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Ikkyu has written:

TO NOT TAKE IT TO HEART; THE REAL WAY IS ONE, ITSELF AS IT IS; THERE ARE NOT TWO, OR THREE.

Just one.

A poem by Zengetsu:

MIND, MIND, MIND - ABOVE THE PATH.

HERE ON MY MOUNTAIN, GRAY HAIR DOWN, I CHERISH BAMBOO SPROUTS, BRUSH CAREFULLY BY PINE TWIGS.

BURNING INCENSE, I OPEN A BOOK:

MIST OVER FLAGSTONES.

ROLLING THE BLIND, I CONTEMPLATE:

MOON IN THE POND.

OF MY OLD FRIENDS, HOW MANY KNOW THE WAY?

Zen has contributed a tremendous beauty to words. MOON IN THE POND. OF MY OLD FRIENDS, HOW MANY KNOW THE WAY? The way is simply above the mind; you just leave the mind aside.

Here, we are doing it every day - you put the mind aside and the door opens. And suddenly you are in the innermost space that is your treasure.

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