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Day: March 29, 2021

March 29, 2021

SUIBI’S MEANING

If you ask how
can one find the way
I will take you
into the garden
to look at the roses.
Each rose is
of a different size
and color, but which
is of the right size
and which the right shade?

A reflection on Case 71 of the Shobogenzo (Dogen’s True Dharma Eye)

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