The Pine Tree is Right There (TPT)

INTRODUCTION

I recently read a book on Zen wisdom. One of the chapters was on the saying :-

松樹千年翠　
不入時人意

Google translated it as :-

Pine trees are evergreen for a thousand years
Out of step with the times

However, the book provided a more accurate translation as :-

The evergreen of the pine tree goes unnoticed.

The author, a Zen head priest, compared a person’s knowledge and experience gained over a lifetime with the evergreen color of the pine tree which was not created in a day.

The author exhorted the reader to pass on one’s knowledge generously to the next generation.

The author also urged the younger generation not to wait to be taught but to seek the knowledge and absorb it.

The author ended the chapter with this sentence :-

The pine tree is right there.

Following this exhortation I will write what I know here.

Mushin
2026 Year of the Fire Horse