天是藍色，樹是綠色 The sky is blue. The tree is green

這一次韓國之旅，真正感受到崇山禪師的教法：「天是藍色，樹是綠色」。

Returning to the Root - on the Road in Korea with the Sangha

Without the Root, the Tree is not a Tree

Without the Trunk, the Tree is not a Tree

Without the Leaves, the Tree is not a Tree

So, which is more important, the Root, the Trunk, the Leaves?

無根樹

近幾年，每次我看見大樹，心裡都充滿感慨。即使如何的風吹雨打，他們仍然屹立不倒；再猛烈的陽光，他們的綠葉亦閃閃生光非常燦爛；鳥兒可以自由自在地在它的懷抱裏唱歌，樹葉在微風中諳律地跳舞，非常美麗。大樹彷彿就是有一顆不動的心，每刻都很平靜，什麼都能接納及包容，不用擔心何時要離開，因為他們即使枯萎了，樹幹仍會留在同一個地方。我真的很羨慕，心底裡希望下一生至未來世永遠都能成為一顆大樹，不用再擔心任何的變遷。

龍年的開示

崇山禪師在1976年的龍年寫了以下這首詩：

此是真，哪是實？

真松無根，

真光無影，

無孔笛鳴真音，

是什麼意思？

如你找到有鬚的龍牙，

讓我看看。

那我會告訴你，1976是龍年。

2012也是龍年，以上的詩句如何幫助我們渡過龍年？

For the Year of the Dragon

In 1976, the Year of the Dragon, Zen Master Seung Sahn had written a poem like this :

Here is Jin, which is Truth.

Jin Song means True Pine Tree-

True Pine Tree has no roots.

Jin Kwang means True Light-

True Light has no shadow.

Jin Um means True Sound-

That is the sound of the flute with no holes.

What does it mean?

If you find the dragon's tooth hair

Then show it to me;

Then I'll tell you that 1976

Is the year of the Dragon.

2012 is also a dragon year. How can the above poem help us in this year of 2012?