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\"See<\/p>\n

Dogen\u2019s Extensive Record<\/span><\/span> #297: <\/span>
Enlightenment Day Dharma<\/a> Hall Discourse (1248)<\/span>

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

Offered up again on this eighth day of the twelfth month (2008) as five more inches of snow fall on Transforming Through Play Temple.<\/span><\/p>\n

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