Anyone who is interested in how the Chinese think, this is very worth the (long) read. 🙂 Except: "What I want to conclude with is to say that as the I Ching [Book of Changes, an ancient Chinese divination text] teaches us, there are cycles within cycles. China may be on the way up today.… Continue reading A Window into how the Chinese think – Society based on li – li mao de li [politeness and etiquette]
Month: August 2019
A day already gone = Poem – Eihei Dogen
Yama fukami.....................Rising, as the mountain Mine ni mo tani ni mo.......Peaks and valleys deepen— Koe tatete ........................The twilight sound of the cicada Kyō mo kurenu to.............Singing of a day Higurashi zo naku............Already gone by. -- Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), tr. Steven Heine Thank you Andy McLellan
Reality is Dharma 