Stop Dwelling on Passing Days

A giant single bloom contains the whole world

Zen gardener and photographer Marcia Lieberman captured this exquisite white chrysanthemum bloom in Hirakata Park in Osaka, Japan.

“Last year on the ninth month, leaving this place. This year on the ninth month, coming from this place. Stop dwelling on passing days, months, and years. Look with delight in the undergrowth where chrysanthemums bloom.” — Eihei Dogen as quoted in Clean Slate: Images from Dogen’s Garden by Marcia Lieberman