The oak tree in the temple yard, (1)
Calling the Earth to witness
Same anchoring
Same simple mind
Same footprint in reality
Same resolution to life
Obvious choice of happiness within reach
(1) This is a reference to a Zen koan (paradoxical or puzzling or unexpected statement)
A disciple asks the following usual question : ‘
-‘What is the true meaning of Bodhidharma traveling all the way from India to China ?’
The master answers : ‘
-‘The oak tree in the temple yard’
(possible answer…)
Franck Joseph
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