Apart from Beings, no Buddha

Phew! I had all sorts of plans for a posting today but then 'life happened' and I've run out of time. As good fortune would have it somebody (Michael you're a brick) sent me this photograph and poem so here they are:


All beings are by nature Buddha,
as ice by nature is water.
Apart from water there is no ice;
apart from beings, no Buddha.

-Hakuin Zenji, "Song of Zazen"



Now there is something to ponder on...then move on!