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study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』40続

The moon reflecting water is an image, it doesn't happen anything and it doesn't get rid of nothing.

If the moon reflects on water, it doesn't add anything to water. If the moon disappear, it doesn't decrease from water.

Reflecting water, water doesn't get dirty, doesn't get clean.

Buddhist say here is "ku."

The reflected thing is up to it.

Because it is coincidence, reflected shape isn't itself.

In "The Heart of the Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra" , it says selflessness.

We understand it, all duality lose the power of restricting us just as it is.

Not restricting it we live non-duality.

Buddhist often tell this truth, they use an example of mirror.

So they want to see non-duality.

The words "All is vanity." is the same point of view.