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Day: January 2, 2023

January 2, 2023

GENSHA’S SEAMLESS STUPA

If you pet a dragon
does it become a cat?
If you make a cat roar
does it become a dragon?
How high
is over your head,
how deep
is beneath your feet.
Build it just so.

A reflection on Case 60 of Dogen’s Shobogenzo Koans (True Dharma Eye)

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