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Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in…

We do not call winter as ‘the beginning of spring‘. For winter is just winter, it is not spring. Thus, we should not think of ‘life’ as the beginning of ‘death’, nor ‘death’ as the ‘end of life‘. What is more, is there not something timeless behind the passing seasons? Likewise, dropping all thought from…

In the Dogen-think of ‘simultaneouly true’ perspectives … … new ways to think of time’s flow, self and life-death _________________________ Firewood becomes ash, and it does not become firewood again. Yet, do not suppose that the ash is after and the firewood before. You should understand that firewood abides in the phenomenal expression of firewood,…

Our sense of an abiding, unchanging, permanent, separate ‘self’ … … is kind of an optical illusion. By the way, the signal dropped today … so, if sitting-a-long please (nonabiding-changing-impermanent-not separate) self-time! _________________________ When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep…
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