-etuzan Jakusui-: Onozomi No Ketsumatsu

Thus, practice your onozomi as the mountain practices stillness—not to become still, but because it is stillness. Do not chase the culmination. Let it chase you. And when it finally catches you, do not be surprised if you find yourself laughing, because you will realize:

The first is the fulfillment of the form —wealth, love, victory. This is the outer blossom. Sweet, fragrant, but fleeting as morning dew. Most men stop here. They taste the fruit and declare themselves sages. -Etuzan Jakusui- Onozomi no Ketsumatsu

“That is how long,” I said. “The desire is the bell. The culmination is not the sound—it is the silence after , which holds the memory of every vibration. You are that silence. You simply forgot.” Thus, practice your onozomi as the mountain practices

So polish your will until it is transparent. Then look through it. What you see is already yours. And when it finally catches you, do not

By Etuzan Jakusui (paraphrased)

A student once asked me: “Master, I desire to be fearless. How long until my culmination?”

I struck the bell beside me. The sound filled the room, then faded.