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Don’t take it as darkness

the essence of zen

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Guy Gaudry
Nov 06, 2026

Playa de Guanabo, Cuba. Photo credit: Guy Gaudry 2018

Within light there is darkness, But don’t take it as darkness. ~the Merging of Difference and Unity by eighth Zen ancestor Shitou Xiquan


How do we process events and objects without thinking about them?

How are we to take darkness when it appears, or brightness when it shines?

If we don’t conceptualiz…

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