Guest guest Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 "No scholars have clearly understood this statement. Because they do not know space, they do not know flowers in space. Because they do not know flowers in space, they do not know a person who has clouded eyes, do not see a person who has clouded eyes, do not meet a person who has clouded eyes, and do not become a person who has clouded eyes. Through meeting a person who has clouded eyes, we should know flowers in space and should see flowers in space. When we have seen flowers in space, we can also see flowers vanish in space." ~Dogen __/\__ How low will we go? Check out Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Beautifully done, Robert. Thanks, Ed , Robert O'Hearn <hrtbeat7 wrote: > > > > "No scholars have clearly understood this statement. Because they do not know space, they do not know flowers in space. Because they do not know flowers in space, they do not know a person who has clouded eyes, do not see a person who has clouded eyes, do not meet a person who has clouded eyes, and do not become a person who has clouded eyes. Through meeting a person who has clouded eyes, we should know flowers in space and should see flowers in space. When we have seen flowers in space, we can also see flowers vanish in space." > > ~Dogen > > > > > __/\__ > How low will we go? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Are you aware that this reference to "flowers in space" is a reference to cataracts in the eyes? Flowers in space was the chinese character way of describing cataracts and "floaters" in the eyes. This was often used as a way of indicating that illusions are in the mind of the beholder. /o\ John > > "No scholars have clearly understood this statement. Because they do > not know space, they do not know flowers in space. Because they do not > know flowers in space, they do not know a person who has clouded eyes, > do not see a person who has clouded eyes, do not meet a person who has > clouded eyes, and do not become a person who has clouded eyes. Through > meeting a person who has clouded eyes, we should know flowers in space > and should see flowers in space. When we have seen flowers in space, we > can also see flowers vanish in space." > > > > ~Dogen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Interesting. That thought crossed my mind as I was reading those passages. Thanks, John. Ed <johnrloganis wrote: > > Are you aware that this reference to "flowers in space" is a reference > to cataracts in the eyes? Flowers in space was the chinese character > way of describing cataracts and "floaters" in the eyes. This was often > used as a way of indicating that illusions are in the mind of the > beholder. > > /o\ > John > > > > > "No scholars have clearly understood this statement. Because they do > > not know space, they do not know flowers in space. Because they do not > > know flowers in space, they do not know a person who has clouded eyes, > > do not see a person who has clouded eyes, do not meet a person who has > > clouded eyes, and do not become a person who has clouded eyes. Through > > meeting a person who has clouded eyes, we should know flowers in space > > and should see flowers in space. When we have seen flowers in space, we > > can also see flowers vanish in space." > > > > > > ~Dogen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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