Jul 23, 2009

Day 7 - on the temple grounds

The pagoda

This is on the temple grounds. The Chinese character is mu and it indicates nothingness, non-existence, or simply no or not. This character appears often in Zen dialogs, particularly as a response to questions. It also appears in the Heart Sutra a great number of times (considering the length of the sutra) and is used to negate common conceptions.

A pleasant little corner of the grounds.

A statue of a crane beside one of the halls.

The main hall where we chanted the Heart Sutra. That is Ian's arm and waist on the left side of the picture.

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