Kenshō
Chapter 1: What does it mean to truly see?
SHIKŌ #３, SHIKŌ, 2022
Gaze directly into the heart.
See true nature.
Awaken.
Kojun, 2019
To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous.
Kojun, 2020
— The Book of Chuang Tzu, Chapter 3 “The Nurturing of Life”
Chuang Tzu, The Book of Chuang Tzu, trans. Martin Palmer with Elizabeth Breuilly, Chang Wai Ming, and Jay Ramsay (London: Penguin Classics, 2006), 22
Empty your mind and return to your original heart….
This is what I call abiding in the Garden of the True Home.
— Kojunki
Kojun, 2019
The heart of childlike wonder dances on the energy currents of the universe.
Kojun, 2020
Free from bondage, simply dancing.
A little glistening figure dances alone on the beach in the warm glow of the sun, silhouetted against the ceaseless shimmer of scintillating waves.
Dancing the dance of the little dancer.
Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt that I was a butterfly,
flitting around and enjoying myself. I had no idea I was Chuang Tzu. Then suddenly I woke up and was Chuang Tzu again. But I could not tell, had I been Chuang Tzu dreaming I was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I was now Chuang Tzu?
— The Book of Chuang Tzu, Chapter 2 “Working Everything Out Evenly”
Chuang Tzu, The Book of Chuang Tzu, trans. Martin Palmer with Elizabeth Breuilly, Chang Wai Ming, and Jay Ramsay (London: Penguin Classics, 2006), 20
Kojun, 2019-2026
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed,
Kensho 2453, Kojun, 2019-2020
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come ’round right.
— Simple Gifts, Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848
SHIKŌ #17, SHIKŌ, 2022