“Our lives are like the plants, floating along the water’s edge, illumined by the moon.”
~ Ryokan
held.
carried.
we reflect
the beauty
of this life
given
for a time.
and then
given back
just as easily
and all too quickly.
~j
Ryokan
the journey begins in you…
Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own heart.
~
Ryōkan
#delusion #truth #journey #life #heart #wisdom #Ryokan #meditation #practice #JMWphoto #JMWart
beautiful moon…
gorgeous moon tonight. seeing her beauty reminded me of a favorite Zen story…
enjoy
~j
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. “You may have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you shoud not return emptyhanded. Please take my clothes as a gift.”
The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryokan sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could give him this beautiful moon.”
#moon #zen #parables #Ryokan #beauty #JMWart #TheMettaGarden
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