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Delusion, Desire, and Divisiveness Destroy Dharma Dhatu

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Today is the first day of the autumnal equinox with equal day and night, neither hot nor cold. We cannot make the whole year like an equinox day, but we can live in equanimity beyond heat … Continue reading →

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Neither Dreaming Nor Deluded

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We are going to have a very warm day going up to 63 degrees – rather unusual. We, of course, cannot dream of it being in the 80s, or be so deluded as thinking of the 100s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged âtma-dvîpa) and dharma island (dhamma-dîpa, awakening, cf. light/lamp), delusion, dharma-dvîpa), dream, dvîpa: Sanskrit), dvîpa: Sanskrit): self island (attan-dîpa, five bliss (awakening/freedom/sameness/love/peace), five calamities (delusion/bondage/discrimination/exploitation/extermination), from triple malady (militarism/materialism/me-ism) to triple practice (peace/purity/prognosis), Indra-net, Iroha-uta (Iroha-song: Japanese alphabet), Light or lamp is padîpa (Pali) or pradvîpa, truth/dharma of dependent origination: interdependence: impermanense: no separate/independent/permanent self: awakened/activating limitless life/liberation/light/love/learning: universal hrmony/happin, truth/law/dharma of dependent origination, Two islands (dîpa: Pali, two refuges (self/dharma refuge/island, 色は匂えど散りぬるを、誰ぞわが世常ならむ。有為の奥山今日越えて浅き夢見じ酔いもせず | Leave a comment

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 →

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Advance Cure or After Care

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even though we are now in September, with autumn like insects singing, we have a very warm morning with the temperature going above 100 the coming few days. We still have the hurricane aftermath here and typhoon … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged aversion, civilization, conquer self, cultivate mind, culture of life, delusion, Disaster Prevention DAy, evacuation drills, freedom, hurricane, live on joy, materialism, militarism, nuclear disaster, nuclear power, peace, prevention cure, solving the source problem, state, symptom care, triple bliss (truth, triple fictitious system (self, triple maladies (me-ism, triple mind (great/mature/joyful minds), triple poisons (attachment, triple tragedy (earthquake, tsunami, typhoon | Leave a comment

Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now a good morning with the buddhas (awakened ones), buddha dharma, and sangha (community) in truth, freedom, and peace in our sitting. A news report from Japan stated that the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged ABC (atomic, aversion, biological, Buddha, chemical) materialism/militarism, dangha(community), delusion, Dharma, dharma (form/norm), freedom, Fukushima nuclear disaster, materialism, me-ism, peace, population decrease, radiation danger, Sangha, terrible refuge, triple malady (militarism, triple refuge (buddha, tripole poison (attachment, truth | Leave a comment

Totalianism

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit solid and serene, we stop our physical, verbal, and mental karmas, freed from them. So, we can enjoy peace and truth. In our ordinary life, we pursue comfort and pleasure, which comes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged aversion, buddhas (awakened ones), business as usual, comfort/pleasure totalitarianinsm, cut down energy and material use, delusion, enjoy peace and truth, exploitation, extermination, freed from karmas, global problematique (intertwined problems), global warming, karma (physical, mass extinction, materialism, me-ism, mental, nuclear disasters, self-survival instinct, shedding blood and tears, sit solid and serene, sitting good in the beginning/middle/end for all always without wrong actions, three damages (discrimination, three maladies (militalism, three poisons (attachment, verbal | Leave a comment

Karma Crucial to Catastrophe or Contentment

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! When we sit and stop the three (physical, verbal, and mental) karmas, we can settle in truth, peace, and holiness. But when we are living in our karma world, all the news from north, east, west, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged aversion, buddhas (awakened), civilization (institutions/instruments) = pyramidal system, concentration, delusion, emotional, form, formless), fundamental sufferings, humans are humans because of human karmas, intellectual), karma world, materialism, me-ism, mental, only solution = wake-up and wakeful action, problems and sufferings, prognosis: physical/volitional, root karma problems, settle in truth/peace/holiness, three cultivations/learnings = (morality, three karmas (physical, three maladies (militarism, three poisons (attachment, three worlds/realms (desire, verbal | Leave a comment

Source of Suffering: Sticking to Separate Self

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We still have lingering heat, but not like the heat of mid-summer. Clearly the daytime is decreasing rapidly. We can observe the impermanence of the seasons, but scarcely of our own. Only when we face the … Continue reading →

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Mind = Mundus

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Now we have a cooler and calmer atmosphere. So, we can enjoy our sitting zazen in peace and truth. When we sit in zazen, our karma stills, projection retracts, turmoil subsides, and turbidity clears. So, our … Continue reading →

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Dark in Delusion: Doomed to Demise

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Our sitting time is getting darker. This morning we have fog, as the weather is getting colder. In the fog we must be careful to navigate each moment, because “a step makes a thousand mile difference.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged a step: thousand miles difference, awakened action, awakening, crucial key, delusion, demise, life of death, light or darkness, peace or disaster, practice of sitting in the dharma | Leave a comment

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Delusion, Desire, and Divisiveness Destroy Dharma Dhatu

Neither Dreaming Nor Deluded

Mirror Moon Mind

Advance Cure or After Care

Triple Treasure or Triple Tragedy

Totalianism

Karma Crucial to Catastrophe or Contentment

Source of Suffering: Sticking to Separate Self

Mind = Mundus

Dark in Delusion: Doomed to Demise

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