{"id":424,"date":"2009-01-04T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2009\/01\/a-way-heart-of-moss-and-dew\/"},"modified":"2009-01-04T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T10:08:00","slug":"a-way-heart-of-moss-and-dew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2009\/01\/a-way-heart-of-moss-and-dew.html","title":{"rendered":"A Way Heart of Moss and Dew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019ve been reflecting again on \u201cWay Heart,\u201d having started some work with Hashimoto Roshi\u2019s commentary.\u00a0
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Again and again the old ones urge us to contemplate impermanence as the source of a true Way\u00a0Heart, not as an idea (although they\u2019re certainly flowing too), but as our lived reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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So many poets, especially the ancient Japanese, seem to gaze directly at (with) impermanence.\u00a0<\/span>\n

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Here\u2019s <\/span>Saigyo<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/div>\n

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My cold corpse<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
covered forever with moss<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
for bedding will<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
recollect what it learned here<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
from dew on a a rock\u2019s cold, dark side.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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