When human beings attain enlightenment, it is like the moon reflected in the water. The moon appears in the water but does not get wet nor is the water disturbed by the moon. Furthermore the light of the moon covers the earth and yet it can be contained in small pool of water, a tiny dewdrop, or even one minuscule drop of water.
From Genjokoan
The Actualization of Enlightenment
by Eihei Dogen Zenji
Written in mid-autumn 1233
Translated by Kosen Nishiyama and John Stevens. 1975.
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