Friday, February 19, 2010

Ocean

With palms together,
Good Evening Everyone,

Is eternal life, that is, the practice and realization of Zen, simply the absence of an I? No drop of water is independent from an ocean. At various times we are drops, whole waves, and even the ocean in its entirety. Our practice is to be at ease attaining one in the same.

Be well.
at

1 comment:

Rizal Affif said...

Hi Roshi. It is a good reminder that no drop of water is independent from the ocean. We are drops and the ocean at the same times.

I guess neither is more important than another, it's just one and the same :)

4:25 PM

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