Huritgruten Day 4 part 2

"...in the evening we entered the majestically splendid and beautiful Trollfjord---just to be there and floating on the water was so wonderful and it was still light out at 11.30 p.m.! Then as we slowly sailed out of the fjord we entered the midnight sun---how can this be described? The colors in the sky and on land were nothing I had seen before and to have the sun floating effortlessly above the horizon at 12.45 a.m.! We will have this sun for the next few days...in summer never night, only light and water, ever floating and floating on...."

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"Mokurai, 'moku' means 'silence' amd 'rai' means 'thunder'. So silence is quiet, but there is an enormous voice like thunder there."

-Katagiri, p. 63-

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"Silence is a great space where you can accept everything."

-Katagiri, p. 64

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"Silence is full devotion---your self-centered life is thrown away to wholeness. A whole life is characterized by commitment in love, wisdom and prayer."

-Katagiri, p. 65-

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"Vastness is a character of Buddhism. It's vast and it's deep---there's nothing to pin down."

-Katagiri, p. 66-