I hoped to spend just one more day with these words … maybe making them simpler with a parable …
Master Dogen wrote in the Fukanzazengi:
Furthermore, the whole body far transcends dust and dirt: who could believe in the means of sweeping and polishing? [Nishijima]
Indeed, the whole body is free from dust. Who could believe in a means to brush it clean? [SZTP]
Master Huineng writing his poem ‘never a place for dust to gather …’