Dogen’s Extensive Record #297:
Enlightenment Day Dharma Hall Discourse (1248)

The snowball hits! The snowball hits!
It hits the cold plum so that it blossoms in the snow.
On this eighth day of the twelfth month,
The bright star in heaven
and a wooden ladle on the earth
arrive before spring.

Offered up again on this eighth day of the twelfth month (2008) as five more inches of snow fall on Transforming Through Play Temple.