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is not motivated.
THE MOON HAS NO INTENT TO CAST ITS SHADOW ANYWHERE although the shadow will be cast in thousands of places: in rivers, in ponds, in lakes, in the ocean. But the happening is not an intention, not a desire. On the other hand, NOR DOES THE POND DESIGN TO LODGE THE MOON. The silent pond has no desire to reflect the moon either. HOW SERENE THE WATER OF HIROSAWA!
There is a life which we are aware of, a life of desire, longing, greed, lust, power. A life, in short, of motivation; a life of goals, of achievements. There is another life where Zen opens the door for you, a life without motivation. Everything happens -- why bother? Even desiring enlightenment is preventing it.
It will happen. Just become the silent lake of Hirosawa. When no motivation is there, your consciousness is unclouded. No question arises, no answer is needed.
You simply are, a pure existence.
Another Zen master, Moan, wrote:
CLEAR, CLEAR -- CLEAREST!
I RAN BAREFOOT EAST AND WEST.
NOW, MORE LUCID THAN THE MOON,
THE EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DHARMA GATES!
Mythologically, Buddhism believes that dharma, the nature of existence, has eighty-four thousand gates. That is only symbolic. It means there are as many gates as there are living beings. You don't have to enter through anybody else's gate. You are carrying your gate within you.
Moan is saying:
CLEAR, CLEAR -- CLEAREST! I RAN BAREFOOT EAST AND WEST -- unnecessarily. NOW, MORE LUCID THAN THE MOON, THE EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DHARMA GATES! All open suddenly, just like the lucid moon.
Betsugen wrote:
IT IS IN THE DARK
THAT EYES PROBE EARTH AND HEAVEN,
IN DREAM
THAT THE TORMENTED SEEK PRESENT, PAST.
ENOUGH! THE MOUNTAIN MOON FILLS THE WINDOW.
THE LONELY FALL THROUGH
THE GARDEN RANG WITH CRICKET SONG.
These are not ordinary poems. These are statements of something that cannot be said but still has to be said. You can sing it but you cannot say it, you can dance it but you cannot say it. It is in my gesture but it is not in my word. You can see it but I cannot show it to you.
Keppo wrote:
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