pantai pulau merah, java timur, 2025 but down in the depths there is a jewel - dogen, eihei koruku, vol.9, hōgo 13 depths of earth depths of water in whereleswhere this jewel a book of bleached shores dweller of broken shells its words wild algae sweeping sea beds bu ke ze gheybi ruzi yābam dorr-e maknun ra may i one day from the unseen find that hidden pearl from stuttering pearl may oblivion return brightness darkness to limpid azure de seuil en seuil tu nous déplaces deui

jadis si je me souviens bien sitting in a circle watching a bonfire where is the gaze going turned outward returning inward inward to better see outward to illumine the effacer of traces gaze blazes on as fire burns the divide sparks fall into the sky vanishing drop back into the heart remembrance's heartbeat we are on time for the full moon of ashes tonight on time for the morning of embers she can speak now with her soft glow i can hold you within me keep you though i canno

ninh binh, vietnam, august 2023 An idea dear to Zen Master Dogen that he speaks with emphasis about as an essential part of his expounding of the dharma is : shushō-ittō. In Japanese, shu means practice, and shō means realization or verification. And ittō means equality or oneness. Translated into English, that would mean practice and realization are one. They are not two separate and distinct phenomena. This view turns the traditional Buddhist approach of a linear path, the