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Present of Peace (music and picture)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Aska is a resident musician in St. Louis who moved to the States at about the same time I retired from Toyo University and settled here. An active member of JUMP (Japan United for Ministry of Peace), Aska wanted to … Continue reading →

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Time Tide

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! The untimely spring snow has disappeared, and greener grass and fuller flowers have appeared. Even cherry blossoms bloomed according to time and tide. Anything not in a systemic, sustainable, saving, safe, and simple state will disappear. Dictatorships, dynasties, … Continue reading →

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Resort to Refuge

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Even after the spring equinox, we now have snow. It’s beautiful viewing it from indoors, but very dangerous driving outdoors, visiting anywhere. On the way here, I heard news of multiple traffic accidents. Before that I watched a … Continue reading →

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Shift System

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now we have spring drizzling rain over flowers, with a bit of chill. We call this “hana-bie: ???,” flower chill – a little chill with cherry blossoms – a mixed feeling. Spring flowers produce pollen fallout. Nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

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Beyond Billows

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

  Good evening! Suddenly many flowers have started blooming. Magnolias, pears, plums, hyacinths, forsythia… just after ohigan, ???, the spring equinox. Magnolia in Japanese is mokuren, ??, wooden lotus. We say “atusa samusa-mo higan-made” (Heat and chill until the equinox. … Continue reading →

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Reality Relation

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! Now the snow has gone away and the spring wind is carrying in birds’ singing. Within a few days, the full moon has waned in the sky and fresh flowers have withered here. Before I came here, I … Continue reading →

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Ohigan: Other-shore (お彼岸）

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning!   On the last day of ohigan (???), yonder shore, we can see the beautiful, bright, full moon through the window.   Here we sit quietly with flowers, but also with the roaring sounds of an ambulance and … Continue reading →

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Life Light

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We saw the beautiful full moon and the morning star this morning. Now we have the bright daylight after sittings and the service. We have a very peaceful, beautiful morning. Before I came here I watched TV news … Continue reading →

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Clear Crystal

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good morning! We have a nice, quiet Saturday morning with bright sunshine. This is the first day of ohigan ?????in Japan, the spring equinox. Ohigan means yonder shore, which stands for nirvana, unconditioned peace beyond billows and torrents. Like the … Continue reading →

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Crystal Clear

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rosan Daido

Good evening! We just heard the beautiful bell sound appearing and disappearing, and we know that all growth decays, and birth ends in death. All phenomena and formations are impermanent. We heard that Ed has been hospitalized due to a … Continue reading →

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