ocean that looks round
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also ocean neither round nor square · ocean that seems round · oceán, který vypadá kulatý CZ
Summary
In Genjo-koan, if we sail out in a boat far from land and look around us, the ocean looks round. Nevertheless, this great ocean is not round and it is not square: it only looks so from where we are, and to others it is a palace or a string of pearls (ocean as palace or pearls).
Part of ↑ Genjo-koan ↑ perception
Developed
when you’re right out at sea, the horizon is a circle, but he says that really it’s not
1Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan
Nevertheless, this great ocean is not round, and it is not square
2Genjō-kōan Shobogenzo
if we sail out in a boat far from land, when we look around us, the ocean looks round
3The Universe Made Real Shobogenzo · Genjō-kōan