Japan Discovery Zen words is The best word “行雲流水 Koun Ryusui”
Zen is difficult. Zen word is also difficult. That’s why I interpret it as I please. I think that’s fine. Enou Zenji, Dogen Zenji, Ikkyu-san, and Ryokan-san are likely to say, “That’s fine, that’s fine. Let it be.
Today is “ Koun Ryusu" It means “Clouds move freely, and water flows freely. Have a free mind like that.
Clouds move freely, and water flows freely
In the 11th century, during the Northern Song Dynasty in China, there was a famous calligrapher named Su Shi. Su Shi taught his disciple Xie Minshi, “When writing, let your brush flow naturally, like clouds moving through the sky, like water flowing through a river." It is important to let your brush flow without thinking about how well you write or wanting to be praised by others. This teaching gave birth to the Zen phrase “gyounryusui" (Xie Minshi’s Pro-Official Writings)
When people imagine the scenery of clouds flowing through the sky and a mountain stream with gushing water, their hearts feel refreshed. It would be happy to float freely like clouds. It would be fun to flow freely like water. But people cannot be as free as clouds or water. People are always bound by worries. Will I pass tomorrow’s exam? Can I pay off my loan this month? How will I make up for the income lost due to COVID? I am tied up in worries.
There is a man with worries. White clouds float in the sky and the cool sound of the river echoes. The man tries to forget his troubles and surrender to nature, but it doesn’t work. The clouds just float regardless of the man’s feelings. There is no way the river can tell the man a solution to his troubles. The man is at a loss as to what to do.
The clouds drift with the wind and the water flows even as it hits rocks and stones. Clouds and water do not stop. Clouds have a path for the wind and water has a place to flow. In the same way, there is always a solution to your troubles. The man is obsessed with something and cannot see it.
People cannot be as free as clouds or water, but they can see the leisurely white clouds and the freely flowing water of a river. If you have the time to look at them, you will find the answer. There are times when you can surrender to the flow like clouds and water. Gyōunryūsui means to let go of your obsessions and try to be natural. That is the teaching of Gyōunryūsui.
Let nature take its course
He went to China and spent five years studying Buddhism in zazen, but there was nothing about Buddhism. However, the person’s eyes are two side by side and his nose is vertical, which I have clearly seen. No matter who says it, I’m not fooled. See the world as it is, as it is. There was no other Buddhist mystery other than this
Dogen Zenji from Rinko Net
“There was no Buddhism, all I knew was two eyes and a vertical nose," Dogen Zenji told his disciples. Dogen Zenji is a high priest who founded the Soto sect in the Kamakura period. He says there is no Buddhism. His disciples must have been amazed. His eyes are two side by side and his nose is vertical. This fact is beyond doubt.
It is true that there are two eyes lined up and noses vertically. People are created by nature and have substance. Buddhism is created by people and has no substance. Even if you are troubled by Buddhism, if you look at the world as it is, you will understand many things. Buddhism is found in nature. It is important to surrender yourself to nature, like the clouds in the sky or the water in a river.