“When one side is revealed, the other is concealed.”
~Dogen
A monk asked Joshu, “All things return to the One. Where does the One return to?”
Joshu said, “When I was in the province of Sai, I made a cloth shirt. It weighed seven pounds.”
~Blue Cliff Record, Case 45
“Light has no front or back.”
~Traditional Zen Saying
“What is the sound of a single hand?”
~Hakuin
“For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light” (Psalms 36:9).
ZEN SAYING: “At first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as rivers. Then, I saw mountains were not mountains and rivers were not rivers. Finally, I see mountains again as mountains, and rivers again as rivers.”
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