I just got back from a backpacking wilderness sesshin in the mountains with Great Vow Monastery in Oregon and we chanted verses from this Sutra. What lovely timing to see this post.
Hi Olivia, thank you for your post. Being in nature is such a profound way to feel what Dogen's suggesting here. We'll never know how honey tastes to bees or bears or how a flower feels when a bee alights on it. Our human experience, especially because it's so visually focused, limits our experience. Thanks so much for reading and commenting. Bows.
Hi Raghav, thank you for your comment. I love how Dogen turns our routine way of looking at the "mundane" aspects of life into that of wonder and amazement. He's adept and poetic at shaking up our point of view and helping us to see how limited it is and also that we'll never know how others experience water, whether they're a fish, a turtle, or algae. Bows!!
I just looked at Bengaluru in Google maps. That palace looks spectacular!! I have yet to venture to India, however, it's on my top five places to visit!
I just got back from a backpacking wilderness sesshin in the mountains with Great Vow Monastery in Oregon and we chanted verses from this Sutra. What lovely timing to see this post.
Hi Olivia, thank you for your post. Being in nature is such a profound way to feel what Dogen's suggesting here. We'll never know how honey tastes to bees or bears or how a flower feels when a bee alights on it. Our human experience, especially because it's so visually focused, limits our experience. Thanks so much for reading and commenting. Bows.
Hi Raghav, thank you for your comment. I love how Dogen turns our routine way of looking at the "mundane" aspects of life into that of wonder and amazement. He's adept and poetic at shaking up our point of view and helping us to see how limited it is and also that we'll never know how others experience water, whether they're a fish, a turtle, or algae. Bows!!
I just looked at Bengaluru in Google maps. That palace looks spectacular!! I have yet to venture to India, however, it's on my top five places to visit!
Thank you Raghav. And your thoughtful comments and enthusiasm brighten up the foggy skies over here in San Francisco!