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Selflessness: Source of Serene Satisfaction

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! I hope that we can have a new, good day, hopefully a sunny spring day. Sitting upright, breathing fully, and settling in peace and truth, make a good day, every day. Just before arriving here, I turned on the car radio and picked up just these words, without context, “Sefishness everywhere.” Selfishness is the source of suffering. Selflessness is the source of satisfaction. Selfishness is the source of struggles. Selflessness is the source of serenity. That’s why we must sit, stop our karmas, see the Dharma, and settle in nirvana, unsurpassed peace, and unsurpassed awakening. This is the source of solutions. That is why the Buddha illustrated the King Mirror, reflecting blind people touching only a part of an elephant and fighting for their partial findings, and taught us thus: “Better than the one who would conquer thousands upon thousands in the battlefield is the one who would conquer one’s self. That is the true war conqueror.” 2/18/13

Posted in Self, Sitting/samu: two wings/wheels | Tagged blind people fighting for partial findings, Dharma, king Mirror, sitting in serenity, true conqueror | Leave a comment

Culture: Constant Cultivation or Civilization: Constant Contrivance

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Rosan Daido

Good morning and Happy New Year! In Japan we say, “Through Jan. 7, within Matsunouchi.” Matsu stands for pine trees and in this case refers to a New Year’s decoration (matsu-kazari, pine decoration) set up at the gates of … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, Cultivation: culture | Tagged Buddha, but of buddha-bodhisattvas), Civilization: urbanization (from civitas: city), dharma (form/norm), Dharma of Dependent Origination/Cessation, four Brahma-vihâra/limitlessnesses: friendship/compassion/joy/equanimity, four embracing matters: giving/loving words/beneficial actions/sameness, from karma realm to dharma realm, matsu-kazari (pine decoration), Nader Rader: 3 Cs: credit cards/cars/chain saws, nibbâna: nirvâna: no karma-wind blowing, not yours (na tumhakam), paradigm shift from civilization/urbanization to culture/cultivation, Sangha: guild (not of money making, sitting/stopping karma, three Dharma marks, triple treasures (buddha/dharma/sangha), true conqueror, true triple treasures: Buddha/Dharma/Sangha, truth/law) | Leave a comment

Stopping Karma Is Stopping Suffering

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a calm, warm, bright morning after the last night rain. We say, “After rain earth solidifies.” (Ame-futte chi-katamaru, 雨降って地固まる) Without dust bowls or extreme chill, nature seems to return to life. Sometimes rain causes … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism) | Tagged “After rain earth solidifies.” (Ame-futte chi-katamaru, aspiration/action/unconditioned peace/unsurpassed awakening (way cycle), Buddha, Buddhism, delusion (separate selves), destruction of world, dharma of dependent origination, friendship/compassion/joy/equanimity (Brahma abode), Gross National happiness, Gross National Product, karma machine, true conqueror, 雨降って地固まる) | Leave a comment

Simple Straight Sitting

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We will see the full moon in the clear sky tonight. After the leaves have fallen, trees are exposed to crisp cool air. The world is chilly, going to the freezing point now. After our sittings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Zen | Tagged ambrosia of immortality, amrita, and delusion, and prajñâ, aversion, back to origin, body exposed to golden wind, Buddha, full moon mind, iPS cell, potential Buddhahood, practical principle/practice to reverse devolution/divisions/delusion, primodial, samadhi, samsara in the Six Ways (六道輪廻：rokurou-rinne)), Tathâgata-garbha, Thus-being-fetus, triple learning of sîla, triple poisons of attachment, triple treasures (buddha/dharma/sangha), true conqueror, universal | Leave a comment

Let’s Live Limitless Life, Liberation, Light, and Love

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have now chilly air at 41 degrees. On the way here I listened to NPR, which reported on a nuclear plant near New York City. Its licenses are going to expire in 2013 and 2015. Voices … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged Brahma-vihara, Buddha saving all: sacrificing none, castle in the air/ on the sand, conquer one-self/not others, limitless liberation/light/love/life, nuclear disaster, personal/public/planetary peace, practice, true conqueror | Leave a comment

Remain Resolute Resilient

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We sit calm and cool in the heat wave warning, with the heat index due to go up to 110 degrees. “In extinction of the heart-head, even fire is cool.” So saying, Kaisen Osho at Erinji sat in … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Religion, System, Uncategorized, Voluntary simplicity, Zen | Tagged awakening, Bodhidharma, Buddha, earthquake, FIFA World Cup, fire is cool, holy beauty, holy goodness, holy harmony, holy truth, immortality, Kaisen at Erinji, limitless liberation, limitless life, limitless light, limitless love, nuclear disaster, Pinks, resolution/resilience, sit amidst whatever, triple tragedy, true conqueror, tsunami, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed, zazen | Leave a comment

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even though it is unusually, unseasonably chilly, we have now a fine, quiet daybreak and a warm spring day. We have different ways of understanding and acting depending on individual judgments, social justifications, and natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Global ethic, Religion | Tagged Buddha, endless struggles/suffering, enmity, escalation, for all forever, happiness, harmony, holiness, judgment, justice, justification, killing, life giving, safety, satisfaction, solution, true conqueror, truth peace | Leave a comment

Cultivation=Verification

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After our sittings, we have a very peaceful world inside and out. We are very fortunate that we are walking in the Awakened Way and have the concrete practice to attain it. Zazen is the essential way and … Continue reading →

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Truth Turns

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! After some cloudy days, we can now see an almost half-full moon in the mid-sky. We couldn’t see how big and bright the moon was, but in the east we could see the beautiful morning star. On the … Continue reading →

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Selflessness: Source of Serene Satisfaction

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Stopping Karma Is Stopping Suffering

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