.Master Dogen’s great vision of the interconnected wholeness of your being “you” at a certain space & time in this universe might be termed (by me anyway) “beingyouniversaspacetime” … singular, intimate, whole, ever expressing itself, alive. To get across this idea, Master Dogen spoke of the fish and bird … I’m going to try a…

flying-life-universe _________________________ A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies there is no end to the air. However, the fish and the bird have never left their elements. When their…

swimming-life-universe _________________________ A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies there is no end to the air. However, the fish and the bird have never left their elements. When their…

… right underfoot … _________________________ When dharma does not fill your whole body and mind, you think it is already sufficient. When dharma fills your body and mind, you understand that something is missing. For example, when you sail out in a boat to the middle of an ocean where no land is in sight,…

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