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study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』43

「見テ知リソ 知リテ ナ見ソ」

           柳宗悦『心偈』

You should know after you watch. Don't watch after you know.

 

"Na miso" is negative words that means "don't watch."

"Mi" means intuition.

"Ti” means concept.

At first we let intuition act and get something. After we arrange concepts. 

So it is no way that we get intuition from concepts.

We give warning "Don't watch after you know.""You shouldn't know at first.  You

shouldn't

 watch after."

"Watch" is seeing directly.

"Know" is looking from outside and knowing it.

"Mi" happens "Ti”, but "Ti”can't happen "Mi."

Even if "Ti” happens "Mi," it is only within the limits of  "Ti.”

Intuition releases all, concept limits all.

Then You should watch first. After that you know.

If you watch after you know, you can't watch naive without "Ti” how to watch it.

You shouldn't prevent "Mi" from "Ti.”

"Ti” happens from only "Mi."

Relationship between "shin" and "Ti" is also same.

Belief can't happen from knowledge.

If you don't believe before you know,  no matter how you can get to know.