Tag Archives: three poisons (delusion/attachment/aversion

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 →

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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 →

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Human Pollution

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Rosan Daido

 Good evening!   We can see the clear and calm half moon after one cycle of lunar phases since New Year’s Day. Dark and dense clouds are, however, hanging over us in the human world with nuclear war or … Continue reading →

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Uncreated with Karma

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! It’s a good evening when we sit in zazen, even though it is raining in darkness, difficult to drive. We can go back to nirvana or asankhata, windless or uncreated with karma, returning to the original state before the creation … Continue reading →

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Return to Restart

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   The full moon has quickly changed into the half moon. Now we have a nice bright Sunday. In a few days we will have the winter solstice, when the night is the longest and our distance to … Continue reading →

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Third War and Eternal War

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   We are now close to the year end. Time flies and life flees! The awakened way is to become awakened in the dharma (form/norm) of dependent origination, which means impermanence and interrelatedness of all phenomena.   We … Continue reading →

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Separation or Seamlessness

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   When we sit in zazen opening all windows, we can enjoy calm, clear, and complete world with the beautiful sounds of insects’ singing, water flowing, and fresh breeze blowing.   There was an article “A Heimlish Line,” … Continue reading →

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