dogen, elephant's footprint | Leave a comment

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have beautiful bright spring-like sunlight and sky – crisp clear space without clouds, piercing through all endlessly. After our sittings we are also penetrated by purity and peace. Usually we are separated by our skin … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ambrosia of immortality, amrita, and bodhisattvas, awakened ones, awakened way, awakening beings, bubble/ocean, buddhas, cloud/sky, Dharma Realm, Dogen, great beings, karma machine, mahâsattvas, movie Zen, no-wind (nir-vâna/vâta), skin-bags, Tathâ-gata garbha (Thus-being fetus), transmigration through the Six Ways or Worlds (六道輪廻), Universal Recommendation for Right Zazen | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Dogen

Karma Cultivation

Prosper or Perish

Wholly Wholesome Way with the Whole

Obtaining Own Origin

Four Dharma Marks

Equinox, Equanimity, Nirvana, Higan

Settle in True Nature

From Triple Tragedy to Total Truth

Like Elephant’s Footprint

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