Zenkei Shibayama - Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this

Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming. This is the talk of the flower, the truth of the blossom; The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.

- Zenkei Shibayama

source: Zenkei Shibayama (2012). “A Flower Does Not Talk: Zen Essays”, p.110, Tuttle Publishing

topic: Life, Flower, Fall, Blooming, Blooming Flower, Flower Blossom