Good evening!
The ice on our pond has melted, but it will take some time for the fish to wake up
from hibernation and fully and freely function there.
Even when functioning fully and freely, they cannot experience human life. Even
we humans cannot fully understand other cultures and cultivations.
Humans cannot really witness the Buddha’s world. We can understand Dogen’s way
world only to the degree that we have cultivated and verified.
The Buddha held some leaves on his palm and said, “This much I have said, but what
I have not said is like the leaves in this jungle by comparison.”
We should not think that we have attained Buddha’s world, unless we live Buddha’s
ways. There are diverse degrees and differences among them.
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