"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Zen and the Poetry of Landscape


All sentient beings are essentially Buddhas.
As with water and ice, there is no ice without water;
apart from sentient beings, there are no Buddhas.
Not knowing how close the truth is,
we seek it far away
--what a pity!
Hakuin Ekaku Zenji

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