It’s like this: The high plateau does not produce lotus flowers; it is the mire of the low swamplands that produces these flowers.
Vimalakurti
(C’est comme ceci: Le haut plateau ne produit pas les fleurs de lotus; c’est la boue des marécages en-bas qui produit ces fleurs.)
Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste.
The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.
It is a statement not AGAINST separation but FOR nonseparation!
It is saying yes to whatever arises — even no.
We say close the gap between your self and your Self.
If you want to cross the ocean of suffering
You must take the ship with no bottom
Hyo Bong
Another statement against seperating from life and pro plunging in.