Zen-a-day - Oct 13

Monday 13 October 2008
The water a cow laps turns into milk. The water a snake licks changes into poison.
- Zen saying

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Sunday 7 September 2008
However innumerable sentient beings, I vow to save them.
However inexhaustible the passions, I vow to extinguish them.
However immeasurable the dharmas, I vow to master them.
However incomparable the Buddha's truth, I vow to attain it.
- The Four Vows

Monday 8 September 2008
For all thses years, my certain Zen:
Neither I nor the world exist.
The sutras neat within a box,
My cane hooked upon the wall,
I lie at peace in the moonlight
Or, hearing water splashing on the rock,
Sit up: none can purchase pleasure such as this:
Spangled across the step-moss, a million coins.
- Shutaku