Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘In general, the twirling of flowers existed before the World-honored One’s realization of the truth, it was simultaneous with the World-honored One’s realization of the truth, and it has existed since the World-honored One’s realization of the truth. Thus, flowers are realizing the truth. The twirling of flowers has transcended by far such separate periods of time. Every buddha’s and every patriarch’s establishment of the will to, first steps in, practice and experience of, and maintenance of [the truth], are twirling flowers dancing like butterflies in the spring wind. This being so, because the World-honored Gautama is now putting his body into flowers and has shrouded his body in space, we call being able to grasp nostrils, and call having grasped space, “the twirling of flowers.”‘ (Shobogenzo Udonge)