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Day: September 27, 2021

September 27, 2021

GYOZAN PLANTS HIS HOE

Coming in
from a just planted
but barren rice field
when I ask you
how many grains of rice
this harvest will yield
you stand silently
and we nod in agreement.

A reflection on Case 68 of the Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye) koans.

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