Wood shavings
“At this moment a flower blossoms, a leaf falls–it is a manifestation of sustained exertion…Everything is exertion. To attempt to avoid exertion is an impossible evasion, for the attempt itself is exertion.”
–Ehei Dogen (1200-1253), Shobogenzo, as quoted in de Bary et. al., Sources of Japanese Tradition, New York: Columbia University Press, 1958.
