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Day: January 3, 2022

January 3, 2022

REISHO’S BRIGHT AND CLEAR

As you stare
into the mirror
it is your reflection
you clearly see.
As the face
in the mirror
stares at you
it is its face
it sees reflected.
There is one face
and there are
a thousand faces.

A reflection on Case 88 of Dogen’s Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye) Koans

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