#nichinichi kore kōnichi etc

[sivavakkiyar]

In Japanese we have the word ikeru, a colloquial form of iku. It has two meanings. One is "to place flowers in a vase to revive them." The other is "to bury a corpse." Isn't there something basic in this word? Isn't this combination of life and death a measure of the world? To Christ, who was executed on the hill of Golgotha, his death was a human experience. That is why there was a Resurrection. Was that a miracle? If so, the world is full of miracles.  Bashō wrote, As you look around There is nothing Which is not a flower.

Toru Takemitsu, Confronting Silence