20 March, 2009
when we do.
Singing Image of Fire
A hand moves, and the fire's whirling takes different shapes:
All things change when we do.
The first word, "Ah," blossoms into all others.
Each of them is true.
- Kūkai [774-835]
translation by Jane Hirshfield
Labels:
consciousness,
contemplation,
existential ponderings,
kūkai,
life,
poetry,
reality
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