Silently a flower blooms
in silence it falls away;
Yet, here now, at this moment, at this place,
the whole 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
Translation by Sumiko Kudo

I invite you to join me in celebrating the beginning of the 7th year of these new- and full-moon tributes to abiding keepers of wisdom.  This invokes a more revered use of the word wisdom, r...