Proclaim

Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) In the Rat Year’s spring, within Kōya’s silent cottage; A coiled dragon in dried garden hints stillness and motion; Atop the peak on the tenth day, I bow to the Great One; The heart reflects like a mirror in Vajra’s seat; The eyes meet the divine presence of the Unmoved one; Dharma sounds are recorded in an instant like a magnetic turn; An elder pointed out that an initiation has been done; Preaching good news that bringing blessings deep and vast. On the journey of preaching good news, I have encountered many miracle adventures. In the spring of the Bingzi Rat Year, while staying in a small cottage atop Mount Koya (Koyasan), suddenly I heard the sound of a spinning disk in my ear. Within less than two seconds, I learned Kukai’s (Kōbō Daishi’s) mantra. An elder said, “ You have been personally initiated by the Great Teacher Kōbō Daishi .” Fig 1: The Banryu-Tei Dried Garden on the Koyasan Kukai (774–835), a Japanese mon...