“Zen” * and Ichinyo (如) Aikiya
The brief and long are similar — the same,
Says Buddha. Bonsai in its little dish
And Peony in vase have both one aim.
This goal is much, much more than just a wish.
Both items are the same, Gautama says.
He knows the blossom has been cut and, still,
He has Enlightenment. Hernán Cortés
Looked out from Darien, upon a hill,
To vastest ocean space, and Buddha saw
Inside the little room with long-lived tree
And passing flower the reason for vast awe.
The seër had this serendipity:
..The small and large, the brief in life and long—
….Entire—the bloom and tree, are equal, strong.
*Someone I know has a bonsai he calls affectionately “Zen.”