Zazen for Ordinary People:
The act of concentration by which
every being gathers itself within itself
– our very being – stretches across
an abyss fading into bottomlessness.
From somewhere deep beneath the
ground of all being the Form of things - falling apart and scattering – floats
up to the surface.
It matters not how gigantic the
mountain, how robust the man, nor how sturdy the personality, the question of
nothingness, our own, that of the entire world, this very universe, touches the
essential quality of all things.
This nothingness is nothing more
than a display of illusory appearance essential to all beings. When all beings
return to nothing, we leave not a trace behind.
From ancient times people have
spoken of the impermanence of things, the nothing that allows not a trace to be
left behind lies at the base of all things from the very start.
This is the meaning of
impermanence.
As my dear friend Norman Fischer
has said, “Only Love.”
I hope to see you in this floating
world.
Kotatsu Roko
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Somerville
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