Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Truly, having aroused bodhi mind and having practiced and studied with good teachers is a great sign [of buddhahood after practice] throughout three immeasurable kalpas. Great assembly, do you want to see the three immeasurable kalpas?’

Dogen drew a circle with his whisk and then said: ‘People, what do you call this? Can you call this a circle? Can you call this a square? Can you call this original existence? Can you call this present existence? Can you call this the movement of time and the changing of years through spring and autumn, winter and summer? Can you call this vertically permeating the three times and horizontally filling the ten directions? If you call it any of those, you will be completely wrong, and immediately fall into the mistaken views of those outside the way. Therefore, the virtue of these three immeasurable kalpas cannot be assessed with the calculations of humans and heavenly beings. Why is it like this?’ (Eihei Koroku)

Why indeed. What can you call the circle of the whisk? Are you okay with being completely wrong?