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Four Psycho-Physical States

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we enjoy green grass and green leaves, birds singing from early morning all around us. A bear woke up from hibernation in the zoo – the news from Japan reported. There are four psycho-physical states … Continue reading →

Posted in Asankhata (asamskrita: unmade), Awakened Way (Buddhism) | Tagged equanimity like equinox, four psycho-physical states, free, full function, higan (彼岸), nirvana, the other shore, wholly wholesome | Leave a comment

Zazen Is Essential Function and Functional Essence

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Dogen said that zazen is the essential function and the functional essence of the awakened ones and awakened ancestors. It is the essential function and the functional essence with unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening in holy … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Religion, System, Zen | Tagged Dogen, essential function, full function, functional essence, holy harmony, limitless learning/liberation/light/love/life, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, zazen | Leave a comment

Awakening and Action

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We had a small shower last evening after the long, severe heat wave. So, our plants have enjoyed a brief moment of shower – life water and cool air. We can now enjoy the sound of falling water … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged action, Americans, awakened way, awakening, crying over spilt milk, cultivation, Dharma, dharma (form/norm), Dogen, Emory Robins, energy, equality, fear, fearless, flowers, free, fruits, Fukushima, full function, genuine joy and happiness, karma, Koide, limitless life/light/liberation/love, military-industrial-political complex, mountain-river-great-earth m;ind, nuclear power, peace, problems, prognosis, radiation contamination, safe, saving all beings, self, selfish interest, simple, slave, sufferings, sustainable, systemic, truth, wholly wholesome happiness, wholly wholesome system | Leave a comment

Total Truth

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! In our sitting, the pure sound of flowing water penetrates through our world; the fresh breeze permeates throughout our bodies and minds; the bright, beautiful sunlight pervades the world. This is the world in cessation (nirodha) and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alienation, antagonism, attachment, aversion, birth and death, bodhisattvas, body, bones, bubble, buddhas, calm ocean, clear crystal, conception, death, delicate and drastic, delusion, demise, desire, discrimination, division, Dogen, emotion, flesh, freedom, full function, genes, here now, holy truth/goodness/beauty/peace/harmony, holy world, industry, karma, liberation, life, light, limited values and views, limitless life, love, matter, mind, money, mountains, neither decrease nor increase, nirodha, nirvana, nuclear disaster, penetration, perception, phenomena, purity, rivers, samsara, saving, serving, space, suffering, the moon, the sun, time, total dynamic, total truth, Universal Recommendation for the Right Zazen, volition, world | Leave a comment

Still Serene Satisfaction

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After a while of sitting, we witness the clear, calm state of the mind and the world; and then we are able to see the merit of sitting and stopping karma. Otherwise, we just go on according … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, Culture, Global problems, Religion, Uncategorized, Zen | Tagged body, death, disaster, emancipation, emotion, free functioning, freedom, full function, global warming, habit, insitution, karma, liberation, mass extinction, mind, praxis, serene satisfaction, society | Leave a comment

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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Free Full Function

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! Spring is the season when everything springs up – irises, trees, plants – all growing upright in balance, functioning free and full. Dr. Suzuki of the Suzuki Method tested himself and taught others the best forms to use … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dignified forms are themselves awakened norms, Dogen, form and norm, free function, full function, harmony, holiness, igi-soku-buppo (威儀即仏法), peace, sit upright, Suzuki Method, truth | Leave a comment

Order or Off-Order

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Yesterday we had a storm, tornado, blackout and a lot of disruptions and disorder, miseries and misfortune. This morning, we could see the beautiful crescent moon and the morning star, side by side, in the eastern sky. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged battle field, Buddha, Buddha's robe, conqueror, full function, human artifice, moon, morning star, okesa, order, Tathagata, Thus-being, truth | Leave a comment

Kougetsu (耕月:Cultivating the Moon)

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

We can now see the full moon high in the sky, clear and cool. Usually our mind moons are clouded with many sorts of senses and sufferings. When, however, we sit solid and serene, we become pure and perfect beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buddha's robe, convention, full function, full moon, happiness, karma, kesa, liberation, merit making, mind-moon, rakusu, saving all, sitting, small self, suffering, Tathagata, verse of robe | Leave a comment

Mundus Mind

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We can now see the full moon, shining, solid, serene, stable, and straightforward. If we cultivate our minds, our world will become wholly systemic, sustainable, saving, safe, and simple. Our mind moons sometimes are beclouded by all kinds … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cultivation, freedom, full function, full moon, mind, mind-moon, mundus, world | Leave a comment

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Four Psycho-Physical States

Zazen Is Essential Function and Functional Essence

Awakening and Action

Total Truth

Still Serene Satisfaction

Samadhi Stages

Free Full Function

Order or Off-Order

Kougetsu (耕月:Cultivating the Moon)

Mundus Mind

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