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Donkees

(32,395 posts)
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 07:32 AM Apr 2022

Dogen: ''A drop of water can reflect the whole sky''








Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.

The moon does not get wet nor is the water broken.

Although its light is wide and great,

The moon is reflected in a puddle even an inch wide.

The whole moon and the entire sky

Are reflected on one dewdrop in the grass.



Dogen









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Dogen: ''A drop of water can reflect the whole sky'' (Original Post) Donkees Apr 2022 OP
The reflecting water, the individual being... sanatanadharma Apr 2022 #1
''One flower with five petals opens in the sky and the mud ... Donkees Apr 2022 #5
So beautiful and true! Karadeniz Apr 2022 #2
Bubbles, Drops, and Particles old as dirt Apr 2022 #3
Dew bow on lotus leaves Donkees Apr 2022 #4
🌕 Donkees Apr 2022 #6

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
1. The reflecting water, the individual being...
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 07:52 AM
Apr 2022

The reflecting water, the individual being, the self seen as water, be it a drop or a pool, reflects the sky (the all) accurately and clearly.
UNLESS, the water is turgid, murky, covered, rippled and disturbed.
Then the truth of the "sky" is not clearly seen and 'one' is confused, mucked-up.

Donkees

(32,395 posts)
5. ''One flower with five petals opens in the sky and the mud ...
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 03:10 PM
Apr 2022

without doubt it will naturally bear fruit." - Dogen

Donkees

(32,395 posts)
4. Dew bow on lotus leaves
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 11:44 AM
Apr 2022


Little waterdrops on leaves refract sunlight just like raindrops, forming the rainbow's surface version: the dew bow.

Donkees

(32,395 posts)
6. 🌕
Tue Apr 26, 2022, 06:27 AM
Apr 2022

Outside my window, plum blossoms,
Just on the verge of unfurling, contain the spring;
The clear moon is held in the cup-like petals
Of the beautiful flower I pick and twirl.

Dōgen







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