Daily Zen

[rpangel]

If you think that you
Have cut off illusory mind,
Instead of simply clarifying
How illusory mind melts,
Illusory mind will come up again,
As though you had cut off
The stem of a blade of grass
And left the root alive.

- Menzan Zuiho (1682-1769)

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other plants

[hobgob]

Who cares about grass blades;
If poppy's pod is cut early, it will grow 12 heads
&hemp will grow 2.