the moon reflected on the water – Dogen
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
– Dogen
ભાષા સરળ છે તેથી અનુવાદ કરતો નથી. સરળ ભાવાર્થ એ કે હું જો થોડો પણ શુદ્ધ હોઈશ તો મારા થકી ચૈતન્ય અભિવ્યક્ત થશે, પ્રતિબિંબિત થશે…-ભલેને હું અલ્પ હોઉં,અગણ્ય હોઉં….. અશુદ્ધિની માત્રા વિપુલ હશે તો હું કશું જ પ્રતિબિંબિત નહિ કરી શકું. મારી અલ્પતા ચૈતન્યની ભવ્યતાને પૂર્ણરૂપે અભિવ્યક્ત કરવામાં બાધારૂપ નથી.
pragnajuvyas said,
July 14, 2020 @ 10:35 AM
ખૂબ જાણીતી રહસ્યવાદી Dogenની રચનાનુ ડૉ વિવેકજી દ્વારા સ રસ આસ્વાદ.
આવા રહસ્ય અંગે જો આ આસ્વાદ ન હોત તો બરોબર ન સમજાત. હવે આપણે આવા ઝેન રહસ્યવાદી સાધુના પોતાના વિચારો સમજવા પ્રયત્ન કરીએ.
Do not follow the ideas of others
but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.
Your body and mind will become clear
and you will realize the unity of all things.
Dogen (1200-1253) was orphaned at an early age and became a Zen monk at thirteen. After seven years of study, he traveled to China to unravel his “Great Doubt” and gain a better understanding of Buddhism. He achieved enlightenment under T’ien-t’ung Ju-ching. He returned to Japan, founded the Soto school of Zen and wrote Shobo Genzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) a collections of essays.
Zen ‘ I think that I would be reluctant to cut attention out of the picture altogether in receptive styles of meditation. A middle road might also be to say that most practitioners have not reached the fully receptive state, and they are therefore still using attention-related features such as metacognition, even though they are not deliberately or effortfully engaging with any object.
Anyway, that’s my two cents on the matter. I hope that all is going well…
Dogen’s poetry
Learn the backward step
that turns your light inward
to illuminate your self.
Body and mind of themselves
will drop away,
and your original face will be manifest.
Coming, going, the waterbirds
don’t leave a trace,
don’t follow a path.
Midnight.
No waves,
no wind, the empty boat
is flooded with moonlight.
અને બાદમા આ રચના
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. .ઝેન વિચારશ્રેણી સમજાવાય છે.
………ત્યારે બુધ્ધ રહસ્યવાદમા આ રીતે સમજાવાય છે
A Buddhist’s Awakening
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of water.
Enlightenment does not divide you, just as the moon does not break the water. You cannot hinder enlightenment, just as a drop of water does not hinder the moon in the sky.”
Perhaps, one of my most favorite passages from the Genjo Koan, one which speaks directly to the very nature of enlightenment.
That is to say, at any given moment in time – we are both a reflection of the entirety of this universe, and yet still our essence is unchanged. Like the dew drop, we are enhanced by the gloriousness of the moon, enriched by the striking beauty which pierces the evening sky.
But, never once do we attempt to become the moon – rather, we are somehow ‘greater’ as a result of having experienced it.
An awareness such as this is effortless once the obstruction of ego is removed.
If you succeed in freeing the moon hidden inside you, it will light-up the sky and he earth, and its light will chase away all the shadows of the universe. If you realize that one thing, you will understand everything. You and all will be as one.
Can you feel its simplicity? This gentle reflection which neither impacts, nor modifies all that is pulled into view?
And, allowing us to become ‘one’ with the limitlessness of our experiences.
In peace, love and equanimity, my dears – and on this day, I wish you all of the blessings contained in a single moment of ‘waking up.’
આ માટે ઓશો જેવા અનેકોના પણ લેખો છે .આવી ગૂઢ વાતમા અમારી સમજફેર હોય તો માફ કરજો
વિવેક said,
July 15, 2020 @ 1:18 AM
@ પ્રજ્ઞાજુ :
આ રચના ડૉ તીર્થેશ મહેતાએ મૂકી છે અને આસ્વાદ પણ એમણે જ કરાવ્યો છે.
pragnajuvyas said,
July 15, 2020 @ 10:01 AM
મા વિવેકશ્રી
આપે અનેક અંગ્રેજી કાવ્યોના ભાષાંતર કરી સ રસ આસ્વાદો કરાવ્યા છે તેથી આ ભુલ થઇ.
અમે ભુલતા નહીં હોય ડૉ તીર્થેશ મહેતા જાણીતા માનીતા ઓર્થોપેડીક સર્જન છે.૮૮ વર્ષે અમારા પતિના છ હાડકા ના # થયા…ત્યારે યાદ કર્યા હતા . તેમા કેડના અસહ્ય દુઃખાવો ગીતાના ૪થા અધ્યાયના ૨૯મા શ્લોક પ્રમાણે મહાકુંભક અને નોર્મન કઝીન્સ પ્રમાણે મગજમા એન્ડોરફીન ઝરપાવવાની પ્ર્ક્રીયા વધારવાની વાત રંગ લાવી… દુઃખાવાની દવાઓ,વ્હીલ ચેર,સ્ટ્રોલર ,લાકડી બંધ મુળવાત ક્ષમા યાચના.