Tag Archives: limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning

Life Revolution

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The moon is now almost half full, quickly changing from the full moon we saw at the last sesshin, but brightly shining forth with other stars. The sun is now high and brilliantly shining over the autumnal … Continue reading →

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Trim and Transplant

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   Now we’re having hot dry days, so it is very difficult to transplant. Small saplings are easy to move because they are vigorous, easily rooted, and it’s easy to supply sufficient water and nutrition to their small … Continue reading →

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Constant Concentration in Polishing Practice

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   Now hostas are blooming abundantly in our garden. Unless we get into the garden, we can’t see them. The hydrangeas are beautifully blooming. When we forget to water them, their flowers fade in color and shrink in … Continue reading →

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Dwell in Dharma Dhatu, Domain

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we get up early, we can enjoy the fresh crisp clear morning air, the dawn, and singing birds – nature’s truth, goodness, and beauty.   When we sit upright and unconditioned, we can enjoy the wholly … Continue reading →

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From Karma Bodies to Dharma Dhatu (Domain, lit. Root Realm)

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We are delighted with beautiful flowers around us inside and out, especially those fresh flowers at the altar and all other Buddhas around the rooms with water also fresh. Unless we replace water, it becomes stale and … Continue reading →

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Dharma of Dependent Origination

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening!   When we sit in zazen, we enter into the dharma world, become awakened to the dharma of dependent origination, and see the open, integral, intertwined sańgha.   We find the symbolism of closed, piecemeal, separate self, society, … Continue reading →

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Returning to the Origin

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We saw the full moon early this morning. Today is the Buddha’s birthday called Flower Festival. It is the cherry blossom season in Japan. There they bathe  the baby Buddha with amacha, sweet tea, in the palanquin bedecked … Continue reading →

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Good Day Every Day

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   With warm wet weather we can now enjoy green grass already up to almost 60 degrees. In contrast in Japan people there have two to three times more snow waiting very late spring with the nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

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System or Self?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We had the half moon on New Year’s Day, and then the full moon, and this morning we saw the half moon again. Now we have bright sunlight brightening trees, snow, and the sky. After a few … Continue reading →

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Sit and Switch to Limitless Life and Light

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We have now an approaching half moon phase, after the recent new moon, and the brilliant full moon. Things change so fast – truly, time flies.   Now we’ve got accustomed to sitting with candles only, without … Continue reading →

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