- As for the blog's name: -


I was @ Gustav Ericsson's sight, - Anzenkai, and I was looking at Nishijima Roshi’s calligraphies over there. Particularly there is one - "seki shin hen pen" - about which Gustav has earlier said in a blog post that it is Nishijima's favorite phrase from Master Dogen.

This seemed strange to me. It was not what I would expect Nishijima Roshi's favorite phrase to be. It seemed it could be some Rinzai master's favorite quote, - it seems to express continuous and constant sincerity, - but it did not seem to fit my view of the way Nishijima Roshi saw things.

So - consequently - I tried to think what would I expect his favorite quote to be. But all phrases I could think of did not seem to fit just what I might have had in mind.

So I tried to come up with what I would see it as, - and what I have come up with - is - "this universe out here".

- And this seems to be the right name for this blog here too.


- Definitely.                                                 ________________________

שיר אחרון

אין שום דבר חוץ מכאן ועכשיו.
אין זמן - כל הזמן, אין מקום - בכל מקום.
לא ראיתי, לא אֵדָע, לא אני אבל זה כך.
אין אלוהים בשמים,
אין שמים מעל,
והארץ - עֵינַיִם - מי רָאָה? תחת אֵי?
רק אני ואנחנו, - לא היינו מאז.
זה לא שְׁמִי ולא שְׁמֵנוּ, -
שָׁם הוא כאן, - אשליה.

30.11.2024

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