First of March, First Day of Spring

Japan First Zen Cave (monastery) Sengai Gibon, 1819 - 28.

March 1, 2023

First of March, First Day of Spring…….

“In my hut this spring,
There is nothing -
There is everything!”

Yamaguchi Sodo, from Haiku, Vol II, 1950. Translated by R H Blyth.

Extract from Introduction, As Above, So Below.

The Cosmic Dance, Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe

Stephen Ellcock

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Wouldn’t that be nice.

An emptiness of everything old, a fullness of everything sparkling new.