Im oo ko.
What is this?
In the Genjokoan,
Dogen Zenji wrote:
Once firewood turns to ash, the ash cannot
turn back to being
firewood. Still, one should not take the view
that is ashes afterward
and firewood
before. One should realize that although firewood is a the
dharma-stage of
firewood, and that this is possessed of before and after,
the firewood is
beyond before and after.
…the
dharma-stage of firewood…is the whole universe. Only in the realm of the Whole is there before and after.
Thus each moment,
though absolutely distinct, is simultaneously the entire universe.
Dainan Katagiri, You
Have to Say Something.
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