The Time Being
Even though you do not measure the hours of the day as long or short, far or near, you still call it twelve hours. Because the signs of time’s coming and going are obvious, people do not doubt it. Although they do not doubt it, they do not understand it.
For many of us Dogen’s writings remain almost an impenetrable barrier. True, he is addressing monks in various stages of training. However, we who are aspiring to the Way are really not that much different from practitioners of any time and place.
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