Saturday, August 25, 2007

Descent into light

On Seventh Street
East Village, Manhattan


I've been admiring stairways lately

2 comments:

Mike Cross said...

An excellent place to investigate putting one foot in front of the other, and not only in forward steps....


GON O TAZUNE GO O OU NO GE-GYO O KYU SUBESHI. SUBEKARAKU EKO HENSHO NO TAIHO O GAKU SUBESHI.

SHINJIN JINEN NI DATSURAKU SHITE, HONRAI NO MENMOKU GENZEN SEN.

Let us cease the intellectual work of chasing words, and learn the backward step of turning light.

Body and mind will spontaneously drop off, and the original face will emerge.

Zen Master Dogen; Fukan-zazen-gi

Mike Cross said...

Not in front, behind.
Not in front, behind.
In backward steps, ohenro-san,
We turn the light and shine