She told me it's called the Maka Hanya Haramita Shingyo,69 which means something like the Great Most Excellent Wisdom Heart Sutra. The only part I remember goes like this: Shiki fu i ku, ku fu i shiki.70 It's pretty abstract. Old Jiko tried to explain it to me, and I don't know if I understood it correctly or not, but I think it means that nothing in the world is solid or real, because nothing is permanent, and all things-including trees and animals and pebbles and mountains and rivers and even me and you-are just kind of flowing through for the time being.
( Ruth Ozeki )
[ A Tale for the Time Being ]
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