Dogen Zenji found out a very good Chinese word
to express this kind of truth. Chinese word is inmo.Inmo has two
meaning. One is positive meaning: “suchness,” you know. The other is the
interrogative meaning: “What is it?” [Laughs.] What-- what is inmo? How is
inmo? What is it when geese [laughs] came? Horsemaster asked Hyakujo,
“What is it?” That “what,” you know, what is inmo? Inmo is interrogative, and
it is affirmative too. ---------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-04-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.
