Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Delusion is the root of enlightenment. If someone uses this for their practice, it can become the means for tran-sending the world. The lotus doesn’t grow in high places. It only blooms in muddy water. Delusion doesn’t injure the enlightened mind. So, too, smoke and clouds obscure the sun and moon without injuring them. If a jewel is dropped into the mud, neither is the jewel injured. Don’t concern yourself with the clouds of delusion. Concentrate on the enlightened mind.’ (Commentary on the Diamond Sutra)