August 24th, 2017
Linji (d. 867)If you try to grasp Zen in movement,
It goes into stillness.
If you try to grasp Zen in stillness,
It goes into movement.
It is like a fish hidden in a spring,
Drumming up waves
And dancing independently
Movement and stillness are two states.
The Zen master,
Who does not depend on anything,
Makes deliberate use
Of both movement and stillness.