Tuesday, December 10, 2024

 ~The great ZEN* master, Dogen came back from China to Japan and was confronted by some monks at the monastery they stayed at. The monks asked Dogen, “what wisdom did you bring to us from your stay in China, Dogen?” Dogen replied with a smile and said that, “the eyes are horizontal and the nose is vertical”.~

~To the enlightened one they will know perfectly what this means~

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