Ser Flor Ser Amor

A Flower Does Not Talk

Silently a flower blooms

In silence it falls away;

Yet here now, at this moment, at this place,

the whole of the flower,

the whole of the world is blooming.

This is the talk of the flower,

the truth of the blossom;

the glory of eternal life is fully shining here.

Zenkei Shibayama

Nanzenji Monastery

Kyoto, Japan