Water’s character is unique in its movement to give things life in any circumstances.
The natural world maintains order by preserving the species. This may be the earth’s will to give things life forever.
Every substance lives its life and reaches to death, and the death becomes origin of the other lives. This circulation of lives leads to the eternal life.
Each being’s unintentional actions become the origin of life, and contribute to the future. We can see the Dharma, an action to give other thing life, in the movement of water. Dharma is the action of virtues for all the living creatures.
By existing between heaven and earth, water and human beings are connected with Dharma.
Beauty lies in Dharma, especially more so if the act is done modestly.
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| Photo:Yu Nozaki Rain, the water to nurture all the lives, falls on to earth. |
