Harada, in The Essence of Zen (p74) sketches a fascinating equivalence : Present = Now = Nyoze (suchness) = Ku (emptiness)= Mu (nothingness) = Do
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« The Essence of Zen » (note on Harada’s book)
In his book, the Essence of Zen*, Sekkei Harada mentions the ego-self and quotes Dogen’s Zazengi : We cannot explain…Zazen is zazen.We have to say
The Reality of Things (note)
To rephrase Harada, in The Essence of Zen, it is the perception of things which creates things.This does not mean they had no existence prior
Notes & Silence 