The words ‘Genjo Koan’ have been translated in so many ways … Actualizing the Fundamental Point(Aitken & Tanahashi), ‘Manifesting Suchness’ (Waddell & Abe), ‘The Issue at Hand’ (Cleary), ‘The Koan of Everyday Life(Daido Loori, shown below), and ‘The Actualization of Enlightenment’ (Nishiyama & Stevens). My teacher, Gudo Nishijima Roshi, has called it both ‘The Realized Universe‘ and ‘The Realized Law of the Universe‘ …
… and then there’s my (Jundo’s) rather pithy:

The Reality of the Universe Manifesting As This Present Moment.



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