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from 'Roar of the Tigress' vol 2©
'When someone riding in a boat turns his gaze toward the shore, he misjudges the shore to be moving; when he fixes his eye firmly upon the boat, he will recognise that the boat is ploughing on . KanzeonLikewise, should you let your mind and body run riot , going along with what you perceive the world to be , you will make the mistake of thinking you have a permanently abiding self nature within your body and mind . If you commit yourself fully to travelling the way and return to that Place within, the reason why there is no personal "self" within the whole universe will become clear'. -Zen Master Dogen

Just be still and note the appearances of things without being caught up in them, he is saying and know the Reality. Know that it presents all the characteristics of Buddhahood; sometimes one sees one characteristic, sometimes one sees another .This does not matter; what matters is to know it in its Reality . Only for a very short time does It appear as one thing, and It appears so because of our limited vision which can only apprehend a portion of the flow of space/time/existence .- Roshi Kennett



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