Monday, January 12, 2026

Incense Powder

Koan:

Bring me the incense powder made out of shunyata (boundlessness).
I'm learning that simple acts can be done with such reverence. Even smiling at a person or shaking their hand. When done this way, the earth seems to stop moving for a moment and we can hear the bell permeating everywhere, even before and after.

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