Monday, January 28, 2008

Facing the Sun

Good Morning Everyone,
 
Your Original Face is faceless.
Like a boundless mirror,
There it is in everything you
See, taste, feel, smell, hear, and  think. 
Know it.
 
This is the meaning of form.
 
This is the meaning of formlessness. 
 
Practicing the forms
Allows formlessness to be realized.
Not practicing the forms
Makes them prison walls.
 
Freedom resides
Within the boundaries of form.
To be truly free,
Take up a daily practice
And do it religiously.
 
As we practice
Our daily practice,
Our heart-mind opens
As if it were a morning glory
Facing the sun.  
 
Let us grow.


 
Rev. Dr. So Daiho Hilbert-roshi 


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