We read the second half Chapter 9, from the top of page 136 (The Moon As The Self) to the end.
Dogen expresses the Mahayana wisdom that each drop of dew, not only "reflects" the whole moon, but contains ... is ... the whole moon fully embodied in the drop. Each drop thus is all reality, all time, all space, all other things fully. Dew drops means not only dew drops ...
![](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1454900759i/18027372._SX540_.jpg)
... but everything ... kitchen appliances like toasters and refrigerators ...
![](https://img.pixers.pics/download(cms:2016/12/585959f42b7c4_kuchnia430x230-2.png):compose(download(s3:700/FO/30/97/49/98/700_FO30974998_73958183048a9891d5cdec29c5140aa1.jpg):crop(0w,0.1185h,1w,0.7631h):resize(1218,657):format(png),dst_over,492,0):compose(download(cms:2017/06/59521446ea6d3_bg.png),dst_over,0,0):resize(800,0):format(jpeg)/wall-murals-kitchen-the-full-moon-in-the-night-sky-reflected-in-water.jpg.jpeg)
... and, of course, you and me too.
When Buddhlists like Dogen speak of "mind," they do not mean our ordinary day to day mind (although this too is one dewdrop which fully embodies the moon), nor necessarily some grand "cosmic consciousness" in a way we might related to. Nonetheless, you are precisely this, and this is totally you. We are like flowing drops of river water looking for the river.
Gassho, J
PS - l am not sure about Europeans, but many Americans are unfamiliar with the rabbit in the moon seen by Asian children ... Try to spot the bunny next full moon ...
Dogen expresses the Mahayana wisdom that each drop of dew, not only "reflects" the whole moon, but contains ... is ... the whole moon fully embodied in the drop. Each drop thus is all reality, all time, all space, all other things fully. Dew drops means not only dew drops ...
![](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1454900759i/18027372._SX540_.jpg)
... but everything ... kitchen appliances like toasters and refrigerators ...
![](https://img.pixers.pics/download(cms:2016/12/585959f42b7c4_kuchnia430x230-2.png):compose(download(s3:700/FO/30/97/49/98/700_FO30974998_73958183048a9891d5cdec29c5140aa1.jpg):crop(0w,0.1185h,1w,0.7631h):resize(1218,657):format(png),dst_over,492,0):compose(download(cms:2017/06/59521446ea6d3_bg.png),dst_over,0,0):resize(800,0):format(jpeg)/wall-murals-kitchen-the-full-moon-in-the-night-sky-reflected-in-water.jpg.jpeg)
... and, of course, you and me too.
When Buddhlists like Dogen speak of "mind," they do not mean our ordinary day to day mind (although this too is one dewdrop which fully embodies the moon), nor necessarily some grand "cosmic consciousness" in a way we might related to. Nonetheless, you are precisely this, and this is totally you. We are like flowing drops of river water looking for the river.
Gassho, J
PS - l am not sure about Europeans, but many Americans are unfamiliar with the rabbit in the moon seen by Asian children ... Try to spot the bunny next full moon ...
![](https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29695286_1648100631903725_2634024279403404341_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=kOdX8c6s_d4AX_Boxhk&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=846707db94b8ddc6f1d7d8134c28f41e&oe=5EC31B27)
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