Dogen: Fleeting Image

Dec 13, 2017

Fleeting image… is the way of Dharma.  ~ Dogen 

Dharma

Everyone admires

A graceful horse

Galloping past the streaming sunlight,

But few realize that this fleeting image

Is itself the way of Dharma.

~ Dogen

Text from The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, by Steve Heine
Image (edited and logo added): Wild Horses by skeeze,  CC0 Public Domain from Pixabay.com
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Further Reading...

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