There are days when I look to the poets for inspiration. DailyZen is one of the places I visit. And today is one of those days.
Utter emptiness has no image,
Upright independence does not rely on anything.
Just expand and illuminate the original truth
Unconcerned by external conditions.- Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157)
The Way of heaven is silent,
It has no appearance, no pattern.
It is so vast that its
Limit cannot be reached;
It is so deep that it
Cannot be fathomed.
It is always evolving
Along with people,
But knowledge cannot grasp it.
It turns like a wheel,
Beginninglessly and endlessly,
Effective as a spirit.
Open and empty,
It goes along with the flow,
Always coming afterward
And never in the forefront- Lao- tzu
No one really knows
The nature of birth
Nor the true dwelling place.
We return to the source
And turn to dust.- Ikkyu (1394-1481)
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