As in gazing at the moon … … it is a knowing not of intellectual knowledge Somebody just sent a “moon” story so appropriate, I have to reprint it here … In a moment of zazen, attainment drops away, and dropping away drops away. Three monks, Hseuh-feng, Ch’in-shan, and Yen-t’ou, met in the temple garden.…

One knows it when one sees it _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is the place; here the way unfolds. The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously…

Just one thing … _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is the place; here the way unfolds. The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously with the mastery…

Before moving on, let’s look once more at this section of Genjo Koan … … and a bit of theatre … All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts _________________________ When fish swim in water, though they…

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