Wild Fox Zen
An earthworm is cut in two pieces; the two pieces are both moving. In which piece do you think Buddha-nature exists?
In the Genjokoan Dogen slices our practice into four pieces: when all things are the Buddhadharma, when all things are without self, leaping out from abundance and absence, and “…yet in attachment blossoms fall, and in aversion weeds spread.”
Which piece has the Buddha-nature?
Just no delusion.
When all things are the radiant blooming of Great Perfection, they are just that. When the Great Death comes and all things are without self, there is just without. Our practice is not to cling to either foci like a ghost or slump into oblivion like a corpse.
Our practice leaps out from fullness and lack, from many and one, from love and hate.
When we see forms with our whole body‑mind, and when we hear sounds with our whole body‑mind, we understand them intimately.
Our clinging and aversion too – wholeheartedly understand them intimately!
How is it for you?
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