If you know the music the moment the violin string begins to vibrate, then you know how to navigate through the forest of brambles and entanglements with freedom and ease. If, on the other hand, you think that with practice the forest of brambles and entanglements will altogether disappear, then right from the beginning you are hopelessly entangled and won't find your way.


The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2009) - ISBN: 9780834823112

John Daido Loori Quotes

If you know the music the moment the violin string begins to vibrate, then you know how to navigate through the forest of brambles and entanglements...

If you know the music the moment the violin string begins to vibrate, then you know how to navigate through the forest of brambles and entanglements...

If you know the music the moment the violin string begins to vibrate, then you know how to navigate through the forest of brambles and entanglements...

If you know the music the moment the violin string begins to vibrate, then you know how to navigate through the forest of brambles and entanglements...