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Impermanence

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   It has started drizzling now. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom here in this area. This morning I got the news of our member’s relative’s death and a request of officiating a marriage ceremony . Marry and bury are daily happenings for anyone.   Cherry blossoms are famed for their mass flowering especially when they are with the mass group, but also for their incessant mass falling especially when it rains or winds “The vain cherry of the mind expecting tomorrow may fall by the night storm.”   Let us sit with the whole body and mind here and now to realize unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening and to taste amrita, ambrosia of immortality, beyond the wind of karmas, and before the rain of impermanence let the beauty of life fall off.   4/15/13     Note:   Asu arito Omou kokoro-no Adazakura Yowa-ni Arashi-no Fukanu monokawa? 明日ありと 思う心の あだざくら 夜半に嵐の 吹かぬものは  

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Practice Here Now

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have a nice quiet, cool morning. All over the world zen practitioners are in Rohatsu sesshin to commemorate the Buddha’s awakening, available for all to witness, always.   Sesshin is embracing the mind (摂心) or touching … Continue reading →

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Clear, Calm, Cool, and Content

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   We have the full moon high in the sky, clear, calm, cool, and content. The perfectly round moon expresses complete contentment, nothing deficient, nothing superfluous, and just shines forth brilliantly.   At this time 758 years ago, … Continue reading →

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Cultivation of Changing Karma

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We now have a nice bright Sunday morning with crisp autumn air, a clear sky, the beautiful sound of flowing water and singing insects, the brilliant colors of flowers and leaves, especially pure and peaceful after still, … Continue reading →

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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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Imminent Impermanence

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After a long spell of heat wave, we may have rain and a little milder weather with a little lower temperature today. We are lucky to get up, come here, and sit in zazen in the early morning. … Continue reading →

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Sewa, Seva, Serve

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We can hear the sound of singing birds and flowing water and wind, and see the beautiful sunlight. An old poem says, “When I hear a bird singing, I wonder if it is my father or mother.” It … Continue reading →

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Impermanence Is Interdepencence

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even though we have hot weather in the day time, we can have fresh, cool air in the early morning. Even though it is said that “flowers fall in lamentation and weeds flourish in detestation,” this comes from … Continue reading →

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Saving Suffering

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a morning with bright sunlight in serene silence. However, the world is immersed in disasters, difficulties, and even deaths at this very moment. The recent tornados, more than 200 over an area of some 150 miles, … Continue reading →

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Death and Devastation

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After successive harsh tornados and heavy rain, we now have a clear, bright daybreak with the thin moon high in the sky, the morning star having disappeared. When we step into our garden, we can see big, beautiful … Continue reading →

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